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Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images)Hollywood’s summer of labor action might have largely been over when SAG-AFTRA announced it had reached a tentative deal with the AMPTP a month ago—but it’s not over until it’s over, and we’ve finally reached that moment. Or at least we have for another three years.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedOvernight SAG-AFTRA revealed that its membership had voted to ratify the three-year contract negotiated by the union and Hollywood studios’ negotiation arm and first…

At the start of November, SAG-AFTRA managed to secure a tentative deal with studios to bring the actors strike to an end. As the union’s members are voting on the contract, SAG-AFTRA has released its draft for the general public to go through in its full, 128-page glory.Who’s This Thing Actually for? | PlayStation Portal Hands OnThe agreement was approved by the SAG-AFTRA board days after a deal was struck, but in the weeks since, it’s left members divided. Much of that split can be attributed to the contract’s AI…

Image: SAG/AFTRAFollowing the news Wednesday night that the SAG-AFTRA strike had come to an end after nearly 120 days, supporters have been waiting to hear more details about the tentative agreement. Today, union president Fran Drescher, national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, and others held a press conference following the SAG-AFTRA National Board’s meeting, which saw the board vote to approve the deal.What Inspired Dominic Monaghan's Performance in Moriarty?On November 9, SAG-AFTRA…

Image: Roy Rochlin / Stringer (Getty Images)Variety has released a report on what’s going on behind the scenes between the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the two guilds that are striking for fair pay, AI protections, and other existential issues. It seems, however, that the AMPTP isn’t coming back to the table precisely because the guilds have not immediately offered concessions on those exact line items. Samsung Galaxy Fold 5: Hands-on first Impressions of Samsung's Big-Screen Flagship…

Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, has had a lot of not-very-flattering press written about him recently, and the quotes and soundbytes he’s given out to the trades have not helped matters. The oft-referenced quote that he gave to CNBC in mid-July about the WGA and the SAG-AFTRA demands remains particularly condescending. “There’s a level of expectation that they have that is just not realistic,” he said, speaking about the actually incredibly reasonable demands that both guilds have asked for from the AMPTP. “And they are…

Image: AMCAMC’s Interview With the Vampire has finally released a teaser trailer for Season 2 of the series, following up on an absolutely stunning activation “The Street of Immortality” set up at the Hilton Gaslamp Terrace for San Diego Comic-Con. The teaser was being show at the activation before it was released to the public and con-goers visiting the New Orleans recreation were able to get a first-look at the trailer.Welcome to the Théâtre des Vampires | S2 Sneak Peek | Interview with the Vampire | Returns 2024The…

There is nothing more satisfying than when bosses realize who does the work needed to make them money. While the WGA successfully picketed and shut down productions on both coasts, the SAG-AFTRA action shut down productions shooting internationally, like Interview With the Vampire and Gladiator 2. And now, according to Variety, the movie industry is going to start feeling the financial ramifications of an industry shutdown as Hollywood headsinto blockbuster season.Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter…

As the SAG-AFTRA strike continues, the union has released its list of demands alongside the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’ responses. A note that AMPTP denies that this is totally accurate, and says that the following document “fails to include the proposals offered verbally” and concessions made on June 12, 2023, hours before the threat of strike became real, but… if even a fraction of the responses to SAG-AFTRA’s demands are true, AMPTP really shouldn’t be congratulated for whatever itsaid in the…

The ongoing WGA strike—in its third month of action as of writing—and last week’s announcement that SAG-AFTRA, the wide-ranging actors union, would be joining it on strike, have created a labor reckoning in Hollywood not seen for over half a century. But that unprecedented moment has made for an equally unprecedented moment of confusion for people who operate in and around entertainment media.Threads Needs These Five Missing Features to Be a Twitter KillerAs SAG-AFTRA’s strike formally began this past Friday, July 14,…

Image: AMC | Alfonso BrescianiIn an unsurprising move, Deadline reports that Interview With the Vampire has shut down production entirely after SAG-AFTRA announced a strike against AMPTP-backed productions. The series, created by Rolin Jones, was a sensation last fall as the gothic horror/romance reworked Anne Rice’s seminal debut novel. Jacob Anderson plays Louis de Pointe du Lac and Sam Reid is Lestat de Lioncourt.Why Are Vampires Associated With Queerness?Although the production is shut down, the show will still have a…