The SAG-AFTRA Foundation says it's "experiencing an extremely high volume of requests" for assistance due to the industry's coronavirus shutdown. Effective on Thursday, the Foundation says it will be streamlining its application process "to make it more seamless and efficient."
The Foundation’s COVID-19 Disaster Fund…
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has temporarily suspended all in-person programs at its offices in Los Angeles and New York because of the coronavirus pandemic. Foundation president Courtney B. Vance on Monday called it "an unfortunate but necessary response to prioritize the health and safety of our employees and…
SAG-AFTRA, in an effort to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, is canceling, postponing or re-configuring national and local in-person meetings and will not reschedule any new national group meetings in the immediate future "to help reduce the possibility of potential exposure or transmission through travel…
It was a night of reunions at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's fourth annual Patron of the Artists Awards – reunions of colleagues, activists and Friends in a gala celebration of actors and the many social causes they champion. Jennifer Aniston, Ava DuVernay, Mark Ruffalo and Greg Berlanti were the honorees, who were…
Courtney B. Vance has been named president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, succeeding JoBeth Williams, who will retire after 10 years in the post. The transition will take place at the Foundation's fourth annual Patron of the Artists Awards on Thursday at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los…
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation said Thursday that Ava DuVernay and Mark Ruffalo will be two of the honorees at this year’s Patron of the Artists Awards. The fourth annual event, a fundraiser to benefit SAG-AFTRA’s emergency assistance and free educational programs and its children's literacy program Storyline Online, is set…
Rami Malek, fresh from his Best Actor Oscar win, has already wrapped filming on his next gig – a seven-minute reading of the children's story "The Empty Pot" for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's literacy program, Storyline Online.
The Chinese folk tale about honesty and courage, "Does allow me to look inside and realize…
As the fire-relief effort continues in California, Harrison Ford has reached out to SAG-AFTRA members affected by the wildfires to let them know that help is available. "If you need help, ask. If you can help, give," he said in a pre-Thanksgiving public service announcement for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation (watch it…
Lady Gaga didn't sing tonight, but her voice soared at the third annual SAG-AFTRA Foundation's Patron of the Artists Awards. Outside the gala event at the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, flags flew at half-mast to honor the victims of the latest mass shooting a night ago in Thousand Oaks.
"We are facing a…
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation said Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom will host the group’s third annual Patron of the Artists Awards on November 8 at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the
Performing Arts in Beverly Hills.
The event will honor Harrison Ford, Lady Gaga, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Spike Lee, with the night…
