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EXCLUSIVE, UPDATED with UFS statement: With just one week to go in the SAG-AFTRA election, Matthew Modine has accused Fran Drescher of defamation and threatened legal action if she doesn't issue a public apology by Friday. "Your defamation of Mr. Modine, your opposing candidate for SAG-AFTRA president, at the eleventh…

EXCLUSIVE: Candidates backed by Fran Drescher in local SAG-AFTRA elections are racking up impressive wins as early results from around the country continue to come in. Candidates that her Unite for Strength slate deem "Drescher-friendly" already have won in Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston-Austin, Miami, the…

The battle for control of SAG-AFTRA has turned ugly, with allegations and threats of lawsuits flying between the feuding factions. Unite for Strength, the union's ruling party, is calling on Matthew Modine and his MembershipFirst opposition party to publicly denounce the "rhetoric of hate" allegedly espoused by…

SAG-AFTRA presidential candidate Matthew Modine and his running mate, Joely Fisher, have emailed the union's entire membership, accusing their opponents – Fran Drescher and Anthony Rapp – of not being ready to lead because they have no record of service in union office or on its boards or committees. They also accused…

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Hanks has endorsed Fran Drescher for president of SAG-AFTRA. He's also backing her running mate, Anthony Rapp, and “their entire team" of candidates running on the ruling parties’ Unite for Strength and USAN slates. "The future of SAG-AFTRA is streaming," Hanks is quoted as saying on the front of a USAN…

Candidates from SAG-AFTRA's rival factions – Unite for Strength and Membership First – have staked out their positions as they vie for control of the union in its upcoming elections. Candidates from the ruling Unite for Strength camp – led by Fran Drescher and Anthony Rapp – say in their official campaign statements…

Two of Fran Drescher's former co-stars on The Nanny have come out in support of her political rival, Matthew Modine, in the race to be the next president of SAG-AFTRA. Charles Shaughnessy and Madeline Zima also are backing the Membership First slate of candidates headed by Modine and his running mate, Joely Fisher. A…

Fran Drescher made her decision to run for president of SAG-AFTRA while lying in bed one night at her home in Malibu, listening to the calming sounds of the Pacific Ocean. "Everything was quiet," she recalled, "and I meditated on the question of whether I should take on this challenge and accept the proposal that has…

The SAG-AFTRA presidential contest will be a two-person race for the first time since 2015, with no third-party or independent candidates vying for the union's top elected post and splitting the votes. Only Fran Drescher and Matthew Modine qualified as presidential candidates this time, and only their running mates…

EXCLUSIVE: Former SAG-AFTRA national secretary-treasurer Jane Austin, who finished third in the union's presidential election two years ago, is throwing her support this time to presidential candidate Matthew Modine and his running mate Joely Fisher, who's running for secretary-treasurer. SAG-AFTRA has two main…

Gabrielle Carteris is not seeking re-election as president of SAG-AFTRA and has thrown her support behind Fran Drescher to succeed her in the union's election later this summer. The Nanny star also has the support of Unite for Strength, the union's ruling party that Carteris has led since becoming president in…

UPDATE, with video Despite the Covid death last year of its announced co-composer Adam Schlesinger, The Nanny Broadway musical is “almost ready to launch,” Fran Drescher said on The View today. And no, Drescher won’t be taking the stage as her ’90s sitcom incarnation Fran Fine. “I really can’t sing,” Drescher said on…