IATSE Averts Strike, Reaches Tentative Deal With Broadway League, Disney Theatrical

SNP members should be given the chance to vote again on the party’s deal with the Scottish Greens, senior MSP Fergus Ewing has said.

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Cher has sold a “range of music assets” to the Iconic Artists Group, the company co-founded by veteran artist manager Irving Azoff.Needless to say, Cher is “THRILLED”. Though technically about her long-standing friendship with Azoff.

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Manchester United have penned a new 10-year deal with sportswear giants Adidas worth £900million across the course of the agreement.

EXCLUSIVE: UK and US-based sales, production, and financing company Alliance Media Partners (AMP) have inked a deal with B-movie veteran Charles Band to represent his Full Moon Features film library, including titles such as Trancers and The Puppet Master.

Mike Cavanagh, the president of Comcast who was recently named the de-facto head of NBC Universal, said the company remains “committed to reaching a fair deal [with actors and writers[ as soon as possible, so we can get back to doing what we do best, which making great content together.”

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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Max is getting into the NFL Sunday Ticket huddle. Google’s YouTube TV will offer a special bundle combining Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max with the NFL Sunday Ticket out-of-market football package, Alphabet and Google chief business officer Philipp Schindler told analysts on the internet company’s Q2 earnings call.

EXCLUSIVE: Film and TV adaptations of works by the likes of Evelyn Waugh and Langston Hughes could be incoming following a deal struck between Artists, Writers & Artisans (AWA) and International Literary Properties (ILP).

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With a possible strike averted, Broadway theaters won’t be forced to leave their ghost lights on — for now.

IATSE has reached a tentative deal with the Broadway League and Disney Theatrical on a new “Pink Contact,” a day after talks had broken down. The agreement now goes to union members for ratification.

actors and writers continue to strike, Broadway may soon be joining the picket line. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) has called a strike authorization vote, reported Wednesday, after negotiations fell through with The Broadway League and Disney Theatrical, which are representing Broadway and national tour producers.IATSE members, which consists of stagehands, hair and makeup artists and wardrobe, amongst others, have until 11 p.m. PT Thursday evening to vote, which means there's the likelihood that a strike could come as early as Friday morning.

Ted Sarandos wants striking writers and actors to know he is a union man through and through, and he feels their pain – even as Netflix and other studios and streamers have no plans to restart talks with either the WGA or SAG-AFTRA anytime soon.

IATSE is holding a strike authorization vote for theater workers under the so-called Pink Contract after talks between The Broadway League and Disney Theatrical Productions failed to meet worker demands.

All train lines are closed between Bolton and Preston railway stations as emergency services deal with an incident. Northern said train services running through the stations would be cancelled or delayed by 60 minutes

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A SAG-AFTRA strike appears to be imminent, as talks with the studios have concluded without a deal or an extension. The union’s contract officially expired at midnight. In a statement, the union said that the negotiating committee had voted unanimously to recommend a strike. The union’s national board is expected to meet Thursday morning to call a strike, which would immediately halt scripted film and TV production by the companies represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Fran Drescher, the president of SAG-AFTRA, said in a statement that the AMPTP’s responses to its key issues were “insulting and disrespectful.”

K.J. Yossman Big Zuu, the BAFTA-winning chef, TV host and grime artist, has inked a development deal with Banijay U.K. Zuu, who is also known as Zuhair Hassan, signed the deal under his production label Big Productions, which specializes in factual, comedy entertainment and music content including cooking show “Big Zuu’s Big Eats.” Zuu co-founded the label with managing director Matt Dodds and creative director Alex Gilman. The company is planning new comedy and factual entertainment formats, scripted, documentary, and live event shows as well as a focus on new talent and new voices on both sides of the camera.

Sharon Horgan was walking into an osteopath appointment in her native Ireland when she got the news she was double Emmy-nominated for writing and starring in Bad Sisters.