SAG-AFTRA Leaders Say Talks Have Been ‘Extremely Productive’

A large-scale public art takeover project featuring murals from notable artists and members of the community has been unveiled in Eccles just in time for the summer holidays.

A noise row over a Manchester music venue is set to continue into next year if an agreement over sound levels is not reached by the end of December. More noise testing will now take place at Night & Day Café in the Northern Quarter.

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's latest spinoff, , will feature one of the most controversial couples in the franchise — Angela and Michael.Premiering on Aug. 14, the new spinoff will follow five past  couples who have reached the breaking point in their relationships undergoing a couples retreat to determine if they want to continue on with the relationship. Joining the couples is a team of professionals who will help them actively deal with issues with trust, sex, jealousy, anger and intimacy.

 blogger shared the tragic news that her only child had died after a stint in the ICU, several of her online influencer friends rallied around her. Fellow influencer Caila Quinn Burrello took to her own account to mourn the loss of her friend's son. «Dear baby Asher, you were so playful, happy, and loving to your mama. You were so strong for your dad & thoughtful to hug him close when he came home from work each day,» Burrello wrote.

Kim Kardashian showed off her expert cartwheel skills on Thursday in a racy series of beach photos.

The first car parking spaces are available to book ahead of the much-anticipated International Ayr show – Festival of Flight.

A woman has been called out for her behaviour towards her sister and her husband ahead of her wedding.

Jurors have been shown an analysis of data from mobile phones belonging to the man accused of inappropriately touching the dead body of teenager Amber Gibson.

Police have launched an appeal to trace the owner of a dog that knocked a man to the ground near Bowling Basin in May, resulting in his death.

Frictional Games, famous for the Penumbra and Amnesia series, shared its intentions to tone down the horror elements in its future games.In an interview, creative director Thomas Grip explained that the emotional investment is the most important aspect of a game from Frictional Games, rather than the fear factor (via 80lv). “While all of our games have been horror in some way, what we really try to do is to get a kind of ‘playable immersion’,” he said.Referring to Amnesia: Rebirth‘s themes of motherhood and SOMA‘s philosophical questions on how we define a human being, Grip praised the team’s “holistic” efforts to balance both these complex subjects as well as an entertaining and terrifying experience.“We delivered these themes within a horror context, but those stories could be told in another genre,” continued the creative director.

Famed American singer Tony Bennett has died Friday at the age of 96. His publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Bennett's death to the Associated Press, saying that Bennett passed away in his hometown of New York.

Ariana Grande may already have already found a new beau, but was he really even on the market to begin with?

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died on Friday at the age of 96. He had shared a photo with his wife, Susan, on Instagram June 20. The snapshot had the couple donning purple shirts in honor of Alzheimer’s Awareness Month.“June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month,” the sweet pic was captioned.

Reese Witherspoon‘s and Ryan Phillippe’s son, Deacon Phillippe, 19, is like, other nepo-babies before him (Chet Hanks, anyone?) going into the music business.Proud mom Witherspoon was seen attending Deacon’s show in Los Angeles Wedensday along with daughter (and look-alike) Ava Phillippe, 23.His body of work appears under the mononym “Deacon” on Spotify, where his highest-streamed song is a 2020 collaboration with Nina Nesbitt boasting 15 million listens. Deacon’s parents appear to be extremely supportive, with father Ryan Phillippe telling Entertainment Tonight how proud he is in an interview from this April.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Stacey (Lacey Turner) and Martin (James Bye) were once married in EastEnders, from 2016-2020, but their relationship broke down.They have not reunited for years and Stacey has even moved on recently, dating her daughter Lily Branning's tutor Theo. But in new scenes, after Stacey became distracted thinking about Martin, they shared a kiss outside the registry office, rekindling their romance. She soon realised that she did not like Theo as much as she thought she did and later kissed Martin again.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag M&S hit back on Friday after it was slammed by trolls for 'not using diverse bodies'.The supermarket had taken to Instagram to post a video of a model in a black bodysuit, modelling some of their lingerie. She wore the outfit with a skirt and a bag, later changing into a separate underwear set and smiling as she posed in the look.The post attracted some negative comments from people who did not feel it represented 'real women'.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Gemma Atkinson, who welcomed her second child with fiancé Gorka Marquez on 19 July, shared a funny and innocent question that her three year old daughter asked her following the delivery of her younger brother. Not yet sharing a photo of the family’s latest edition, the actress and fitness guru, 38, shared her daughter's curious and observant question with her followers. She penned on her Instagram stories: “Mia just sat me down, looked me in the eye with that deep in thought look and said, “Mummy, why does your tummy still look like it has a baby in it even though my brother is out”?”.

