Press Releases

Los Angeles and New York, (March 13, 2010) - Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors today approved 78 percent to 22 percent a joint bargaining agreement with American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for the negotiation of successor agreements for the contracts covering theatrical motion pictures and primetime dramatic television. The AFTRA National Board of Directors previously approved joint bargaining at its meeting February 27, 2010.

The motion was approved and reads:
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Orlando, Mar. 2, 2010 – The AFL-CIO Executive Council, at its meeting today in Orlando, unanimously adopted a statement on the subject of the theft of intellectual property. Submitted to the Council by the Department of Professional Employees on behalf of the entertainment unions and guilds affiliated with the AFL-CIO, the statement offers a detailed analysis of the harm done to U.S. workers by piracy. The statement said, in part, “Motion pictures, television, sound recordings and other entertainment are a vibrant part of the U.S. economy.Read More

Out of Silence: Readings From the Afghan Women’s Writing Project

Los Angeles (March 1, 2010) - Hollywood unions, guilds and organizations will unite in support of International Women’s Day on March 8, 2010 with Out of Silence: Readings from The Afghan Women’s Writing Project.

Los Angeles, (January 31, 2010) - Screen Actors Guild National Board of Directors voted today to seek engagement with AFTRA in a joint bargaining agreement for negotiation of the Television/Theatrical Contract. Approved 82 to 18 percent, the resolution states:
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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 23, 2010) - Screen Actors Guild presented its coveted Actor® statuette for the outstanding motion picture and primetime television performances of 2009 at the “16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” in ceremonies attended by film and television’s leading actors, held Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. The “16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®” was simulcast by TNT and TBS at 8 p.m., ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT and 6 p.m. MT.

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 23, 2010) - The stunt performers and coordinators from “Star Trek” and “24” are recipients of this year’s Screen Actors Guild’s honors for Film and Television Stunt Ensembles, it was announced today from the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® red carpet by Screen Actors Guild Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and Awards Committee member Scott Bakula. The announcement was made on the live SAG Awards® red carpet pre-show webcast on tnt.tv and tbs.com which streams from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. PT.
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Los Angeles (January 13, 2010) — Screen Actors Guild joins the world community in extending its deepest sympathies to the Haitian people.

“Our thoughts are with the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck their island on Tuesday," said Screen Actors Guild President Ken Howard. “This tragedy reminds us, no matter where we call home, that the human struggle is a shared one.”
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“Do these glasses make my butt look 3D?” said the woman next to me at the Samsung booth. We were both wearing dorky-looking active shutter 3D shades and checking out the latest 3D televisions on display at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, held in January.

The show hosts more than 113,000 people for five days of panels, press conferences, events and exhibits spread over show space that’s equivalent to more than 32 football fields.
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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 22, 2010) –  Christina Applegate, Simon Baker, Benjamin Bratt, Morgan Freeman, Kate Hudson, Diane Kruger, Helen Mirren, Mo’Nique, Gabourey Sidibe and Christoph Waltz will be presenters at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today. Read More

"Glee" Sheet Music, "Crazy Heart" Photo Book, "Up In The Air" Luggage, Golf with an Actor, Dinner at Lucques, Six-Liter Dry Creek Vineyard Cuvee, Three-Liter Champagne Tattinger, Set Visits, Nominee and Recipient Signed Memorabilia Now Available to the Public at www.sagawards.org/auction
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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 19, 2010) –  Sigourney Weaver, Justin Timberlake, Kyra Sedgwick, Ray Romano, Jeremy Renner, Carey Mulligan, Anthony Mackie, Anna Kendrick, Felicity Huffman and Brian Geraghty will be presenters at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.  They join previously announced presenters Alec Baldwin, Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Jane Lynch, Michelle Monaghan, Chris O’Donnell, Anna Paquin, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci in honoring their colleagues at this year’s Actors® ceremony.
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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 19, 2010) –  The Actor® statuettes, which this year’s 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® honorees will receive for outstanding performances in 2009 in five film and eight primetime television categories, have been cast in solid bronze at the American Fine Arts Foundry in Burbank, California.
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LOS ANGELES (Jan. 14, 2010) - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), Directors Guild of America (DGA), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE) and Screen Actors Guild (SAG) today released the following statement:
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Los Angeles (Jan. 12, 2010) – The 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony will be simulcast live on TNT and TBS from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center on Saturday, Jan. 23, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), 7 p.m. (CT) and 6 p.m. (MT). An encore presentation will air on TNT at 11 p.m. (ET/PT). (Viewers watching via satellite or in HD should check local listings.) Preceding the SAG Awards® ceremony will be the premiere of “TNT and PEOPLE Magazine Present the SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS® RED CARPET SHOW” at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT), 6:30 p.m. (CT) and 5:30 p.m.Read More

Los Angeles (January 8, 2010) - Members of Screen Actors Guild, AFTRA and the IATSE turned out along with L.A. Firefighters, Steelworkers, Ironworkers and hundreds of other union workers to support UNITE HERE! and hotel workers at a rally with AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on his first official visit to Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles (January 8, 2010) - Screen Actors Guild Foundation and Screen Actors Guild will launch on Tuesday, January 12, the 15-week LifeRaft Live Stream Program of career-focused seminars for Screen Actors Guild members.

Taking place live and streamed online, the LifeRaft "business of acting" seminars share significant industry knowledge with Guild members everywhere. The program takes place online every Tuesday, 6-8 p.m. (PT) and concludes its season April 27.
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Los Angeles (Jan. 7, 2010) – Alec Baldwin, George Clooney, Jane Lynch, Michelle Monaghan, Chris O'Donnell, Anna Paquin, Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci will be presenters at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today. They join previously announced presenter Sandra Bullock in honoring their colleagues at this year’s Actors® ceremony.
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Los Angeles (Jan. 6, 2010) - Jeff Margolis, executive producer and director of the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, announced that the team of talented producers and artists behind previous SAG Awards are returning to create this year’s ceremonies. The 16th Annual SAG Awards® also marks the 12th consecutive year Jeff Margolis Productions has produced the Actors® in association with Screen Actors Guild Awards, LLC.
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Los Angeles (Jan. 5, 2010) - Actor® recipient Sandra Bullock, who is nominated this year for her leading role in "The Blind Side," will present Screen Actors Guild’s Life Achievement Award to Betty White at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards®, Executive Producer Jeff Margolis announced today.
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90 SAG Awards Red Carpet Fan Bleacher Seats are Currently up for Auction to Benefit the SAG Foundation
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