Veteran end-of-the-week pub trip survivor Michael O'Connor is here to keep you occupied midway through the excitement of Friday, with a round-up of the week's major headlines.

Federally mediated negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers and the Screen Actors Guild have broken down after just two days. The AMPTP ...

Following acquiescence to Federal intervention in the Screen Actors Guild/Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers contract dispute, the two sides will meet face-to-face officially ...

The Screen Actors Guild, which represents the vast majority of actors in American film and television, has announced the results of their elections to the National Board Of Directors. The poll results were released on 18 September 2008, with approximately 25 per cent of the Guild’s membership in the Hollywood and New York divisions casting a vote. The run-up to the election had seen bitter infighting taking place between the two primary electoral slates – MembershipFirst, which was in control of the union before the election, and Unite For Strength, which advocated several policies that were diametrically opposed to that of the former slate. UFS was strongly supported by the New York division, which saw MF as being a Hollywood-centric faction that cared little for events outside of Tinseltown, whereas MF still had a large support base in Los Angeles. The press release from the SAG, including the results, is attached after the jump. Our analysis of what this means for the union, and for their ongoing contract negotiations with the Alliance Of Motion Picture And Television Producers will follow after the reactions over the weekend, on the SciFiNow Blog, located at http://blog.scifinow.co.uk.

“Hollywood faces the threat of a second, crippling strike as the contract runs out between the biggest actors' union and studio chiefs,” screams The Telegraph’s ...

As the deadline for the SAG-AMPTP contract negotiation looms overhead, the actors’ union president Alan Rosenberg has released a statement in an attempt to allay ...

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has signed a tentative deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after weeks of ...

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has walked away from negotiations with the Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG), citing their upcoming contract renewal ...

Contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have reportedly made no progress nearly two weeks after ...

The Screen Actors Guild has given assurances to independent film companies by offering contracts that guarantee completion of work beyond the 30 June contract expiry ...