Fran Drescher – California Globe

2023 Hollywood Strikes Officially Over Following New Contract Ratification By SAG-AFTRA Members

December 7, 2023 2:50 amDecember 7, 2023 2:51 am

The 2023 Hollywood strikes officially ended on Wednesday following the ratification of the new SAG-AFTRA contract that was tentatively agreed upon last month. The SAG-AFTRA strike, which started on July 14th, lasted nearly four months over a total of 118...

SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative Agreement To End 118-Day-Long Strike

November 9, 2023 12:19 pmNovember 9, 2023 12:19 pm

The 2023 Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television (SAG-AFTRA) strike ended at Midnight on Thursday following both the guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) reaching a new agreement. The SAG-AFTRA strike, which started on July...

SAG-AFTRA, Studios Come Closer To Deal Following Weekend Negotiations

October 30, 2023 8:22 pmOctober 30, 2023 8:22 pm

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) both announced on Monday that, while no deal to end the current actors strike has been reached, both sides are now closer...

Studios Give SAG-AFTRA One More Week Of Negotiations Before Ending Talks for 2023

October 28, 2023 2:30 amOctober 28, 2023 2:31 am

Multiple sources confirmed this week that the studios will give until next week for a resolution of the 2023 SAG-AFTRA, after which they will end talk for the year because of the union giving more and more demands. The SAG-AFTRA...

Screen Actors, Motion Picture and Television Producers Negotiations Restart On Tuesday

October 23, 2023 1:00 pmOctober 23, 2023 1:00 pm

The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) announced during the weekend that strike negotiations would resume on Tuesday following nearly two weeks of suspended negotiations because of multiple disagreements...

California Democratic Congressional Members Add Pressure Against Hollywood Studios In New Letter

July 26, 2023 5:57 pmJuly 26, 2023 5:59 pm

In a letter written to both Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television (SAG-AFTRA) president Fran Drescher and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) President Carol Lombardini, 37 Democratic members of the House from California warned Hollywood studios on...

Studios Play Hardball While SAG-AFTRA Refuses to Negotiate

July 22, 2023 2:27 amJuly 22, 2023 2:28 am

The realities of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) began to settle in for strikers on Friday, as the the one week SAG-AFTRA strike mark hit with more actors...