$150,000 Awarded to 108 Students Representing 40 UnionsBrittany Flynn of Burbank, CA, whose father Pete Flynn is a member of International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE) Local 44, has been awarded a Union Plus Scholarship.“With credit so tight, prices rising and fewer loans available to students who want to attend college, scholarship programs like these are more important than ever,” says Leslie Tolf, president of Union Privilege, the organization that administers the scholarship program.From teaching Sunday school to playing basketball, from
Local 44 craft meetings were held for Coordinators, Propmakers, Special Effects, Property and Property Masters last Saturday and Sunday. An article containing the names of those who attended by craft will appear in the next newsreel.The following is a listing of total attendance by craft.The Set Decorators were the only craft to reach a quorum.Held on May
WGA strike costs CA $2.1 billionMiken report cites dispute as recession catalystBy DAVE MCNARY
The WGA strike will cost the California economy a projected 37,700 jobs and $2.1 billion in lost output through the end of 2008, according to a report from the Milken Institute.The report, released Thursday, also asserts that the 100-day work stoppage helped tip the
Most TV production has ended for the summer and movie work has scaled back in advance of a possible actors strike.June 2, 2008The back-lot blaze at Universal Studios will have little effect on movie, television or other video productions, according to studio officials."Tomorrow will be business as
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Actors in the spotlight & ....
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