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EXCLUSIVE: Union dues paid by SAG-AFTRA members were down $14 million over the past year of the pandemic but were significantly higher than union leaders expected, according to the union's latest financial report obtained by Deadline. The report for the fiscal year ended April 30 shows that despite so many job losses…

As the entertainment industry tries to settle into a new normal, SAG-AFTRA has revealed the date for its 2022 trophy show and timeline for nominations, submissions and voting. The 28th annual SAG Awards is set for Sunday, February 27. No venue was announced, but the two-hour ceremony will air live on TNT and TBS at 5…

I'm not especially religious. But, as they say, there are no atheists in foxholes. So I'd like to offer a short prayer for the much-delayed, Covid-weary 93rd Oscar ceremony, set for a week from tonight. Feel free to join, amend, or delete, as the spirit moves you: Dear Lord, whoever and wherever You may be, We humbly b…

It’s not a huge surprise, but still not good news for SAG, TNT & TBS. The one-hour pre-taped special for the 27th annual SAG Awards on Easter Sunday drew 957,000 total viewers across the TNT and TBS simulcast, according to Nielsen, less than half of last year’s viewership of over 2 million on the cable channels…

Netflix inarguably had a very big night at the SAG Awards, both in movies and TV categories taking half of the latter’s eight categories across three shows ( The Queen’s Gambit, Ozark, The Crown), and three of the five big movie categories including both Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman…

Since the pandemic, awards shows have been contained in Zoom chats and other virtual spaces. That said, the red carpet has also become virtual and allows Hollywood talent to come up with inventive ways to show off their red carpet fashions. For the SAG Awards, the virtual red carpet portraits contained many elevated…

Taylor Simone Ledward has been graciously accepting awards on behalf of her late, great husband Chadwick Boseman — and Sunday night was no exception. During the 27th annual SAG Awards, Boseman posthumously won for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. When Ledward accepted the award during the…

While Nomadland picked up Best Picture at the Critics Choice a couple of weeks back—a pretty reliable Oscar top prize indicator—at Sunday night’s SAG, it wasn’t even nominated in that category. Instead, that prize went to Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7, possibly bolstering its chances at the Academy show on…

Netflix’s The Crown continues to add more jewels to its award season scepter. On Sunday night, the royal family drama scored two trophies at the 27th annual SAG Awards including Outstanding Ensemble in a Drama Series and Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor for Gillian Anderson. “Thank you Peter Morgan for…

UPDATED with full winners list: The Trial of the Chicago 7 won the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture prize, SAG’s version of Best Picture, at the 27th annual SAG Awards on Sunday night. It was one of 13 awards honoring the year’s best film and TV acting performances. The late Chadwick Boseman and…

The 27th annual SAG Awards are Sunday, with the one-hour ceremony set to air at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT simulcast at TNT and TBS. Both virtual and abbreviated this year owing to the restrictions from the pandemic, the annual event honoring the best in acting in 13 film and TV categories will be brisk, eschewing any red…

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…