As the SAG-AFTRA strike begins its second week, there’s no indication that negotiations will resume between that guild or the WGA with AMPTP any time soon. And that’s bad news for studios, as actors on strike will begin not only to affect the production of new work, but the premieres of upcoming schedule films.

Follow OK! on Threads here: https://www.threads.net/@ok_mag Jane Boulton first shot to fame back in 1999, after appearing on the reality TV show, Airline.The ITV show ran from 1998 to 2007 and followed the daily life of passengers, ground workers and flight crew of both Britannia Airways and EasyJet. Jane joined the fly on the wall docuseries during season two at London Luton Airport.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA and the studios will keep talking beyond the midnight Friday contract deadline, as they remain at odds on issues like streaming residuals and artificial intelligence. The union has agreed to extend the contract to July 12. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and SAG-AFTRA made the announcement in a joint statement just before 7 p.m. Friday. In a message to its membership, SAG-AFTRA said the leadership had decided unanimously to extend the contract “in order to exhaust every opportunity to achieve the righteous contract we all demand and deserve.”

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA negotiators are meeting again Friday with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, as the industry waits in nervous anticipation of a potential “double strike.” The contract expires at midnight, and the actors union could call a strike as soon as Saturday if no deal is reached. The actors would join the Writers Guild of America, which has been picketing outside the major studios since May 2. The two sides have been exchanging proposals over the last week, and SAG-AFTRA leaders have said publicly that the talks have been productive. But it’s still not clear whether enough progress has been made to get to a deal.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Prosecutors in the “Rust” case allege that the film’s armorer handed a bag of cocaine to another person on the evening after Halyna Hutchins was killed. Hannah Gutierrez Reed was charged last week with evidence tampering for allegedly handing off the drugs in October 2021. Prosecutors allege that by doing so, she interfered with the investigation into Hutchins’ death. Gutierrez Reed was already facing a charge of involuntary manslaughter for loading a live round into Alec Baldwin’s gun. The prosecution has claimed that Gutierrez Reed was drinking and smoking marijuana in the evenings during the production, and may have been hung over at the time of the shooting.

SAG-AFTRA’s negotiations for a new contract are making headway “in some areas” but not in others, Fran Drescher, the guild’s president, said in an interview today on ABC’s Good Morning America.  

EXCLUSIVE: With 54 hours to go before SAG-AFTRA’s current contract with the studios expires on June 30, both sides are considering extending their negotiations until next week or slightly later.

be joining Hollywood writers on the picket lines.The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), which represent the majority of actors in film and television, are in negotiations with major Hollywood studios, who are being represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), for a new contract agreement after the current deal expires June 30 at midnight Pacific Time.Among the actors' sticking points for a new agreement are improved compensation and benefits, residuals that reflect the value of their contributions amid the expansion of streaming services, regulated use of artificial intelligence and the issue of self-taped auditions.On June 24, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher and national executive director/chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland updated members of the union on ongoing talks with studios. Drescher shared in a video message that negotiations have been «extremely productive» and that «we're going to achieve a seminal deal.»A few days later, more than 300 actors — including Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence — signed a letter urging leaders not to compromise and writing «SAG-AFTRA members may be ready to make sacrifices that leadership is not.»«Anyone right now is trying to guess what could happen,» Marc Malkin, 's senior culture & events editor, told ET.

