Showbiz Sandbox 638: What the Actors Won in Their New Contract
November 14, 2023
After 118 days the actor’s strike finally came to an end as SAG-AFTRA reached an agreement on a new three-year employment contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Entertainment attorney Jonathan Handel joins us to explain all of the major achievements in wages increases, residuals and artificial intelligence protections the union negotiated, while highlighting the significance the contract will have for the entire industry in future years.
Meanwhile, women dominated this year’s Grammy nominations which were announced last week. Seven of the eight nominees in the big categories of song, record and album of the year are by women or female groups. The only male nominee? Jon Batiste who won big last year.
Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment headlines including why a satellite radio service is moving to your phone, the poor opening of Marvel’s latest superhero movie and how third quarter earnings announcements from entertainment companies underscores the industry’s current generational disruption.
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‘The Marvels’ Amiss With $110M Global Opening; Lowest Ever For Disney MCU Offshore & WW
https://deadline.com/2023/11/the-marvels-opening-global-international-box-office-1235600417/
Box Office Bomb: ‘The Marvels’ Opens to $47M in New Low for Marvel Studios
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-marvels-box-office-bombing-opening-1235644758/
SAG-AFTRA Approves Deal to End Historic Strike
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-tentative-deal-historic-strike-1235771894/
What the Actors Really Won on A.I.
https://puck.news/what-the-actors-really-won-on-a-i/
SAG-AFTRA Secures $40 Million Streaming Bonus: ‘We’re Starting to Claw Our Way Back’
https://variety.com/2023/biz/news/sag-aftra-streaming-bonus-40-million-1235784773/
Drescher and Crabtree-Ireland On Deal
https://deadline.com/2023/11/sag-aftra-fran-drescher-actors-strike-ending-ai-interview-1235598296/
Fran Drescher & Duncan Crabtree-Ireland On SAG-AFTRA Deal, AI & Informed Consent + Importance Of CEOs
https://deadline.com/2023/11/actors-strike-deal-details-sag-aftra-1235599842/
As Hollywood’s Season of Strikes Comes to End, What Are the Lessons Learned?
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/strikes-end-hollywood-lessons-sag-wga-shutdowns-1235780177/
Grammy Nominations 2024: See the Full List Here
https://pitchfork.com/news/grammy-nominations-2024-see-the-full-list-here/
Here Lies Love Announces Closing Date on Broadway
https://playbill.com/article/here-lies-love-announces-closing-date-on-broadway
SiriusXM Lowers Price, Reboots to Take on Streaming Music Rivals With “Human-Curated” Focus
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/siriusxm-lower-price-app-streaming-refresh-1235641247/
NEA Finds Worrying Drop in Reading Participation
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/93659-nea-finds-worrying-drop-in-reading-participation.html
AMC Beats Quarterly Revenue Estimates on ‘Barbenheimer’ Boost
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/amc-entertainment-beats-quarterly-revenue-estimates-2023-11-08/
AMC Drops on Plans for $350 Million Stock Offer. So Much for Solid Earnings.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/amc-stock-offering-news-0c14d856
Disney+ Tops 150 Million Subscribers, Streaming Loss Narrows to $387 Million
https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/disney-plus-subscribers-150-million-earnings-1235784850/
Disney+ Tops 150 Million Subscribers, Streaming Loss Narrows to $387 Million
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/disney-cuts-content-spending-2024-streaming-1235641858/
Warner Bros. Discovery Stock Sinks 19% as Ad Revenue Falls, Zaslav Warns of ‘Generational Disruption’
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/08/warner-bros-discovery-wbd-q3-earnings.html
Warner Bros. Shelves John Cena’s ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Movie a Year After It Completed Filming
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-cena-coyote-vs-acme-movie-shelved-1235643235/
John Bailey, ‘Ordinary People’ Cinematographer and Former Film Academy President, Dies at 81
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/john-bailey-dead-ordinary-people-academy-president-1235644632/
Hengameh Panahi Dies: Revered Celluloid Dreams Sales Agent
https://deadline.com/2023/11/hengameh-panahi-dies-celluloid-dreams-sales-agent-was-67-1235598106/
Robert Butler, Director on Pilots for ‘Batman,’ ‘Star Trek’ and ‘Hill Street Blues,’ Dies at 95
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/robert-butler-dead-batman-star-trek-hill-street-blues-1235644907/
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