Sean Astin Elected President of SAG-AFTRA, Replacing Fran Drescher
“Lord of the Rings” icon Sean Astin has been elected president of Hollywood’s SAG-AFTRA union.
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Fran Drescher: ‘Resolve Is Very Strong’ for Actors Strike — Studios ‘Don’t Want Us to Have Feelings or Complain’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fran Drescher has steered the actors guild through its monthslong strike. On the heels of Hollywood studios abruptly breaking off talks with the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists this week, the actor
Striking Hollywood Actors and Writers Escalate War with Studios: They’re ‘Behaving Like Petty Tyrants’
Striking Hollywood actors and writers escalated their war with the studios this week, participating in a joint march in Los Angeles that clogged the streets of the Hollywood neighborhood as protestors marched Tuesday from Netflix offices to the historic Paramount lot.
Actors Union Threatens 3rd Hollywood Strike — Against Video Game Makers: AI ‘Putting Our Members in Jeopardy’
As its strike against the studios approaches its third month, the union representing Hollywood actors is now rattling its saber at another industry — video game makers. SAG-AFTRA leaders announced Friday that they will seek authorization for a strike against major
Hollywood Stars Go on Strike: Celebrities Walk Off the Job Bringing TV and Movie Production to a Historic Halt
Hollywood stars walked off the job en masse late Thursday after the screen actors’ union SAG-AFTRA failed to reach a new contract with studios, effectively bringing scripted TV and movie production around the country to a screeching halt.
SAG Awards: Fran Drescher Calls for Hollywood to Boycott Certain States to Promote ‘Diversity,’ Ban Single-Use Plastics to ‘Save the Planet’
Current SAG-AFTRA president and “The Nanny” star Fran Drescher called upon her industry to boycott certain states in the union while boasting about the end of “single-use plastics” at Sunday night’s SAG Awards.
‘The Nanny’ Star, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Blasts Vaccine Mandates as Infringement on Body Sovereignty: ‘Above All Else, Freedom’
Hollywood star Fran Drescher — who is the president of SAG-AFTRA, Hollywood’s largest actors union — has blasted COVID vaccine mandates as an infringement on basic liberties, saying no one should be forced to take the vaccine as a condition for work, travel, dining, or attending public events.
Fran Drescher: ‘Capitalism Has Become Another Word for Ruling Class Elite!’
Actress Fran Drescher endorsed a call for a general labor strike in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, declaring that “Capitalism has become another word for Ruling Class Elite!”
