A federal judge has denied actress Frances Fisher's verified application to file a breach of fiduciary duty complaint against SAG-AFTRA over the raising of eligibility requirements for coverage under the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan. U.S. District Court Judge Christina Snyder dismissed Fisher's application Friday without…
Netflix got a huge taste of commercial success when its 2018 Sandra Bullock sci-fi thriller Bird Box shot through the roof as a global smash. Of course, it starred an Oscar-winning actress and was helmed by an Oscar-winning director, Susanne Bier. It perhaps also inspired some copycats, or so it seems, by the arrival…
Frances Fisher is asking for Donald Trump's vote. Fisher, a progressive Democrat who's called Trump "the worst bully in the world," tweeted out to the president, tongue in cheek, asking him to vote for her Membership First slate in SAG-AFTRA's ongoing elections.
"We have Republicans; we have Democrats; we have…
EXCLUSIVE: Holidate, the Netflix romantic comedy, has added a bevy of actors including Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge, Point Break), Jake Manley (The Order, Midway), Jessica Capshaw (Grey's Anatomy), Andrew "King Bach" Bachelor (The Babysitter, Meet The Blacks), Frances Fisher (Watchmen, Titanic), Manish Dayal (The Hundred…
EXCLUSIVE: Mena Suvari and Frances Fisher have signed on to star in Grace and Grit, the indie feature adaptation of Ken Wilber's book of the same title. Stuart Townsend, Mariel Hemingway, Lydia Hearst, Nick Stahl, Rebekah Graf, and Tara Subkoff also co-star in the Sebastian Siegel-directed film, which is currently in…
Sam Adegoke, who currently stars in CW’s Dynasty reboot, and Frances Fisher are set for 8000 Shots, an indie film which Talia Lugacy wrote and is directing. Rosario Dawson is producing the film with Lugacy, who previously directed Dawson in the 2007 drama, Descent, along with Adegoke, Noah Lang, and Cheyenne…
Sleepy Hollow alum Tom Mison, Frances Fisher (Titanic) and Jacob Ming-Trent (Superfly) have signed on to the cast of Damon Lindelof’s HBOWatchmen pilot, a take on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' iconic limited comic series. They join previously cast Jeremy Irons, Regina King, Don Johnson, Tim Blake Nelson, Louis Gossett…
A Me Too Survivor’s March, led by featured speaker Tarana Burke, the original creator of the MeToo hashtag, will take place on Sunday at the intersection of Hollywood and Highland for survivors of sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual abuse starting at 10 AM. There will be a number of speakers and a march…
The war of words continues between Actors’ Equity and a group of Los Angeles-based actors and theater owners opposed to the union's plan to force small playhouses to pay their actors minimum wage. In a recent email to members, the union said the minimum wage opponents have "openly threatened Equity staff and…
The high-profile union actors have lent their support to a rally and march slated for Monday afternoon to protest a plan by Actors’ Equity that would force L.A.’s 99-seat theaters to pay actors a minimum wage. The proposal, announced earlier this year, has spawned headlines and hollering from the Los Angeles Times to…
EXCLUSIVE: Another week in Hollywood, another battle over commissions heading to the courts. Last week it was Bad Judge's Kate Walsh going after her ex-managers for money that the star of the new NBC show says she doesn't owe them. In late August, Criminal Minds' Thomas Gibson’s former manager sued him for the 10% he…