6:45AM STV | In a savage coup of upstart infidels, the Unite for Strength ticket outlasted incumbent Alan Rosenberg’s MembershipFirst slate in Thursday’s
SAG board election, thus opening a new era of moderation, peace and progress in Hollywood’s rancorous labour wars. Or… not. Maybe? It’s too soon to tell, frankly, with new leadership including Amy Brenneman, Scott Bakula, Adam Arkin, ‘05 loser Morgan Fairchild and Assaf “Brother of Sacha Baron” Cohen making up only a theoretical majority at best;
studio-friendly Variety says the SAG/AMPTP squabble’s days are numbered,
union flunky Nikki Finke says that’s “simpleton” piffle, and here in the middle, we can’t help but notice that SAG’s contract-negotiating team isn’t changing at all. Still, we look to the future with cautious optimism perhaps best evoked by
Rosenberg’s concession on Thursday:
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