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SAG Press Release Re: SAG Board Approving Tentative Agreement

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When the terms are sent to the SAG membership, there will be both pro-and-con arguments, sent along with that. I’ll be posting that.

If there’s more necessary, such as things not covered, details, or simply what that means, in terms of work-a-day experiences for working actors, or pay, or even ramifications of increases, losses, and all that subtext of “putting off ’til tomorrow” stuff. (…Uh, the Renegotiating-Later-Theme, that has been underlying this whole deal.)
Here’s the official SAG PRESS RELEASE…

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Scott Wilson Does The Math On The Actor Contracts :: Video

Did I hear you correctly, Mr. Scott Wilson? How many hundreds of millions of dollars, was that? (That won’t go to actors…) Instead, then, who does that money go to?

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Pro-Actor:: Ed Asner’s Rousing Speech From Actor Rally At CBS

Ed Asner says into the megaphone, in this video :Hopefully you will make them produce leaders… Who have compassion… Who understand this business… And who appreciate actors…You are artists..Never forget it…

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Pro-Actor:: Ed Asner's Rousing Speech From Actor Rally At CBS

Ed Asner says into the megaphone, in this video :Hopefully you will make them produce leaders… Who have compassion… Who understand this business… And who appreciate actors…You are artists..Never forget it…

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What Kind Of Money Do Actors Make? Actress Frances Fisher Tells You::Video

The public thinks one-of-two-things about what acting professionals earn:
1. Actors make millions. Actors are rich…20 mill, per movie. **OR**2. You’d have to be a nut to choose acting as a career. Ever hear: ‘starving actor’? I shot a video with Frances Fisher (Oscar Nominated Actress: Unforgiven) on the actor salary myth. (SAG Actor Rally at CBS Studios, Los Angeles, on March 18.) Watch the video in this Hollywood Actor Prep Blog post…

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Acting Residuals — Why + When — Brief History In Broadcasting

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But because recording was such a new technology, and not so reliable, the actors would have to remain in the studio, waiting around, to be sure that the recorded performance would play…

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Animation Video About Residuals + SAG Strike

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Current Residual Situation, AMPTP's Offer Explained Found this animation movie, about residuals, on YouTube. Cute...Short... Simple....Clear?   Does Acting Have Value? What it basically comes down to is this:  The conglomerate corporations think that "talent" shouldn't be paid everytime that they provide the audience with entertainment.  With talent.  With their visibility. Every time their likeness and abilities, and ...

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Huff Post re: AMPTP: “No Good Faith, No Goodwill, No Good Word”"

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The Huffington Post ran this experiential post, with it’s utter ugly truth, on Dec. 4, 2008–and I think it’s the most accurate summation I have found…

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Huff Post re: AMPTP: "No Good Faith, No Goodwill, No Good Word""

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The Huffington Post ran this experiential post, with it’s utter ugly truth, on Dec. 4, 2008–and I think it’s the most accurate summation I have found…

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Explaining The Actors Strike, Simply

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The SAG Strike–Most people don’t even know what is being negotiated…Actors don’t know…nor do the journalists covering it…It’s quite understandable… I made it really simple here…

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Celebrity Actor in Germany…Video re: Residuals

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Andreas Stenschke is a successful actor in Germany.  He put a video, on YouTube, about how important acting residuals are.  American actors count on residuals, as part of their "living".   

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