The membership of Actors’ Equity Association, the union that represents theater actors and stage managers, has ratified a new five-year contract with the League of Resident Theaters, the national network of 72 nonprofit theaters […]
Video game companies, unlike other entertainment industries, aren’t typically unionized, which means it can sometimes take a scandal to reveal problematic work conditions. Game developers reportedly experience hellish demands during “crunch” time […]
“As talks between SAG-AFTRA and the Producers continue in advance of a June 30 contract expiration, an analysis by The Hollywood Reporter suggests that setting a basic wage increase could be more tricky than usual,” writes Jonathan Handel in […]
Actor Robert De Niro and the director who helped make him a household name, Martin Scorsese, posed with well-known casting director Ellen Lewis Saturday and became the latest in the entertainment world to call for #FairnessforCasting. […]
Eva DuVernay has found another set of female directors to helm every episode of season two, which premieres June 20. We did it “because we can,” said Oprah Winfrey, an executive producer on the show (as well as, obviously, owner of the network). […]
By a vote of 89%, employees of Deluxe Technicolor Digital Cinema have overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract.
The three-year agreement between the company and the Motion Picture Editors Guild covers technicians responsible […]
As talks between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP continue in advance of a June 30 contract expiration, one thing isn’t in doubt: broadcast television residuals, once the most lucrative form of reuse payment for talent, will continue their slow fade. […]
“What we’ve struggled with since the beginning—we make all the music, while everybody else makes all the money—is our eternal contest,” said American Federation of Musicians president Ray Hair. “How can we achieve fairness for what we do? We can get there if we apply the same principle that we live by when we […]
Wanda Studios — the vast production site under construction in Qingdao, China — aims to host at least five to six Hollywood projects in its first year of full operation in 2018, the studios’ new president and CEO Alvin Fu said Sunday. Fifteen of the […]
A combination of an increasingly risk-averse Hollywood movie system addicted to blockbuster franchises and the global explosion in mega-budget TV drama is putting the squeeze on smaller films. Cannes prize-winners are among the few […]
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