Actors discuss potential SAG strike at Hollywood meeting
Jul 2, 2008, 04:11 PM | by Vanessa Juarez

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY LINK: (Full story below, plus more from J. Handel)

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Categories: Movie Biz, Strike, TV Biz

The Screen Actors Guild and its smaller sister union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, have been trying to hammer out individual contracts with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for several weeks now. Unfortunately, the unions despise each other, which leaves working actors caught in the middle of a political cat fight. And that’s a tough predicament for many since, well, most Hollywood actors aren’t Will Smith. Consider this: According to a Los Angeles Times analysis, 72.1 percent of actors make less than $5,000 per year, and less than 2 percent of them make enough to own a Bentley. (more…)