An expert has warned that thousands of pensioners could be getting underpaid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
18.07.2023 - 23:57 / deadline.com
Writers Guild of America West members paid more dues than ever before on record earnings in the year before the ongoing strike, although a good part of that may be due to a speed-up in pre-strike production.
Exact figures aren’t available because the guild did not include earnings and employment data in its latest financial statement that before now always accompanied its annual reports. “Because of the strike, we are omitting the state-of-the-industry data that normally accompanies the financial statement,” the latest report states.
But membership dues collected by the guild in the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2023 – just a month before the strike began on May 2 – were included in the latest report, and they provide a good indication of covered earnings because the vast majority of dues is based on earnings.
According to its most recent annual financial report, dated June 29, the guild collected $41,585,533 in member dues and initiation fees in the year before the strike began – an all-time high that was up 24.6% from the prior year’s $33,374,582, and 14.6% higher than the previous record-high of $35,978,198 for the fiscal year that ended just as the Covid pandemic was beginning in March 2020. Inflation, however, accounts for part of those percentage increases.
Unlike all past years, the latest annual report left out what the guild calls “The Marketplace for Writers,” a detailed overview of members’ employment, residuals and earnings from all income streams.
By excluding its marketplace data from this year’s annual report (read it here), the guild has kept prying eyes from viewing the latest employment, earnings and residuals data. The password-protected site is for members only, but the data inevitable finds
An expert has warned that thousands of pensioners could be getting underpaid by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
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Camila Morrone opened up about her experience in Brazil, after visiting the country for the first time. The 26-year-old actress explained to Vogue that she wanted to capture the beauty of the Latin American country and the warmth of the Brazilian people, as she prepared to attend Carolina Herrera’s 2024 Resort Show in Rio de Janeiro.“The show is at a beautiful outdoor venue in Rio—it’s very tropical here,” Camila explained to the publication, admitting that she wanted to have the perfect look for the exclusive event.
With Hollywood’s leading writers’, actors’, and TV/film professionals’ unions on strike together for the first time in more than half a century, the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed, Variety reported exclusively last night (July 27) and multiple outlets have since confirmed. The event was originally scheduled to take place September 18, and no makeup date is currently on the books, though Variety reported earlier this month that Fox (the Emmys’ airers) was preparing to reschedule the awards to January 2024 in anticipation of the setback.
Emmys: Jenna Ortega makes history as youngest Latina nominee for ‘Wednesday’Emmys 2023: Check out the Latinos that were nominated this yearA post shared by Emmys / Television Academy (@televisionacad)The information was first learned by Variety, which reports that vendors for the Emmys were told that the show wouldn’t air on its scheduled date. A new date isn’t expected to be announced until early August. Fox appears to be aiming for an air date in January 2024, while the the TV Academy is pushing for an earlier date in November.
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Emmy Awards are being postponed due to the ongoing Hollywood strikes, according to reports.The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards were scheduled to take place Monday, September 18 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.Now, Variety report that the continued writers’ and actors’ strikes in the industry have led organisers to postpone the original date.The report adds that they are currently looking for alternate dates for the awards, with Variety hinting at a January 2024 date.Succession racked up the most nominations for the 2023 Emmys with 27 in total, with The Last Of Us behind with 24 nominations.The White Lotus (23), Ted Lasso (22), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (14), The Bear (13), and Beef (13) also picked up a significant amount of nods.To be eligible for a nomination, a show must have aired between June 1, 2022 and May 31, 2023.The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) began a strike this month.
Dulé Hill reunites with his co-star, Bradley Whitford, on the latest episode of, and only ET exclusively debuts a sneak peek from their mini-reunion.On Wednesday's episode, titled «Bill's New Friend,» Whitford plays Alan Van Der Kamp, Dean's (EJ Williams) music teacher, who surprises Bill (Hill) with his extensive knowledge of the jazz music scene.In ET's exclusive clip, Bill enters Alan's band room with a bone to pick about his son's grade in his music class. The issue stirs up some confusion for Alan, who tells Bill he gave Dean an «A.»Apparently, the «A» is the problem.«Yes, and I think we both can agree he doesn't deserve that,» Bill tells him, «and his grade should be lowered.»«OK, this is a first,» an amused Alan replies.«I don't mean any disrespect.
Jeopardy! is shaking up its pattern due to the writers strike.
Meredith Stiehm, seeking reelection to a second term as president of the WGA West, told her members today that the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers’s only option to end the ongoing Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes is “to make a fair deal for writers and actors – one that shares the wealth with the people who create it.” She vowed, however, that once the strike is over, the guild and the studios will return to being “partners” once again.
UPDATE: In the first sign of this being correct, the release date for “Poor Things” changed from September to December 8. Even as the fall film festivals begin announcing their lineups of star-studded features and studios continue to release trailers for films coming later this year, there’s a ton of uncertainty regarding the release schedule for the rest of 2023.
Yes, there’s a writers strike going on, but the WGA West is also conducting an officer and board election, and the candidates, though they all support the strike, are expressing a wide range of other concerns in statements they’ve posted on the guild’s election site.
Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers,” starring Zendaya, has been pulled from the Venice Film Festival, where it was to be the opening night film, due to the actors strike.
Fans are going to have to a wait a few more months before Zendaya‘s next movie hits theaters.
Bad news out of the Venice Film Festival: Variety reports that Luca Guadagnino‘s “Challengers” will no longer be the opening film on the Lido this year. What’s more, MGM/Amazon Studios have pushed back the tennis love triangle drama’s US theatrical release to next spring, too.
Another 2023 theatrical release gets moved due to the SAG-AFTRA strike as MGM is pushing the Zendaya starring, Luca Guadagnino directed R-Rated tennis romance to April 26, 2024. The pic was scheduled to open stateside on Sept. 15, working off the heat of its Venice Film Festival opening night premiere. That world premiere is not happening now.
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, will make its broadcast debut on CBS amid the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that have nearly shut down Hollywood. , which was created by Taylor Sheridan and stars Kevin Costner as the patriarch of the powerful Dutton family of ranchers, will begin airing on Sundays with season 1. According to the CBS schedule, the series will air on the same evenings with single headers of NFL football.The news also comes amid ongoing drama behind the scenes, with Costner exiting the series after season 5 and the franchise expected to continue the Dutton story with an all-new sequel series while Paramount+ also has a number of spinoffs slated for the future. Additionally, CBS plans to start airing episodes of the Paramount+ originals, and, with the former making its network debut on Tuesdays after the scripted Dick Wolf drama,, while the latter returns to CBS with season 5 on Thursdays following the conclusion of, which will start airing all-new episodes of season 2 in August. The hit comedy,, will also be paired with the U.K.
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