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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher emerged as a fierce defender of her 160,000-member performers union, helping to win its most generous deal in decades.
June 9, 2024
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Performers union SAG-AFTRA has tapped audience measurement company Nielsen to provide streaming data that will inform how bonuses are distributed.
May 2, 2024
Awards
“If an inventor lacks empathy and spirituality, perhaps that’s not the invention we need.”
Feb. 24, 2024
Join The Times for our live coverage of the 2024 Screen Actors Guild Awards as we offer analysis of the Netflix telecast and report from the ceremony at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium.
Actor Fran Drescher is easily reelected as president of SAG-AFTRA, as the union’s film and TV actors continue their strike against the major Hollywood studios.
Sept. 8, 2023
A big night for “Hacks,” “The Bear” and “Shogun,” but the days of huge audiences for the ceremony celebrating TV have passed.
Sept. 16, 2024
“I will not cave,” “The Nanny” star and SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher says in an interview, as the actors’ strike reaches 100 days. Talks with the major studios were suspended earlier this month.
Oct. 21, 2023
The Murdoch family will battle in court this month over patriarch Rupert Murdoch’s plan to place eldest son Lachlan in charge of its news companies.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday signed bills that offer actors more AI protections and address AI-generated false content in political ads.
Sept. 17, 2024
Read SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher’s entire speech Thursday announcing the actors’ strike.
July 13, 2023