11:00 AM PDT 6/21/2018 by Jonathan Handel The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ “Every aspect of the entire system disadvantages women and people of color,” charged guild president Thomas Schlamme. Film directors remained overwhelmingly white and male among the movies released in 2017, a new Directors Guild of America study finds. Just 12 percent of helmers […]

The following was emailed to me by Mr.  Handel. “Hi – Here are the online clips re the SAG-AFTRA election: Nightly Business Report (PBS/CNBC): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCn6r4ub56I&t=14m30s KPCC The Frame: www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2015/08/19/11900/ Jonathan Jonathan Handel Contributing editor The Hollywood Reporter” —– Ah, not that it matters at this late date, but, but, but…I thought you might be interested […]

The following from a Jonathan Handel article:  http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sag-aftra-amptp-reach-deal-716749 “In a separate development, the SAG Pension and Health Plan — a legally separate entity from the union and from the AFTRA plan — announced that actors whose earnings fall short of qualifying levels for the SAG and AFTRA health plans can now combine their SAG contract […]

    Additional L.A.-Based SAG-AFTRA National Board Members to Be Appointed! (Exclusive) 7:37 AM PDT 9/28/2013 by Jonathan Handel The selection of one expected board member was considered controversial. Several new SAG-AFTRA board members from Los Angeles have been or are about to be appointed, The Hollywood Reporter has learned, with one of them an […]

Audit Reveals Pre-Merger AFTRA Was Plagued With Financial Issues (Exclusive) 4:21 AM PDT 9/9/2013 by Jonathan Handel Thousands of non-paying members on the books, accounting errors and omissions and “boxes and boxes” of expired studio residuals checks — for the first time, THR unveils the union’s lack of financial controls, which took over a year […]