When the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced that they'd be mailing home ballots for member to vote on a potential merge, some Hollywood folk weren't happy. A group of SAG members, including Martin Sheen and Ed Harris, filed a lawsuit to try to block the vote from taking place. more ›

Actor's unions SAG and AFTRA are on the verge of a merger, but a handful of prominent SAG members filed a lawsuit yesterday in an attempt to keep the two groups from joining forces. NBC Los Angeles reports that Martin Sheen, Ed Harris and Nancy Sinatra are among the members upset about the potential merge. more ›

Well folks, it looks like the woman suing IMDb for posting her real age has come to a crossroads: "Jane Doe" was told that she either needed to reveal her identity publicly, or the case would be dropped. The decision was issued Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman, according to The Hollywood Reporter. more ›

The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) member who leaked five feature films to The Pirate Bay was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $3,000 today. Wes DeSoto, 34, pleaded guilty in October to a single federal account of uploading a copyrighted work being prepared for commercial distribution. more ›

We've got some good news on TV show renewals - we've got a fairly horrific list of TV noms at the SAG awards. --- Check out our addendum to yesterday's very popular TV Junkie Audio Gift Guide. --- Also check out the TV Junkie Must-Watch Plan for tonight. more ›

Ah, awards season! It's on and cracking here in Hollywood, and showbiz folk had an early call this morning as the nominations for the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards were announced pre-dawn at WeHo's Pacific Design Center's SilverScreen Theater. more ›

While many of you out there may have enjoyed illegal downloads of "Black Swan," "The Fighter," "The King’s Speech," "127 Hours" and "Rabbit Hole," the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) member who leaked the feature films to BitTorrent is facing the repercussions. Wes DeSoto has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal copyright-infringement charge. more ›

Leaders of SAG and AFTRA held a closed-door meeting on Tuesday night in Los Angeles to hear opinions on the possibility of merging the two unions, reports the Hollywood Reporter. According to sources, approximately 235 attendees were split roughly 50-50 for and against such a decision. more ›

The FBI have conducted a raid on the Los Angeles apartment of an actor they believe uploaded theatrical releases like "The King's Speech," "127 Hours, " "The Fighter, " and "Black Swan," to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, according to Wired. Wes DeSoto, a member of the Screen Actor's Guild, was allegedly the first person to upload those titles to the site in January. more ›

In another early-morning press conference ritual, a set of nominations were delivered this morning for another heavyweight awards season participant, this time the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which focus on the talented contributions of actors in film and television. more ›

The Screen Actors Guild has disclosed an investigation regarding "possible financial impropriety" over the alleged misappropriation of $200,000-$250,000 by a mid-level supervisor, according to a source close to the case, reports The Wrap. The former manager was fired last month and "worked in a department that attempts to distribute unallocated residual payments to the estates of deceased SAG members or members who can no longer be found," says the LA Times. more ›

After more than two months of negotiations, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) have reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for a three year contract that includes a increase in benefit contributions and a wage increase of six percent. Before going into effect in July (when the current contracts expire) it will first need to be approved by a joint board for the unions and union members, reports CBS local. more ›

"Call it the New Hollywood," says Jonathan Small, General Manager of Break Media's Creative Lab. "Going pro" is the trend, according to new media agent Brandon Martinez of Abrams Artist Agency. A $1,600 home-grown video can be just as popular as a million-dollar Nike commercial, according to Blip.TV's Dina Kaplan, leaning into the microphone. "We have the metrics to prove it." more ›

We feel that viewers have really lucked out with not only getting "Men of a Certain Age" but with the chance to really explore it more as the series has been renewed for another season. "Men of a Certain Age" airs on TNT on Mondays at 10pm but it seems like a show that might never have been as the pilot of the was shot almost a year and a half ago. It began airing just after Thanksgiving, a strange date to premiere, and it played through most of the holiday season while other shows tend to go on hiatus. more ›

One last video and some photos from the red carpet of the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild awards. We talked to: Katrina Bowden aka Cerie from NBC's "30 Rock," Thomas Jane aka Ray Drecker of HBO's "Hung," Kiernan Shipka aka Sally Draper from AMC's "Mad Men," James Remar aka Harry Morgan from Showtime's "Dexter," and Anthony John Denison aka Lt. Andy Flynn from TNT's "The Closer." more ›

Following up on photos posted earlier today, here's our interview with Leslie David Baker on the red carpet at the SAG Awards. more ›

A photographer can get jaded pretty fast on the red carpet. Hour after hour, a steady stream of beautiful people smile and pose while you elbow big hairy guys under the hot sun. Soon, any time you travel and meet people who ask, "You live in Los Angeles? Do you see a lot of movie stars?" you kind of want to punch them in the face. But just kind of. more ›

Here is a grab bag of film, television, and music personalities that we captured on the red carpet and the awards podium. Included are: Adam Lambert, Alec Baldwin, Betty White, Cheryl Hines, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Edie Falco, Jeff Bridges, Jeff Garlin, Michael C. Hall, Patricia Arquette, Sandra Bullock, Sigourney Weaver, Susie Essman, Tina Fey, and Toni Collette. more ›

