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SAG LEADERS CRITICIZE DGA DEAL
Wednesday, January 30 2008
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The leaders of the Screen Actors Guild on Tuesday sent an email message to members expressing strong reservations about the contract signed last week by the Screen Directors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. President Alan Rosenberg and Executive Director Doug Allen wrote, "Some have rushed to anoint their deal as the 'solution' for the entertainment industry. We believe that assessment is premature." The two acknowledged that they had only seen a press release containing information about the deal between the directors and studios and not the contract itself, but nevertheless warned, "Because so much of the new DGA/AMPTP deal is unknown, no one should assume this new deal is a template for anyone else, certainly not for actors." Their message immediately drew fire from Directors Guild President Michael Apted, who charged, in effect, that the SAG leaders were jumping the gun by commenting on a deal before they learned its full details. Apted asked why they felt it necessary to comment on it at this time. "They are not in negotiations and have not scheduled any," Apted told Daily Variety. "Their letter has one purpose and one purpose only: to interfere with the informal talks currently under way between the WGA and the studios. Simply put, their assumptions and arguments are specious. The DGA deal is a great deal for our members."
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DAY-LEWIS, CHRISTIE WIN TOP SAG AWARDS
Monday, January 28 2008
Daniel
Day-Lewis
received
the
top
award
for
male
movie
actors
at
the
Screen
Actors
Guild
awards
ceremony
Sunday
night
--
and
dedicated
it
to
the
late
Heath
Ledger.
"For
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
the
thing
that
gave
me
a
sense
of
wonderment
and
renewal,"
Day-Lewis
said
in
accepting
the
award,
"has
always
been
the
work
of
other
actors.
Heath
Ledger
gave
that
to
me."
Julie
Christie
won
the
best
actress
award,
while
the
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DIRECTORS AND PRODUCERS SIGN PACT; WRITERS NEXT?
Friday, January 18 2008
All
eyes
turned
to
the
Writers
Guild
of
America
Thursday
after
the
Directors
Guild
of
America
and
the
Alliance
of
Motion
Picture
and
Television
Producers
concluded
a
three-year
agreement
that
significantly
raised
the
directors'
residuals
payments
for
shows
sold
on
the
Internet.
In
a
statement,
DGA
President
Michael
Apted
said,
"This
was
a
very
difficult
negotiation
that
required
real
give-and-take
on
both
sides.
In
a
separate
statement,
alliance
President
Nick
Counter
said,
"Both
parties
were
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