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Top 10 Actresses In Hollywood, Money-Ranked By Forbes

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Actors Who Are Female– The Top 10 Earning Actresses In The Movie Business, And The Millions They Earn

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SAG Election 2009 Results

Actor (and very recent Emmy winner) Ken Howard has won the votes of the professional actors of the Screen Actors Guild today. He defeated three other actor candidates: Anne-Marie Johnson, Seymour Cassel, Asmar Muhammed. A little over a quarter of all the actor members of the guild, who were sent ballots due to good standing, voted. It appears, once ...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-09-19

@WilliamsJoseph TY, and glad to hear from you...stay in touch... in reply to WilliamsJoseph # 1 pm . gotta go. later on o tweets my tweets # @sanfordcasting why the red flag? if they are just starting professionally? in ...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-22

@JohnTCogan Okay --refresh me again. What movie r we talking about? Now , I don't remember! in reply to JohnTCogan # #Actor Jack Klugman is accusing Universal Studios of hiding millions in profits from the TV Show "Quincy"--Suing them in court. (Via @THR) # @

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-15

You can stir up your own emotions today by imagining what peop... More for Cancer http://bit.ly/2MbrXo # Think I may just readabit and go to sleep, or simply go to sleep. May I say "Goodnight" now, please :? Thanks for the #FF's~~DID NOTICE!! # Took ...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-08

Uh oh. Took a friend to delta airlines--do they really make you show up 2 hours before your flight or bump you?? Friend has to wait hrs+ $$ # If you need 2 follow #SAG news, Hollywood Actor Prep now has a page only for SAG news--scroll to catch ...

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Actor Martin Sheen Explains How Bad This SAG Contract Is :: Video

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This Screen Actors Guild Member Vote is so complex that I felt overwhelmed. How to dissect each piece to explain? All that research! Thankfully, Martin Sheen saved the day! Here’s a video…

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Rally Info For Mar 26 :: Plus Latest SAG Issue Explained

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SAG Actors Rallies Are Now Held Every Thursday. Scott Wilson announced that the next SAG Actors Rally will be Thursday, March 26, 2009, from 11 AM to 2 PM, in front of the Department of Justice. In downtown Los Angeles: See map below.

“This rally is timely in light of the fact that the NLRB is investigating SAG Interim NED David White and SAG Board members on unfair labor practices because of their refusal to give members a chance to have a voice in their future: Whether voting on the AMPTP’s final offer, or a strike authorization. This is all part and parcel of a conflict of interest that is rampant in our industry.”

–from Sagwatchdog.net

Letter from Scott Wilson regarding Actors Rally:

We are drawing attention to the fact that the handful of vertically integrated corporations who finance, distribute and exhibit motion picture and video productions, have gained unchecked control over the entertainment industry. They are denying the professionals of the Screen Actors Guild below star level -supporting actors, stunts, dancers, jingles, background – a fair participation in the rewards of this very lucrative business. In our collective bargaining process these giant corporations have demanded rollbacks that ruthlessly cut down the minimum safety net on which our membership depends – residuals, pensions, health care. All our unions have been impacted. Conflicts of interest are rampant. We call on the Department of Justice to investigate the anti-trust implications of these corporations that have abused their market power to disadvantage the entire creative community.

In solidarity
Scott Wilson
Henry Kingi

Directions for Actors Rally:

This week’s Rally is at the Department of Justice, 312 N Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles on THURSDAY, March 26, at 11am-2pm. Public parking at the Olvera Street Market. The nearest Metro Rail station would be Union Station, from there head west on Arcadia Street or Aliso Street , turn L on Spring Street. 312 is on the first block of Spring Street after the freeway bridge, 3-4 blocks from Union station.

More from Sagwatchdog.net:

The letter to SAG General Counsel Duncan Crabtree-Ireland from the National Labor Relations Board is dated March 20, 2009. It begins, “This is to advise you that the enclosed charge alleging the commission of an unfair labor practice within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act…has been filed with this office.”

The letter asks for full cooperation and advises Mr. Crabtree-Ireland that a refusal to fully cooperate might cause a case to be litigated unnecessarily. It stipulates that the Region cannot honor any limitations, including claims of confidentiality.

It, also, states that all unfair labor practice charges are subject to prompt disclosure to the members of the public upon request under the Freedom of Information Act.

The charges in this case stem from a claim made to the NLRB, by a paid up SAG member, that his rights were being violated by interim NED David White and others on The SAG National Board, who were working against the membership by not getting out the contract to allow them to vote on it. The member included the Sixty Day Clause advising the NLRB that if no action was taken within the sixty day period, the AMPTP could arbitrarily impose the contract on the members.

Secondly, he advised the NLRB about his concerns of the “gagging” of SAG President Alan Rosenberg, and curtailing his ability to speak to the membership about what the member characterized as coup of our board by New York and the Branches.

The member, also, said that he was told that if any other SAG members had similar concerns they should contact the NLRB.

What I have to say about it all: I don’t claim to understand much of this, and I have read conflicting arguments, and they all seem legal and logical. BUT, there is one major overriding issue, that trumps all the arguing, for me; and that’s why I show up…

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