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EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood's unions are hurting. Membership dues, their largest source of revenue, have plummeted during the pandemic as a result of massive job losses and dues relief they've provided to their members. Annual financial reports that have just been filed with the Department of Labor show that entertainment…

Cut to Endeavor IPO, Part 2: The Reimagining. Endeavor Group Holdings, owner of assets like talent agency WME, sports leagues the UFC, a production outfit and modeling firm IMG, has renewed its quest to go public. The IPO is planned for later this year. In an SEC filing today, CEO Ari Emanuel made the case for the…

On Wednesday, the stars of Bridgerton appeared for a panel, presented by the Screen Actors Guild, teasing the Netflix series’ anticipated season, while celebrating its resonance and inclusivity. Known for his turn as Colin Bridgerton, Luke Newton was asked about a recent Instagram post, in which he proclaimed that…

Concept artist John Eaves will be honored with the Art Directors Guild’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 25th annual ADG Awards. Presented to Eaves by Emmy-nominated production designer Herman Zimmerman, the award will recognize his role in bringing iconic sci-fi concepts and sets to life, for Marvel, the Star Trek…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA today is celebrating the ninth anniversary of the merger of SAG and AFTRA – two competing unions that came together in 2012 to work as one. In a wide-ranging Q&A conducted in advance of Sunday’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, guild president Gabrielle Carteris and national executive director David Whi…

SAG-AFTRA leaders are calling on their members to help lead the fight against the rising tide of hate crimes and discrimination against Asian Americans. In a message to members, president Gabrielle Carteris and Clyde Kusatsu, the union's national vice president representing Los Angeles, said: "The ongoing wave of…

At the 32nd annual Producers Guild Awards on Wednesday, outgoing National Executive Director Vance Van Petten was presented with the Charles Fitzsimons Award. Appearing (virtually) to present Van Petten with the Honorary Lifetime Membership Award was former PGA President Mark Gordon. In his acceptance speech, Van…

The Producers Guild of America’s 32nd annual PGA Awards handed Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland its marquee honor tonight, bestowing the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures on the Chloé Zhao film that has been on a roll since taking the top awards at Venice and Toronto when it…

Tanya Saracho (Vida), Mike Royce (One Day at a Time), and Liz Hsiao Lan Alper (Day of the Dead) continue to do the work to bring more equity and inclusion to Hollywood — something that it seems to have trouble with as of late (we’re looking at you HFPA). The trio has partnered with the Writers Guild Foundation to…

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA won't be handing out a SAG Life Achievement Award this year for the first time in 40 years. It's not that no one was deserving – this year of all years – but because of the pandemic and a shortened TV timeslot for its awards show, the union decided that it would be better to skip a year and…

Producers of Surviving the Cartel hope to raise more than $130,000 in an audition contest for 33 roles on the yet-to-be-produced streaming TV series. The producers at 1265 Films call their online contest "hybrid casting" but insist that it's not an illegal "pay to play" scheme because actors who hope to be voted onto…

SAG-AFTRA has issued a "Do Not Work Notice" for the streaming TV series Surviving the Cartel, telling its members not to work on the show that uses a "hybrid" form of casting in which many of the guest-starring roles will be determined by an online popularity vote. A producer on the show said that "the audience…