variety.com - 2/20/2009
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Withdrawal of the proposal on "French Hours," which covers meal penalties Modification the "union security" clause for new media productions Withdrawal of its proposal to eliminate force majeure protection and present a revised clause for series contract performers impacted by an unforseen ...
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We Love Soaps —
... belonged to another woman, a total stranger. No, this is not a sub plot from THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Sadly, according to the AP, this happened to a woman in Japan." New Masood joins EASTENDERS cast The most talked about absent family member of all time is about to make a splash in the Square as Marc Elliott joins the cast of EastEnders in the role of Syed Masood, the "handsome, suave and sophisticated" eldest child of the Masood family. SAG talks break down Confounding expectations that SAG was nearing a deal, the ...
SAGpocalypse Now: All Hope is Lost [Hollywood Strikewatch]
Gawker: defamer —
... , new talks were set for this week. They were supposed to settle everything. They settled nothing . [T]he majors and the Screen Actors Guild broke off three days of talks late Thursday with the congloms issuing a take-it-or-leave-it "last, best and final" offer. The talks fell apart over SAG's insistence that a new feature-primetime deal had to expire on June 30, 2011 - meaning that the deal would last only two years and three months. For its part, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers insisted that the new deal has to last a full three years. And the ...
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Broadcast pilots flying to AFTRA —
Hollywood Reporter 2/19/2009
With SAG still reeling from an internal power struggle and engaged in protracted contract negotiations with producers, AFTRA is making big gains on its rival actors union in primetime television.
CNN, Facebook on State of the Union duty —
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