This was forwarded to us from AFTRA New York:
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CBS CASTING VICE PRESIDENT WORKING ONE-ON-ONE WITH ACTORS FROM DIVERSE AND UNDERREPRESENTED COMMUNITIES
As part of our ongoing effort to expand opportunities for members of color, people with disabilities, women and seniors, AFTRA teams up on a regular basis with network television casting offices to support them in [...]
So says The Wrap. HBO and Showtime are both adding subscribers, probably because by comparison with seeing a film in a theater, the pay cablers are cheap.
The post points out that the cable operations are doing their own original scripted drama in increasing numbers of shows, and those too seem to be doing well.
No kidding. The SAGNOW/Membership First-New York candidate for SAG Board sent this via e-mail. We’ve appended a couple of his previous unpublished e-mails to us, just for context.
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If I may be allowed this, perhaps, one-time rebuttal. I just want all my good friends at Sagwatch, to know that I welcome your version of events, your [...]
In a bit of irony, the Membership First supported slate running in New York has named itself “SAGNOW” – perhaps an homage to the highly successful “AftraNOW” group which has swept New York elections for the past several election cycles, even though philosophically the two groups could not be farther apart.
The candidates themselves are no [...]
The new writer at the blog Andrew Salomon made famous, Espresso (formerly BlogStage) has his first item up, and it’s an interesting one. Daniel Holloway, the new National News Editor of Backstage, writes that the departure of NBC exec Ben Silverman may turn out to be a big plus for actors, because his successor, Jeff [...]
We could come up with our own list, but we’re opening this up to you, the readers – and anyone else who writes in. Send your questions for the SAG Presidential Candidates to editor@sagwatch.net, or leave them in comments below.
We’ll compile a list of the top 25 or so questions, and post them in the [...]
