LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The Screen Actors Guild on Wednesday continued its campaign against a rival actors' union's tentative contract with Hollywood producers.
At a Town Hall meeting in Hollywood, SAG aimed to educate its members about the new primetime/TV deal that the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) has asked its members to ratify.
The meeting followed SAG's 28th day of negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers.
A fact sheet was handed out to members that tells of "some problems with AFTRA's tentative deal."
The rundown focused on issues involving new media, including allegations that AFTRA gave up "significant jurisdiction" and residuals in new media and is not protecting actors over the use of their clips in new media.
"AFTRA's tentative deal does not secure adequate residuals for television shows that stream over the Internet on an advertiser-supported platform," SAG said. "This is a huge problem for SAG members because the new-media platform could cannibalize some existing residuals models for both motion pictures and television when product moves to the Internet."
AFTRA, which brokered a tentative deal with the AMPTP on May 28, has defended its contract. Its national board voted Friday to send the new deal to its members for ratification. The results of that member vote are expected by July 9.
AFTRA refuted SAG's claims, saying their agreement "confirms the union's jurisdiction over programs made directly for new media and establishes a payment structure for the use of traditional programs reused in new media, building upon the patters of the DGA and WGA deals."
Thursday 26 June 2008
Thursday 19 June 2008
Sopranos - Iler Escapes Crane Collapse
SOPRANOS actor ROBERT ILER owns an apartment in a New York block that was struck by a crane that fell and killed two construction workers on Friday (30May08).
Iler - who played A.J. Soprano in the hit series - was at home in the Upper East Side building when the tumbling 62 metre (200 foot) tower crane struck.
The crane was working on a new 32-story-apartment block when it collapsed and destroyed many apartments in Iler's neighbouring building.
According to TMZ.com, the 23-year-old actor - who had lived in the block for several years - felt the impact and heard people screaming, although his home was not affected.
Two men were killed and number of others hospitalised by the incident, the second crane collapse in New York in just two months.
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Lohan Denies Being Dropped From Film
Lindsay Lohan has hit back at reports alleging she was axed as the star of an upcoming biopic of murderer Charles Manson, insisting she turned down the role. Internet reports surfaced last week, claiming the 21-year-old was dropped from independent movie The Manson Girls - Lohan's first big screen role since 2007's I Know Who Killed Me - because producers feared her wild ways could interrupt shooting. But a representative for the star denies she has been dropped from the film, claiming she was too busy with other projects to commit to the project. Spokesperson Leslie Sloane says, "Unfortunately (The Manson Girls) didn't come together quickly enough, and she was offered other roles, which she accepted and is looking forward to doing."See Also
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