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Ensuring that hair and makeup departments are inclusive in their ability to work effectively with actors of color will be explored during a virtual panel discussion next month hosted by the Producers Guild of America in collaboration with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the Gersh talent agency and Management 360. The panel…

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has passed the $6 million mark in COVID-19 emergency relief aid that’s been distributed to more than 6,500 of the union's members and their families in need. That’s according to the latest update from Foundation president Courtney B. Vance, who noted that the financial assistance was made…

SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance paid tribute to Chadwick Boseman in his latest fireside chat, reposting a laugh-filled Q&A with cast members and director of Marshall, the 2017 film in which Boseman portrayed famed civil rights leader and Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall. In the Q&A, Boseman, who…

EXCLUSIVE: Former SAG-AFTRA Foundation events and communications team members Mara Webster, Liz Riesterer and Danna Friedberg will launch their digital entertainment events firm In Creative Company as virtual events become the norm of during the COVID-19 pandemic. "Given the situation and current climate in our…

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has distributed over $5.5 million to more than 5,900 SAG-AFTRA members and their families since the coronavirus shutdown. "We're still asking for your help and donations, so if you're in a position to do so, please consider helping our cause," said Foundation president Courtney B. Vance in his…

Two weeks ago, SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance issued a "Better Days" challenge to the performing community. Vance asked performers to tell him "something positive you're striving for – looking forward to." The video response, he said in his latest fireside chat, was "very, very motivating." They…

Tom Hanks, one of the first celebrities to contract the coronavirus, is urging his fellow actors to contribute to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation's COVID-19 Relief Fund, which said Monday it has raised more than $7.8 million in contributions to aid SAG-AFTRA members in dire financial need. "The devastating effects of…

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation has passed the $5 million mark in financial assistance to the union's members during the pandemic. "In three months' time, we've given over $5.1 million in emergency aid to thousands of our fellow performers, and counting," Foundation president Courtney B. Vance said in the latest of his…

In his latest "fireside chat," SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance offered a history lesson to help weather the multiple storms now lashing the nation and the industry’s unemployed workforce. "Whether it be the fight for racial justice that is happening in Minneapolis and communities all across the…

SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance, in his latest "fireside chat," is calling for calm amid nationwide protests that have frequently turned violent and destructive. "I know many of you are feeling the pain and frustration of what has happened in Minneapolis and other parts of the country," he said today…

SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance, whose weekly "fireside chats" have offered messages of hope, generosity and dogged determination during the coronavirus shutdown, is cautioning against letting our guard down amid the reopening.” “I know that many of you are preparing for a few more months of continued…

The SAG-AFTRA Foundation's COVID-19 Relief Fund has distributed more than $4 million in direct financial assistance to some 4,000 SAG-AFTRA members in urgent need, with hundreds of applications still being reviewed. In his seventh "fireside chat," Foundation president Courtney B. Vance noted today that "it's still…