EXCLUSIVE: After it emerged that over 300 actors had written to SAG-AFTRA leadership that they are “prepared to strike” if the guild doesn’t “get all the way there” during talks with the studios, the number of actors signing the letter has more than tripled overnight.

, more than 300 members of the Screen Actors Guild, including Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence, are threatening to strike should an agreement on a new contract with major Hollywood studios, streamers, and production companies not be reached.The letter, addressed to the SAG-AFTRA Leadership and Negotiating Committee was allegedly sent to leadership expressing their concern with the idea that «SAG-AFTRA members may be ready to make sacrifices that leadership is not.»«We hope you’ve heard the message from us: This is an unprecedented inflection point in our industry, and what might be considered a good deal in any other years is simply not enough,» the letter, obtained by , says. «We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom, and the power of our union have all been undermined in the last decade.

, more than 300 members of the Screen Actors Guild, including Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence, are threatening to strike should an agreement on a new contract with major Hollywood studios, streamers, and production companies not be reached.The letter, addressed to the SAG-AFTRA Leadership and Negotiating Committee was allegedly sent to leadership expressing their concern with the idea that «SAG-AFTRA members may be ready to make sacrifices that leadership is not.»«We hope you’ve heard the message from us: This is an unprecedented inflection point in our industry, and what might be considered a good deal in any other years is simply not enough,» the letter, obtained by , says. «We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom, and the power of our union have all been undermined in the last decade.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A group of more than 400 actors — including Oscar winners Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence and Rami Malek — are urging SAG-AFTRA leaders to take a harder line as contract talks reach a critical point. The members sent an internal letter Tuesday to the union’s negotiating committee and the leadership. They emphasized that “we are prepared to strike if it comes to that.” “And we are concerned by the idea that SAG-AFTRA members may be ready to make sacrifices that leadership is not,” they continued. The contract expires on Friday, and the leadership has the power to call a strike as soon as Saturday if no agreement is reached.

Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International If you ask most people in the U.K. industry how business is going right now, they’ll likely tell you it’s been agonizingly “slow.” It’s meant to be boom time for production, but this summer, the U.S. writers strike combined with a cost of living crisis is brutally squeezing unscripted and scripted projects. This week, as the clock ticks away on negotiations between American actors union SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s collective bargaining agent, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, the prevailing thought will be: is all of this about to get much worse? A number of British actors Variety has spoken to say they’ve yet to hear from local actors’ union Equity with any guidance about their situation. That’s likely because it’s being worked out in real time. Paul W. Fleming, general secretary for Equity, has been in Los Angeles for discussions with SAG-AFTRA, which is optimistic about its negotiations with the AMPTP. (He’s also visiting New York to meet with theater union Actors’ Equity.)

SAG-AFTRA leaders painted a sunny picture of their ongoing negotiations in a video released over the weekend, saying the talks have been “extremely productive” and promising to reach a “seminal deal.” But according to multiple sources with knowledge of the dynamic in the negotiating room, the sides remain far apart on a range of key issues. With just a few days left before SAG-AFTRA’s current contract expires on Friday, some are privately predicting that talks will be extended beyond the June 30 deadline, though such a move has not formally been broached in the negotiating room with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

In an unprecedented show of solidarity, SAG-AFTRA’s two leading political factions have joined forces to form a unity slate to endorse the reelection of president Fran Drescher and secretary-treasurer Joely Fisher in an election will be held later this summer.

In an unprecedented show of solidarity, SAG-AFTRA’s two leading political factions have joined forces to form a unity slate to endorse the reelection of president Fran Drescher and secretary-treasurer Joely Fisher in an election will be held later this summer.

SAG-AFTRA leaders told their members today that the guild’s ongoing contract negotiations have been “extremely productive” and that they “remain optimistic” that a fair deal can be reached with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.