I was asked to review a book this month. Running late, life, in the way, etc etc. Now reading Film Noir Fate Vs The Working Stiff : Film Noir In The Public Domain Vol II by Bernie Dowling.

Veteran Cinematographer Can’t Afford $5 McDonald’s Meal After Hollywood Strikes https://petapixel.com/2024/09/30/veteran-cinematographer-verge-homeless-cant-afford-5-mcdonalds-meal-after-hollywood-strikes-sag-aftra-writers-guild-america/ #cinematographers #writersstrike #actorsstrike #aerialdrone #hollywood #News

EA Chief Says There Will Be No ‘Significant Short-Term Impact’ From Video Game Actors Strike, Teases Expanding ‘The Sims’ Franchise
#Variety #News #ActorsStrike #ElectronicArts #Mediaearnings #TheSims

https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/ea-ceo-video-game-actors-strike-the-sims-franchise-1236090632/

Horror Film ‘Late Night with The Devil’ Criticized for Using AI Images https://petapixel.com/2024/03/25/new-horror-film-late-night-with-the-devil-criticized-for-using-ai-images-david-dastmalchian/ #artificialintelligence #actorsstrike #horrormovie #Technology #Culture #cinema #News

‘Oppenheimer’ Team Praises Solidarity for Actors Strike During SAG Drama Ensemble Award Win
#MovieNews #Movies #ActorsStrike #Awards #GeenaDavis #JeffGoldblum #Kennethbranagh #Oppenheimer #SAGAwards #SAGAwards2024

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oppenheimer-sag-award-2024-outstanding-performance-cast-1235834877/

Kate Hudson Still Receives 10-Cent Residual Checks for ‘Home Alone 2’
#MovieNews #Movies #ActorsStrike #HomeAlone #JoeyLawrence #KateHudson #Labor #Residuals #Unions

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kate-hudson-10-cent-residual-checks-home-alone-2-1235824787/

Quinta Brunson Explains ‘Abbott Elementary’ Time Jump in Season 3
#TV #TVNews #AbbottElementary #ActorsStrike #JimmyKimmel #JimmyKimmelLive #LateNightTV #QuintaBrunson #WritersStrike

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/abbott-elementary-season-3-time-jump-episode-count-1235819547/

‘Jeopardy!’: Is This the Real Reason Mayim Bialik Was Axed?

https://www.tvinsider.com/1115332/jeopardy-real-reason-mayim-bialik-was-fired/

If Bialik pissed off Sony execs for joining the strike then it seems she did the right thing.

#Jeopardy
#WritersStrike
#ActorsStrike

Fran Drescher Weighs In on Bob Iger’s Charm, ‘The Nanny”s Future and Her Own “Take No Sh**” Ethos
#Business #BusinessNews #ActorsStrike #CreativeSpace #FranDrescher #Max #SAGAFTRA #Sagaftrastrike #Strike #TheNanny #WomeninEntertainment #WomeninEntertainment2023

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/fran-drescher-actors-strike-bob-iger-the-nanny-future-1235714829/

Well, it's official. #SAGAFTRA members have finally ratified the 2023 TV & Theatrical contract. Sure hope the #AI protections will be solid enough. Not sure what productions are happening right now, with just a few weeks left 'til the #NewYear. Looking forward to getting back to auditioning in January, tho.

SAG-AFTRA members: vote now for the TV/Film Tentative Agreement.

Vote now at link in bio and at: https://vote.ivsballot.com/tvtheatrical2023/login.aspx?AcceptsCookies=yes

You can get your PIN on the voting site.

SAG-AFTRA members: time to vote for the TV/Film Tentative Agreement.

Vote now at: https://vote.ivsballot.com/tvtheatrical2023/login.aspx?AcceptsCookies=yes

You can get your PIN on the voting site.

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to object and bargain if someone wanted to replace you at work with a machine, instead of being sorely out of luck (S.O.L.)?

The tentative agreement aims to make that dream a reality, if it ratifies: https://bit.ly/DominionOverTheMachines

via Duncan Crabtree-Ireland: “An insightful analysis from the law professor who was the USA's chief negotiator of the international treaty a protecting actors’ performances. Check it out…”

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-11-30/ai-hollywood-sag-aftra-strike-streaming-residuals-digital-replacement

Watching the second Contract Roundtable talk about the tentative agreement, and happy to be seeing what David Blue & Jen Levin put together.

Thankful for them and Ben Whitehair,
Jason Winston George, Woody Schultz, Charlie Bodin, Natalia Castellanos, Nicole Cyrille, Frances Fisher and everyone who has worked so hard for so many.

https://youtu.be/ILqICEX23VU

In the article, Iger reveals he just learned a good story matters, & he believes he’s been fixing things at the company which has faced 2 proxy fights this year, triggered 1st dual strike in ½ century & the longest actors strike in film history, & he’s personally being sued by multiple groups of investors. Bob, you are the problem. It’s you, chucklehead.

https://www.ign.com/articles/disney-ceo-thinks-the-marvels-is-underperforming-because-there-werent-enough-executives#

“You think that’s bunk? Read the papers!”

I wasn’t going to share this. But then one of the four fools calls themselves courageous, and I think: they earned, and keep earning, the disrespect their destructive choices bring.

Actors: Vote yes for the 2023 Film/TV SAG-AFTRA tentative agreement with the AMPTP by Tuesday, December 5, 2023.

Vote here: https://vote.ivsballot.com/tvtheatrical2023/login.aspx?AcceptsCookies=yes

If you don’t have your voting PIN you can get it on the voting site.

Please ask me any questions you have and I’ll try to answer them as well as I can.