Level up! After nearly a year on pause, the video game industry just got its biggest “achievement unlocked” in recent memory. SAG-AFTRA members have voted overwhelmingly — 95.04% to 4.96% — to approve the 2025 Interactive Media Agreement, officially ratifying the deal and bringing the long-simmering video game strike to a definitive close. (The strike […]
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Today, TIME reveals the 2025 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The issue has five worldwide covers, each highlighting a member of the TIME100: actor and producer Demi Moore, artist and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg, former tennis player and entrepreneur Serena Williams, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, and co-founder and CEO of
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In national voting completed Tuesday, members of SAG-AFTRA ratified the 2023 TV/Theatrical Agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Members approved the new, multi-year contracts covering television, theatrical and streaming production by a vote of 78.33% to 21.67% with a turnout of 38.15%. SAG-AFTRA’s transformational agreement with the AMPTP achieves some
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher and SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator sent the following message to members today: Dear SAG-AFTRA Members: We did it! Our historic TV/Theatrical/Streaming strike is over as of 12:01 AM this morning. After 118 days on strike, we are set to change the future of our industry with a transformative
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The SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee sent the below message to its membership on Wednesday: We are thrilled and proud to tell you that today your TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee voted unanimously to approve a tentative agreement with the AMPTP. As of 12:01am PT on Nov. 9, our strike is officially suspended and all picket locations are closed. We will
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After 118 days, the actor’s strike has ended. SAG-AFTRA negotiators have approved a tentative agreement that will end the longest actors strike against the mega-studios in Hollywood history. In an announcement Wednesday, the union said the 118-day strike would officially end at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. After a meeting on Monday with AMPTP, the TV/Theatrical
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The SAG-AFTRA TV/Theatrical Negotiating Committee broke down and outlined the fight with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). “Here’s the simple truth: We’re up against a system where those in charge of multibillion-dollar media conglomerates are rewarded for exploiting workers,” they said in a statement on their website. AMPTP represents “the studios” and
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SAG-AFTRA’s Television/Theatrical/Streaming contracts have expired without a successor agreement. What does that mean? After more than four weeks of bargaining, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) — the entity that represents major studios and streamers, including Amazon, Apple, Disney, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros. Discovery — remains unwilling to offer
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SAG Awards® revealed today nominee Emily Blunt (The English), nominee Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy), Don Cheadle (White Noise), Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things), Paul Mescal (Aftersun), and Ashley Park (Emily in Paris) will present at the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®. The ceremony will be broadcast live on Netflix’s YouTube channel, YouTube.com/Netflix, Sunday, February 26 at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT from the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. Oscar® and
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What constitutes an influential person? In 2022, what does it mean to be influential and does that have anything to do with being an ‘influencer,’ a term that determines the totem pole ranking on social media? According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary definition, an influencer is: one who exerts influence : a person who inspires or guides the actions
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