SAG-AFTRA has filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Ashley Judd's lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein. Judd sued Weinstein for sexual harassment and defamation in April 2018, but in January, U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez in January dismissed her sexual harassment claim against the…
With one week to go before WGA West ballots are counted, Oscar-winning screenwriter Callie Khouri is urging writers to re-elect the guild's current leadership and “stand together” to win the WGA's five-month battle with Hollywood's talent agencies.
Khouri, who won the Oscar for Thelma & Louise, said in an email blast…
SAG-AFTRA national executive director David White has condemned a social media post that he described as a "threat" against Gabrielle Carteris, the union's recently re-elected president.
"It has come to our attention that elected leaders have been threatened," he said in an email to the guild's board of directors…
Candidates for the WGA West's board of directors are almost evenly divided between those who want to stay the course and those who want a course correction in the guild's ongoing fight with Hollywood's talent agencies. All 17 candidates vying for eight open seats on the board make reasoned, and often elegant…
Michael Tolkin, the Emmy-nominated creator of Showtime's Escape at Dannemora, is urging WGA members to stop vilifying agents and to start the reconciliation that will be needed to resolve the ongoing feud with the Association of Talent Agents in advance of the upcoming negotiations for a new film and TV…
Marjorie David, vice president of the WGA West, says the guild is "operating in good faith" to resolve the ongoing feud with Hollywood's talent agencies, and believes it will be in good shape going into next year's negotiations with the studios for a new film and TV contract as long as members stay united.
"Our…
Marc Guggenheim, opposition candidate for the WGA West board of directors, has floated a proposed solution to the guild's 20-week standoff with Hollywood's talent agencies: Writers and agents would share packaging fees 50-50 after the agents are "made whole" from the 10% commissions they give up in packaged deals…
Several protests have been filed challenging the validity of SAG-AFTRA's recent presidential election, in which incumbent Gabrielle Carteris handily defeated opponents including runners-up Matthew Modine and Jane Austin.
One of the challenges, filed Tuesday by Brian Hamilton, a founder of Membership First, claims that…
WGA West president David A. Goodman is urging members to "hold together" and stay the course in the guild's ongoing battle with Hollywood's talent agencies.
"Could we cut a deal quickly that leaves all the problems in place and maybe gets a little bit around the edges?" he asks in his official statement seeking…
Carl Gottlieb has withdrawn his candidacy for vice president of the WGA West for medical reasons, leaving incumbent Marjorie David, the running mate of WGA West president David A. Goodman, the only candidate in the race.
Gottlieb, who's served as vice president and secretary-treasurer of the guild, made the…
Robert King, the creator and co-showrunner of The Good Wife and The Good Fight, thinks that John Wells' support of Phyllis Nagy for president of the WGA West is not a good idea.
Wells, a former two-time president of the guild, sent a message to the guild's members today urging them to vote for Nagy and her slate of…
Calling on the WGA to return to the bargaining table with the Association of Talent Agents, former WGA West president John Wells announced today that he's supporting Phyllis Nagy for president of the guild, as well as her entire slate of running mates. Nagy is seeking to unseat WGA West president David A. Goodman…
