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SAG-AFTRA has named the recipients of the George Heller Memorial Award gold cards, which recognize contributions to the guild and its members. Sheila Ivy Traister, Michele Proude, Janice Pendarvis, and Stacey Travis are set to receive the honor presented every two years at SAG-AFTRA's national…

In March, Deadline broke the news that KMR Talent was grappling with a "talent payment breakdown" that resulted in late payments to clients. While scores of commercial actors reached out to us to report how they were waiting to receive thousands of dollars in back pay, owner and president Mark…

Will Hollywood experience another actors strike in the coming months? After more than a year of negotiating with the video game companies on a new Interactive Media Agreement, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland indicated the guild might soon be walking away from the table…

EXCLUSIVE: Intimacy coordinators could find themselves out of a job if they are indiscreet with the privacy of the filmmakers they work with, SAG-AFTRA says. Following recent revelations about what went on in the filming of the Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman-starring Miller's Girl, the Guild has…

SAG-AFTRA has fired a warning shot to casting websites that attempt to collect fees from actors who want to submit themselves for commercial casting. In a letter verified by Deadline, the union said “it has come to our attention that there are a number of casting websites and apps charging a fee for…

In a year that was defined by as much drama off-screen with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes as there was on-screen, 2023 saw the era of Peak TV come to a bruised end, but not without getting a few last solid punches in. Ted Lasso sputtered to a pretty standard end as heavyweights Succession and Reservat…

SAG-AFTRA’s use of an AI image to help promote its upcoming Labor Innovation & Technology Summit has drawn the ire of at least one noted artist who believes it took away jobs from humans. The illustration features a woman looking into the face of an AI robot, which rattled Karla Ortiz, whose credits…

Producers must give actors at least 48 hours to prepare a self-tape — longer if it’s before a weekend – and not assign more than eight pages to read for the first audition, according to a summary of SAG-AFTRA’s potential three-year contract. Producers must also provide opportunities for actors to…

Film and TV cameras are finally set to roll again as SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. The strike is officially over at 12:01 AM tonight, ending a six-month production pause due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA work stoppages, which eclipsed the length of the Covid-related production…

EXCLUSIVE: Venk Potula has been confirmed for The Black List fellow Nerris Nevarez-Nassiri's upcoming indie musical Key Change. The announcement follows the securing of an SAG-AFTRA interim agreement for the project, which has allowed the producers to push on with casting. Potula previously made…

This is day 99 of the SAG-AFTRA strike. Actors in New York City nearing day 100 on strike said a polite no thank you Friday to an offer from top stars to fund their health care by lifting the cap on SAG-AFTRA dues — to the tune of more than $150 million over three years — and to rework residual…

Queen Elizabeth II may have popularized the phrase "annus horribilis" decades ago, but the Latin term feels more relevant than ever when thinking about the state of the U.S. TV sector in the last year.  Midway through 2022, the industry was rocked by an unanticipated Netflix subscriber slide that…