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Sean Astin to Follow Mother as Union President

Sep 13, 2025 1:30 PM CDT

Actors Union Elects Sean Astin

SAG-AFTRA faces contract negotiations next year

(Newser) - Sean Astin, best known for his role in The Lord of the Rings, has been elected president of SAG-AFTRA, assuming the office once held by his mother, Patty Duke. Astin won with close to 80% of the vote, defeating Chuck Slavin, while his running mate, Michelle Hurd, was elected...

Hollywood's Intimacy Coordinators Are Now in SAG-AFTRA

SAG-AFTRA Welcomes New
Group: Intimacy Coordinators

Nov 18, 2024 11:03 AM CST

SAG-AFTRA Welcomes New Group: Intimacy Coordinators

Staffers who help manage sex scenes on film unanimously vote to enter labor union

(Newser) - SAG-AFTRA, the labor union for 160,000 actors, recording and voice-over artists, stunt performers, and other media pros, are welcoming a new group of workers: intimacy coordinators, who work to make things as smooth as possible for actors during the filming of sex scenes. Citing a Tuesday announcement from SAG-AFTRA,...

Oppenheimer Continues Its Roll

Feb 25, 2024 6:42 AM CST

Oppenheimer Continues Its Roll

Christopher Nolan's biopic wins big at SAG Awards, heads into Oscars with more steam

(Newser) - Oppenheimer continued to steamroll through Hollywood's awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for outstanding cast, along with awards for Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr., at the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. As the Academy Awards draw closer, Christopher Nolan's blockbuster biopic—already a winner at...

Drescher: It's
'a New Dawn'
for Actors

Nov 10, 2023 8:19 AM CST

Drescher: It's 'a New Dawn' for Actors

SAG-AFTRA president talks pay increases, AI protections in new, tentative deal

(Newser) - The longest ever actor's strike against studios ended when those studios finally understood "that this is a new dawn," says union leader Fran Drescher. It "got to a place where not only did they really fully grasp the idea that this is a new dawn, that...

Drescher Says Clooney's Plan
to End Strike Won't Work

Oct 20, 2023 8:44 AM CDT

Drescher Says Clooney's Plan to End Strike Won't Work

A-list actors suggested they pay more dues to bridge gap between union, studios

(Newser) - SAG-AFTRA union president Fran Drescher says a proposal from George Clooney and a group of other A-listers to help end the actors' strike is "extremely generous"—but it's not going to work. In a Zoom meeting earlier this week between union leaders and actors including Clooney, Scarlett...

After Studios Halt Talks, Drescher Assesses Standoff

Drescher: Actors
Won't Back Down

Oct 14, 2023 12:10 PM CDT

Drescher: Actors Won't Back Down

Hollywood studios say the two sides are too far apart to talk

(Newser) - Fran Drescher has steered the actors guild through its monthslong strike. The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers announced Wednesday that it had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worth it and calling their proposal as good as the...

In Hollywood Strike, The Nanny Has a Leading Role

You Know Her as The Nanny.
Now, a Strike Leader

the rundown

Jul 14, 2023 9:10 AM CDT

You Know Her as The Nanny. Now, a Strike Leader

Fran Drescher leads the actors' union taking on the studios

(Newser) - If those watching Thursday's news conference announcing a Hollywood actors' strike didn't immediately recognize the woman speaking, the voice likely gave it away—the "distinctly nasal, Queens-inflected accent" of Fran Drescher, as the New York Times puts it. Yes, the 65-year-old actress who became a household name...

Billy Corgan Says
He Saw a Human
Shift Shape

Oct 18, 2017 8:21 AM CDT

Billy Corgan Says He Saw a Human Shift Shape

And 8 more celebs who say they've seen something otherworldly

(Newser) - It's only Wednesday, and yet it's already been a good week for the paranormal. First came coverage of Miami GOP congressional candidate Bettina Rodriguez Aguilera, who once said she's remained in telepathic contact with aliens ever since she was abducted at age 7 by "three blond,...

12 Celeb Exes Who
Are Still Friends

May 14, 2014 4:05 PM CDT

12 Celeb Exes Who Are Still Friends

Latest to join the club: Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin

(Newser) - Despite the fact that Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin announced that they were “consciously uncoupling” back in March (and the rumors that Chris has been romancing Alexa Chung in the meantime), the two were recently seen enjoying a day at the beach together with their kids, Radar reports. The...

Fran Drescher's New Boytoy: the 'Inventor of Email'

Oct 17, 2013 9:38 AM CDT

Fran Drescher's New Boytoy: the 'Inventor of Email'

Stepped out with Shiva Ayyadurai, now an MIT prof, this week

(Newser) - Fran Drescher has some new arm candy and his resume might surprise you. Shiva Ayyadurai, apparently the first person to hold a copyright for the electronic mail system "email" in 1982, is her newest love interest, the Huffington Post reports. The pair, who apparently just love Indian-American cooking, stepped...

8 Weird Beliefs of the Stars

Mar 31, 2013 2:35 PM CDT

8 Weird Beliefs of the Stars

Aliens and leprechauns and clones, oh my!

(Newser) - Some celebrities certainly have odd beliefs—and we're not even talking about the Scientologists . Fox News rounds up eight celebrities who subscribe to some bizarre notions:

Fran Drescher: Believes she and her ex-husband were once abducted by aliens. The extraterrestrials of course put tracking chips inside the couple, causing

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Fran Drescher
Gets Talk Show

SHE TALKS, EARS BLEED

Oct 12, 2010 9:24 AM CDT

Fran Drescher Gets Talk Show

'The Nanny' star snags one-hour slot

(Newser) - Who wouldn’t want to listen to Fran Drescher’s unmistakable nasal drawl for an hour each week? The former Nanny snagged her own talk show, or at least a three-week trial for one, on Fox. The imaginatively-titled Fran Drescher Show premieres Nov. 26, Mediaweek reports. Drescher says it will...

Paterson Should Say No to Caroline, Dynasties

OPINION

Dec 29, 2008 3:16 PM CST

Paterson Should Say No to Caroline, Dynasties

(Newser) - Should Gov. David Paterson give Caroline Kennedy a chance to serve New York in the Senate? No! “Dynasties suck,” reasons Alex Pareene of Gawker, and we should take the opportunity to quash this one. Although it’s not fair, Caroline has become the left’s Sarah Palin, and...

Caroline, Schmaroline: Pick Me Instead

Dec 8, 2008 11:35 AM CST

Caroline, Schmaroline: Pick Me Instead

Fran Drescher offers to take over Hillary Clinton's Senate seat

(Newser) - Fran Drescher has a great idea for a well-known woman to inherit Hillary Clinton's Senate seat, and it's not Caroline Kennedy, reports New York. The face—and, even more memorably, the voice—of the 1990s sitcom The Nanny proposes herself. OK, so she's never run for public office, but she...