Strike

MARTHA PLIMPTON: LONG TIME NO SEE!

Martha Plimpton was a hot commodity as a rebellious teen in the 80’s. The Goonies made her a star and the late River Phoenix was her boyfriend for a few years. She’s had a busy career on stage and screen since then, but we don’t see her a lot of her because she lives part-time in London. Longtime activist Martha DID show up with her two adorable dogs to picket Warner Brothers yesterday with other SAG-AFTRA strikers. AND she has a new miniseries for HBO called The Regime, coming out in 2024. No doubt she’s home celebrating today because the strike is OVER!!!

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By Janet / November 9, 2023

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Nia Vardalos SAG-AFTRA Strike

NIA VARDALOS HAS GREEK WEDDING JITTERS

Nia Vardalos is having a big fat Greek headache over her upcoming movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. The movie hits theaters on September 8 and Nia had elaborate plans to promote the movie, including contests for fans to win all expense paid trips to Greece where much of the action takes place. But thanks to the actors strike, she can’t do much of anything. She frantically debated whether to postpone the release until the strike was over, but in the end decided to hope for the best and stick with the date.

By Janet / August 30, 2023

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Richard Gere SAG-AFTRA Strike

RICHARD GERE DRAWS A CROWD

Nowadays when tourists want to get a glimpse of celerities, they don’t have to get on a bus that tours celebrity homes. They can just join the strikers outside film studio offices in New York or Hollywood. Richard Gere turned a lot of heads in NYC when he put on his sneakers and joined the march outside Netflix and Warner Bros offices. Big names are a great help in stimulating sympathy for the strikers. Unfortunately in Hollywood SO many businesses and people are suffering financially from the strike, that it’s becoming scary…

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By Janet / August 10, 2023

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A Complete Unknown Bob Dylan Pizza Strike Timothee Chalamet

TIMOTHEE CHALAMET : JUST ANOTHER FACE IN THE CROWD

SOME people don’t know how to navigate under the radar, but Timothee Chalamet manages to walk all around New York City with barely a second glance, much less a paparazzi. The SAG/AFTRA strike has most actors out of work with time on their hands. When he’s not chowing down on a slice of 99 cent pizza, Timothee is working with a dialog coach prepping for his next film, A Complete Unknown. He’s playing Bob Dylan in the film and he’s working on perfecting Dylan’s unique voice. Bob must be flattered to have such a good-looking actor playing him…

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By Janet / July 26, 2023

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Annette Bening Jackie Kennedy SAG-AFTRA Strike Warren Beatty

ANNETTE BENING CARRIES THE TORCH

Looks like Annette Bening, 65, has taken up where her husband Warren Beatty, 86, left off when it comes to political issues. (That’s Annette in the navy shirt at the strike) She’s the chair woman of the Entertainment Community Fund – they give financial help to out of work actors for rent, medical care, and food. And it looks like SAG/AFTRA members will be needing it if this strike continues. Warren could be staying out of sight because J Randy Taraborelli’s book on Jackie Kennedy was just released (“Jackie: Public, Private, Secret”) and it reveals that Jackie dated playboy Warren briefly and confided that she thought he he was no big deal in the bedroom. Yikes…

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By Janet / July 25, 2023

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Fran Drescher SAG-AFTRA Strike

FRAN DRESCHER FEELS HOODWINKED BY HOLLYWOOD STUDIOS

It’s war! Fran Drescher is mad at Barbie and a few others too. Fran, the president of SAG/AFTRA, (the actors’ union that just went on strike) feels they were duped by the studios to grant a two week extension so that the summer blockbusters, including Barbie, Tom Cruise’s latest Mission Impossible, and Oppenheimer, would all be able to get some of their red carpet premieres and press junkets in. According to our source, Fran now feels the studios DELIBERATELY misled her and the union about their willingness to negotiate. She feels the whole thing was a ruse so the studios would be able to promote their biggest summer movies BEFORE the strike. This has Fran and some of her fellow union board members ALL riled up and it’s motivating them to stand FIRM in the strike.

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By Janet / July 20, 2023

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Fran Drescher Make up President SAG-AFTRA Strike

FRAN DRESCHER MEANS BUSINESS

HERE’S a first: Fran Drescher without makeup! According to a source, Fran’s makeup free appearance yesterday to announce the SAG/AFTRA strike was deliberate. Fran, who is the president of the actor’s union, took a lot of flak when she was photographed last weekend at the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show hanging out with Kim Kardashian. Some union members complained that as the president of the union, she should have been hard at work at contract negotiations and not halfway around the world at a fashion show. Fran, who rarely leaves the house without make-up, deliberately appeared at today’s press press conference au naturel with messy hair and bags under her eyes to give the appearance that she’s been hard at work. Fran, who is usually in designer outfits, completed the serious at work look with a T-shirt and an unflattering hoodie. This was no slip up, she wanted to silence her critics. (we love her either way)

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By Janet / July 14, 2023

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