SAG, AFTRA prexys make official push for merger

HowardReardonThe presidents in the Screen Stars Guild as well as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists make their first official push for your recommended SAG-AFTRA merger.SAG National Leader Ken Howard and AFTRA National Leader Roberta Reardon sent instructions to individuals Sunday, providing the combo. SAG's board approved the sale Friday and AFTRA's adopted Saturday.The letter featured the completely new "SAG AFTRA One Union" logo design design and mentioned an expert-merger Site would go live Friday. The missive turned up since the SAG Honours would exist in the Shrine Auditorium.The letter: Dear Member,A couple of days ago, the SAG and AFTRA National Boards needed a decisive answer to strengthen our future by very marketing an idea to merge Screen Stars Guild as well as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. If people approve the merger, the completely new union will probably be referred to as SAG-AFTRA.The election in the unions' National Boards came after a minimum of annually of focused effort to hear from people regarding needs for additional effective union representation also to produce a merger plan to meet people needs. While using passionate approval within our boards, your choice now rests within reach of AFTrA and SAG people.Merger referendum ballots are scheduled being mailed on or about February 27th - but everybody of both unions may have the entire merger documents next few days round the SAG and AFTRA websites. Full printed merger documents can also be mailed to each voter while using referendum ballot, that is due for return on March 30th. This could give each member lots of time to produce a thoughtful and well-informed decision. We're also excited to announce that on Friday, February 3rd, we'll launch a completely new joint how do people provide people all of the particulars they'll be considering before casting their votes. The site includes complete merger particulars, Faq's, together with an extensive calendar of occasions to alert people country wide to educational conferences together with other options for researching this program. Make your email inside a couple of days for particulars in the website launch.After a minimum of annually of intensive work, we are very proud to produce you this historic chance. We ought to also acknowledge the ceaseless dedication in the AFTRA and SAG people and staff who became a member of together since the Group for starters Union (G1) for this amazing plan. We anticipate talking about all the particulars and reacting to the queries you may have. Finally, we are sure that SAG and AFTRA individuals will embrace this singular chance to harness the actual energy of oneness, which SAG-AFTRA will safeguard people and shape the entertainment and media industries for several years later on.In oneness,Ken HowardSAG National PresidentRoberta ReardonAFTRA National Leader Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com

Pair get 'Jewel Thief' project

Anthony Mastromauro of Identity Films and Danielle Pelland of Entendre Films have developed the rights to Bill Mason's memoir "Confessions from the Master Jewel Crook," initially setup at Vital. Mason, who co-written the memoir with Lee Gruenfeld, stole greater than $35 million in jewels from people of high society throughout the time of 3 decades and keep an outwardly conventional existence. Among people harmed were Bob Hope, Phyllis Diller, Robert Goulet, Truman Capote, Armand Hammer and Johnny Weismuller. Mastromauro and Pelland are coming up with and so are presently to authors also to stars to battle the role of Mason. Identity has furthermore triggered Tara Ahamed to supervise development for that organization. Ahamed spent a long time at CAA together with annually at Jerry Bruckheimer Films before joining Identity. Project was setup at Vital in 2004 with Christine Peters at her CFP Prods. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com