‘Happy Days’ Actors Win Key Ruling in CBS Lawsuit Barring any settlement, former castmembers will face off against CBS on July 17 over money from DVD releases of the comedy series. 4:22 PM PDT 6/5/2012 by Eriq Gardner A lawsuit over whether Happy Days castmembers were cheated out of money from merchandising could be headed [...]

THIS FROM THE SAG WEBSITE — Questions and Answers Regarding Negotiations Why should we vote to authorize a strike? We need to show management that we are willing to fight to preserve our ability to earn a living as union performers; otherwise, management will take that away from us. Nearly half of our earnings as [...]

1212982118 69.230.205.125 42 West This little tale of media manipulation involves a hard working SAG Board member, actress Susan Savage, and a high priced PR firm, 42 West, two of their high priced clients, Tom Hanks and George Clooney, and an anonymously run website which the Ol’ Dog has dubbed “SAG Watch On The Rhine,” [...]

Report, expected today, on whether the union’s chief is eligible to hold office comes as contract talks are about to begin. By Michael Cieply and James Bates Times Staff Writers January 5, 2004 The union representing Hollywood film and TV writers is bracing for the results today of an investigation into whether its president had [...]

Posted: Tue., Dec. 28, 2004, 10:00pm PTDVD likely won’t play for thesps Film, TV companies say no to union demands! By CLAUDE BRODESSER, DAVE MCNARY HOLLYWOOD — Forget DVD — that was the unmistakable message from film and TV companies during two weeks of negotiations with SAG and AFTRA earlier this month. “It really is [...]