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With Voting Underway, SAG-AFTRA Releases Its Full Draft Contract
At the start of November, SAG-AFTRA managed to secure a tentative deal with studios to bring the actors strike to an end. As the union’s members are voting on the contract, SAG-AFTRA has released its draft for the general public to go through in its full, 128-page glory. The agreement was approved by the SAG-AFTRA…
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Interview With the Vampire Is Here for Gay Rights and Gay Wrongs
The AMC adaptation of Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire is a rich gothic romance that takes the source material and updates it in ways that are both fascinating and, at time, far more explicit than the books ever were. While gay sex was deftly skirted around, the deed was all but said in the novels.…
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SAG-AFTRA Endorses ‘No Fakes Act’ Presented to the U.S. Senate
After the most recent negotiations between striking SAG-AFTRA members and the AMPTP broke down, a bipartisan bill was introduced to protect performers and artists from having their likeness generated by AI. According to Deadline, the bill introduced by four U.S. senators supports the demands that the strikes have been fighting for; it’s a key part…
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Taylor Swift Gave the Union Everything It Wants
As SAG-AFTRA reaches the end of its second month on strike, the union may have found an unlikely hero in the face of Taylor Swift. The singer-songwriter has reportedly met the union’s demands over the release of her concert film for The Eras Tour, which will hit theatres next month. In an age of major…