| SAG-AFTRA NEXT TO NEGOTIATE |
| THE GUILD HADN'T EXPECTED TO RESUME TALKS WITH THE AMPTP UNTIL JUNE, BUT THE WGA DEAL HAS OPENED A WINDOW |
SAG-AFTRA is headed back to the bargaining table with the studios and streamers later this month.
The actors union issued a statement on Monday confirming that negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers would resume on April 27. As with the first few weeks of talks, the two sides will be operating under a media blackout.
Negotiations between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP began in February. They paused just over a month later to make way for the WGA, which unexpectedly reached its own tentative deal with the studios over the weekend.
It will be interesting to see whether SAG-AFTRA can make a deal before the Christopher Nolan-led DGA takes its turn at the table. Both current contracts expire June 30. >>>AI Protections At Issue |
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Timothy Busfield’s Lawyer Speaks - The top lawyer for Timothy Busfield has let loose with some sharp words for the parents of The Cleaning Lady child actors at the heart of sex abuse accusations made against the Emmy winner. >>>"The Parents Are Criminals"
Hot Year, Hot Cast - Roxy Sophie Sorkin will make her feature directorial debut with Hot Year, an indie coming-of-age revenge thriller that she also wrote. Kathryn Newton, Storm Reid, Dove Cameron, J. Smith Cameron, and Owen Painter will star. >>> Trauma, Loyalty & Identity |
The fifth episode of Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses’ HBO Max comedy Rooster adds a new character to the mix of college campus chaos, completing the Russo family dynamic.
In “Mr. Razzles,” Connie Britton’s Elizabeth Stoddard visits Ludlow College to give a speech to open the new student center named after her and to discuss her Green Initiative. The initiative aims to save energy by turning lights off at an automatic time every day in campus buildings.
“She’s, very, very funny," Clive says. "She’s funny in real life. And everything she says that’s scripted is brilliant, but it comes from this real, reality, place. She plays the character with such authority." >>>Read The Interview |
ExclusiveEmmy Award winner Katherine LaNasa (The Pitt) has been cast in Hulu's Count My Lies. LaNasa will play Tracy, the mother of Sloane (Shailene Woodley).
Andy Serkis will reprise his role as Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne’s butler, in Matt Reeves’ follow-up The Batman II, which commences shooting in June in London.
Chris Messina (Air), Michael Peña (Ant-Man), Esai Morales (Mission: Impossible) and Gigi Zumbado (The Lincoln Lawyer ) will star alongside Sam Rockwell and Maisy Stella in Tumor, a psychological thriller which has now wrapped production in Los Angeles.
Jessica Lange is set to return to American Horror Story Season 13 as the FX anthology series starts filming. AHS13 will be Lange’s first return to the franchise since Apocalypse (Season 8) in 2018. |
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| OBITUARIES 🕯️ Joseph J. Collins, a leading cable executive as the pay-TV platform became a dominant part of the media industry in the late 20th century, has died. He was 81. 🕯️ David Gersten , whose career as a Broadway and Off Broadway press representative and marketing consultant spanned more than 30 years, died April 6 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 67. 🕯️ Edward Graczyk, best known for Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, the 1982 Broadway play and film adaptation both directed by Robert Altman, died in Sidney, Ohio, on February 11 following a lengthy illness. He was 84. 🕯️ 2026 Deaths Photo Gallery |
| ON THE RADAR
Tue - Euphoria premiere in L.A.
Wed - Hacks premiere in L.A.
Thu - Cannes lineup announced; The Masters tees off
Fri - Coachella begins
Sat - Colman Domingo hosts SNL
Mon - CinemaCon unspools
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Happy 'Outcome' - Atsuko Okatsuka, Ivy Wolk, Laverne Cox, Keanu Reeves, Jonah Hill, Matt Bomer, David Spade, Susan Lucci, Cameron Diaz and Roy Wood Jr. at the Outcome world premiere in NY. |
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