Reed Farrell, who was president of AFTRA from 1989-93, has died. He was 89. "Reed was a committed unionist with a passion for union service and the betterment of his fellow members," said SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris. "Our gratitude goes out to him for his many years of dedication to our union." Farrell, who…

Phyllis Nagy has joined the race for president of the WGA West just hours before the deadline. The Oscar-nominated writer of Carol, who's opposed to the guild's handling of its 101-day standoff with the talent agencies, is running on a slate that includes Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin, who's running for vice…

MSNBC is taking some heat today after a panelist on an afternoon discussion program falsely stated that Fox News is not airing live coverage of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before two Senate panels this week. Rick Wilson, a longtime Republican strategist and author of Everything Trump Touches Dies…

The signing of the Kaplan Stahler Agency to the WGA's newly modified franchise agreement has been hailed as a win for the guild, but could it open the floodgates to other mid-sized agencies following suit? The new deal is far more flexible than anything the guild ever offered to the Association of Talent Agents, and…

Alberto Mielgo, who won an Emmy for his work on Tron: Uprising and is up for another for his episode of Netflix’s animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots, is making his first feature film. Stampede, the production outfit run by Greg Silverman, has come aboard to produce the pic, which Mielgo will write and…

Watching the Game of Thrones contingent take their final (and somewhat complicated) bow this weekend at Comic-Con International I found myself wondering: Will we ever see the likes of the HBO hit series again? Fans will continue to debate the creative choices made in the finale season but the overall accomplishment of…

Al Franken’s name once again trended on social media Monday thanks to a lengthy profile on the former Minnesota Senator by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker. The story, which runs more than 12,000 words, features an extensive interview with Franken. The former writer and performer on Saturday Night Live reflects on having…

Jeffery Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s Quibi has picked up Skinny Dip, a comedy series based on Carl Hiaasen’s 2004 satirical novel. The project had been set up as a drama pilot at the CW in the 2018 cycle but did not move forward there. The same core group remains attached: Producer Kashet Studios, writers Russel…

ESPN host Dan Le Batard was MIA from his radio show today as his employer weighed punishment for his breaking company rules about talking politics on the air. Le Batard had returned to his show Friday, a day after his riled his bosses over comments about Donald Trump’s war of words with a quartet of Democratic…

BREAKING: Free Association partners Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan have secured a $2 million revolving film development fund with Atwater Capital. Deal calls for Atwater to finance a minimum of five projects generated by the company. That arrangement will be overseen by Free Association Veep of…