Here is a grab bag of film, television, and music personalities that we captured on the red carpet and the awards podium. Included are: Bryan Cranston, Bryan Batt, Christina Applegate, Christopher Plummer, Edie Falco, Helen Mirren, Jeremy Renner, John Slattery, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Justin Timberlake, Kate Hudson, Lee Daniels, Mariah Carey, Meryl Streep, Patricia Arquette, Robert Morse, Sophia Loren, Steve Carell, Tony Shalhoub, Tracy Morgan. more ›

There was a lot of opportunity to see and speak to cast members of HBO's "True Blood" who were nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild awards on Saturday. We've included some of the many photographs we took of: Anna Paquin (Sookie Stackhouse), Stephen Moyer (Bill Compton), Alexander Skarsgård (Eric Northman), Deorah Ann Wolll (Jessica Hamby), Nelsan Ellis (Lafayette Reynolds), Mariana Klaveno (Lorena), Kristin Bauer (Pam), Anna Camp (Sarah Newlin), Rutina Wesley (Tara Thornton), Todd Lowe (Terry Bellefleur), Sam Trammell (Sam Merlotte), and Mehcad Brooks (Eggs). more ›

The cast of Fox's "Glee" came away as winners of Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards a week after winning Best Musical or Comedy Television Series at the Golden Globes - the freshman comedy is riding a wave of popularity but can it sustain it? more ›

After our interviews with Scott Bakula, Lauren Velez, and the incredible Betty White last week, we made our way to the Shrine Auditorium early Saturday afternoon to see the which group of actors, nominated by their peers, would receive the honor of winning a Screen Actors Guild award. more ›

Betty White is the epitome of the sweet and savvy grandma everyone wishes they had - it was an amazing experience to speak with her. The 16th Annual SAG Awards are at 8pm tonight, on TNT and TBS, but you can watch the red carpet coverage starting at 3pm on E! If you get the East Coast feed on DirecTV or get HD programming you can watch the SAGs starting at 5pm, but if you don't you'll have to wait until the 8pm broadcast on vanilla cable. more ›

Finally. "The nine-month stalemate between the Screen Actors Guild and producers came to an end Tuesday night as SAG members overwhelmingly voted to approve the union’s new TV/theatrical contract with the AMPTP. The final tally: 78 percent voted 'yay', and 22 percent voted 'nay'," reports the The Warp. "The contract includes a 3 percent wage increase, a .5 percent increase in pension and health contributions and residuals for new-media work similar to the guild’s home-video residuals." more ›

After more than nine months of working without a contract, the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers--they represent the studios--today announced that they have reached a tentative agreement. "Details of the agreement covering television programs and motion pictures will not be disclosed prior to review by the SAG national board of directors this Sunday," says SAG. If approved, it will be sent to members for ratification. more ›

Crisis averted (for some) in Hollywood: "A union that represents more than 35,000 film and television workers has approved a three-year contract with Hollywood producers," according to cbs2.com. The new contract goes into effect on the 1st of August, and was unanimously endorsed by all 15 Hollywood local groups of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE). Reflected in the new contract are "some modest pay hikes but also cuts in health and pension benefits." Although some members of the longstanding union felt their leaders were negotiating outside their best interests, the majority were eager to get the contract settled, particularly in light of "the industry's recent struggles." more ›

After negotiations hit a stalemate back in November, the Screen Actors Guild and representatives from Hollywood studios announced yesterday that "they will meet for two days next week," according to abc7.com. (SAG's site says they were to meet in Sherman Oaks last week, and has not been updated to reflect yesterday's announcement.) In the time since they last met to hash out a new deal, things have been rocky for SAG and its leadership. Murmurs about impending strikes and the lack of resolution prompted teamsters and members of the stagehands' union to picket outside SAG headquarters on Wilshire Blvd. this week. SAG also fired their top man, Doug Allen, when he was unable to make anything happen, either. Allen favored a strike, but many believe that is not going to happen under new leadership. more ›

Several International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts (IATSE) members and Teamsters picketed outside the Screen Actors Guild's Wilshire Boulevard offices this afternoon, hoping to urge the actors union to quit stalling on contract talks and get back to work. But some of SAG's own got out their own posterboard and sharpies and protested right back, telling them to "Butt out" and let SAG fight for their rights and settle their own battle with studios and producers. more ›

The red carpet is buzzing at the 15th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which is taking place at the Shrine Auditiorium. The show will be broadcast on TNT/TBS at 8:00 p.m. tonight, which will be live for Angelenos who have satellite cable with east coast feeds, but the usual 3 hours late for the rest of us who live where the show is happening, and in the town that is basically the core of the entertainment industry, which, well, happens to be what these awards honor. more ›

Figuring union members would vote down any authorization to strike, Screen Actors Guild officials have suspended plans to protest contract offers from movie studios and producers. "The declaration represents an about-face and follows months of preparations for a strike vote that would have given the guild the power to shut down production of major studio movies and prime-time TV shows," reported the Associated Press. SAG's contract with AMPTP expired last June. more ›