Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Offer To Kick In $150M Over Three Years In Dues To Help End Actors Strike

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Hollywood’s Biggest Stars Offer To Kick In $150M Over Three Years In Dues To Help End Actors Strike Stalemate https://t.co/u75vnayyKM
- Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) October 19, 2023

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Yesterday a group of big Hollywood stars including George Clooney, Emma Stone, Ben Affleck, Tyler Perry and Scarlett Johansson met with SAG-AFTRA

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[genbu_no_miko24]

Good, whatever helps.

[mary_pickforded]

[quinnmorgendorf]

George Clooney, Emma Stone, and Ben Affleck all have movies that they want to campaign for awards for, so this makes sense.

It sucks that the studios would have to make even fewer concessions though.

[eronanke]

>George Clooney, Emma Stone, and Ben Affleck all have movies that they want to campaign for awards for, so this makes sense.

I'm confused - do you mean they generally want to look good in the press? Because union dues increases wouldn't affect the current negotiations with the AMPTP. And the other SAG-AFTRA members aren't a voting block for awards...

[quinnmorgendorf]

No, I mean they want to promote their movies and they can't as long as SAG is striking. These changes, particularly "a bottom up residual structure. Meaning the top of the call sheet would be the last to collect residuals not the first," seem like an attempt to appease the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee so that they'll be more amenable to agreeing to whatever AMPTP is offering.

[eronanke]

>seem like an attempt to appease the SAG-AFTRA negotiating committee so that they'll be more amenable to agreeing to whatever AMPTP is offering

[nemophilist]

good! ♥

[eronanke]

Fundamentally, I would ask why there was a cap ever in place? The unions of acting, directing, writing, etc, are what allows for their work to continue. Everyone, from top to bottom, according to their means.

[archersangel]

Probably the actors making more, when the rule was made, complained about having to pay more money.

[eronanke]

Naturally, but I'd love to know how the rank-and-file members were convinced to allow it.