Jimmy Kimmel returned to his day job Monday to give folks a fun postmortem on the Oscars — especially the part where John Cena hid his private parts while giving away the award for Best Costume.
24.02.2024 - 16:19 / variety.com
Todd Longwell SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher was a model of fearlessness last year during the union’s 118-day strike — the longest in its history — facing down the leaders of the major studios, while maintaining membership solidarity on the picket lines. But she’s quick to admit that the “unrelenting stress” took its toll.
Two months after the union ratified its new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, her body is still paying her back for what her brain put it through. Recently recovered from a “cold from hell” she brought back to Los Angeles from New York, she’s now dealing with a torn meniscus in her knee.
“I try to be a superwoman, but sometimes my body reminds me that I’m not,” says Drescher, a multi-hyphenate actor-writer-producer-women’s health advocate (a uterine cancer survivor, she founded the nonprofit Cancer Schmancer Movement), who was previously best-known as the star of the long-running sitcom “The Nanny.” She’s much more bullish about the status of the guild, post-strike. “We went from being like third banana on a sitcom to the stars of an Oscar-winning feature film,” she notes.
The deal, worth more than $1 billion over the three years of the contract, includes a 11% bump in minimum pay during the first year, a 153% effective increase in relocation payments, increased contributions to health and pension/retirement funds, improved sexual harassment prevention, and new rules covering hair and makeup equity and even auditions. “Not really respecting [the time] that an actor [needs to] prepare had really run amuck,” says Drescher.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his day job Monday to give folks a fun postmortem on the Oscars — especially the part where John Cena hid his private parts while giving away the award for Best Costume.
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Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic Netflix made clear from the start that they were running a different kind of awards show. Presenter and quasi-host Idris Elba indicated to the attended nominees that, in their speeches, they were free to let expletives fly, but that none of them should say anything “you wouldn’t say in front of Oprah.” (Shortly after that, Meryl Streep walked directly into the mic stand — seeming to suggest a kooky and wild awards show that didn’t quite arrive.) After the SAG Awards had fully moved to streaming — after a liminal year, in 2023, in which the ceremony had aired on Netflix’s YouTube channel, preceded by a long tenure on the Turner cable networks — it felt like a sort of safe space for speaking frankly.
Three months after SAG-AFTRA ended its long and bitter strike against the studios, guild president Fran Drescher took a glamourous and humorous victory lap in front of some of her most notable members Saturday at the SAG Awards.
Selome Hailu Following the ups and downs that the Screen Actors Guild faced in 2023 — namely, a 118-day strike and a subsequent deal with the AMPTP led by president Fran Drescher — the 2024 SAG Awards represent a much-needed opportunity for the actors union to celebrate. The double bill phenomenon affectionately known as “Barbenheimer” led this year’s film nominations with four each. “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” were both recognized for their ensembles, while the former received nods for lead female actor (Margot Robbie), supporting male actor (Ryan Gosling) and stunt ensemble while the latter was nominated for lead male actor (Cillian Murphy), supporting male actor (Robert Downey Jr.) and supporting female actor (Emily Blunt).
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