HOLLYWOOD is bleeding again!
November 26th 2008 08:20
It seems that no matter how much you earn it’s the same in any industry. Last year it was the writers wanting a bigger piece of the pie, and this year the actors are up in arms. Well at least after all the support they gave the writers last year, they should have them on their side. But when does it all end. The studios have met with the Screen Actors Guild for the firsttime in four months to try and make a dent in what has become a deadlock after contract talks broke down ealier this year.
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Hollywood insiders have said this mediation could continue well into the new year with actors asking for more money from DVD sales plus a greater say in what products are endorsed on the screen.
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The lst time executives discussed the issue was in June this year while in July, another union sepearte to SAG, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists agred to a new prime time contract with the studios. With so many different groups asking for that bit extra (SAG wants 10.5% increase in wages over 3 years) the likelihood of strike action is looking more and more likely. Industrial action occurs when 75% of balloted members vote in the affirmative.
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The big question is whether the studios are going to blink, or are the A-listers with SAG going to stand behind the union or attend the Oscars regardless of whether the union boycotts them," Jonathan Handel, a former Writers' Guild of America (WGA) lawyer was quoted by Reuters.
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Action by the writers earlier this year put paid to the glitz and glamour of the Golden Globes as well as upsetting fiolming of some Prime Time shows as well as costing the Californian economy approximately US $3 billion.
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Hollywood insiders have said this mediation could continue well into the new year with actors asking for more money from DVD sales plus a greater say in what products are endorsed on the screen.
The lst time executives discussed the issue was in June this year while in July, another union sepearte to SAG, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists agred to a new prime time contract with the studios. With so many different groups asking for that bit extra (SAG wants 10.5% increase in wages over 3 years) the likelihood of strike action is looking more and more likely. Industrial action occurs when 75% of balloted members vote in the affirmative.
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The big question is whether the studios are going to blink, or are the A-listers with SAG going to stand behind the union or attend the Oscars regardless of whether the union boycotts them," Jonathan Handel, a former Writers' Guild of America (WGA) lawyer was quoted by Reuters.
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Action by the writers earlier this year put paid to the glitz and glamour of the Golden Globes as well as upsetting fiolming of some Prime Time shows as well as costing the Californian economy approximately US $3 billion.
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