Actor Gabrielle Carteris has been elected president of the Los Angeles local of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the union announced late Thursday night. Carteris succeeds Ron Morgan, who did not seek re-election as president but was elected to a seat on the local's board of directors.Los Angeles 1st vice president Susan Boyd Joyce, 3rd vice president Bobbie Bates, 4th vice president Jason George, and recording secretary Patrika Darbo were re-elected to their posts. Mike Sakellarides and Matthew Kimbrough were newly elected to the respective posts of 2nd vice president and treasurer. Kimbrough is also AFTRA's national treasurer.Morgan, Bates, George, Darbo, Sumi Haru, Sean Valentine, and Linda Harmon were re-elected to the local board of directors. Newly elected to the local board were Bob Bergen, Michee Harris-Hardaway, D.W. Moffett, Jenny O'Hara, Clyde Sacks, David Westberg, Heather Branch, Holly Pitrago, and Dorenda Moore. Re-elected as Los Angeles representatives.
- 6/3/2011
- by help@backstage.com (Daniel Holloway)
- backstage.com
The cast of Freaks & Geeks, along with its follow-up, Undeclared, are reuniting for PaleyFest. Creator Judd Apatow, along with Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, Joe Flaherty and others are coming together for the 28th annual festival to take questions from the audience about the shows (alas, no James Franco).
The Freaks & Geeks panel is one of 13 at the event, which includes panels for The Walking Dead, Supernatural, True Blood and Parks and Recreation (full list here), and gets underway on March 4 in Beverly Hills. Here’s the full list of F&G participants:
Judd Apatow , Executive Producer Freaks & Geeks ; Creator / Executive Producer Undeclared
Paul Feig,...
The Freaks & Geeks panel is one of 13 at the event, which includes panels for The Walking Dead, Supernatural, True Blood and Parks and Recreation (full list here), and gets underway on March 4 in Beverly Hills. Here’s the full list of F&G participants:
Judd Apatow , Executive Producer Freaks & Geeks ; Creator / Executive Producer Undeclared
Paul Feig,...
- 2/4/2011
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
Good news for Angelenos: On-location filming in Los Angeles in 2010 was up 15 percent from the prior year. Now the bad news: The prior year was the worst for on-location filming in the area since tracking of those numbers began in 1994. A slight improvement from an all-time low doesn't make you the New England Patriots. It makes you the Detroit Lions.Despite the gains seen last year, on-location shooting days in 2010—as measured by FilmL.A., the private entity that distributes film permits in Los Angeles—were still fewer than half what they were at their peak, in 1996. That knowledge may not incite folks in Los Angeles to pack up their ashtrays and candlesticks and head east, but it is causing them to be cautious in their enthusiasm."I don't see us being able to get back to that 1996 number, because we see a permanent competition now from somewhere between six and eight states for production,...
- 1/19/2011
- backstage.com
AFTRA is interested in merger with the Screen Actors Guild, but not if the effort is going to fail again. So we learn from an article appearing in the just-mailed Spring 2010 issue of AFTRA Magazine. The union makes clear that any such effort will encompass all of its members, and emphasizes that the goal is “creating one media and entertainment union for all actors, performers and broadcast journalists.”
SAG reacted favorably, with guild president Ken Howard remarking in an email to me, “I’m delighted to see AFTRA’s leadership speak out forcefully about something that I and other SAG leaders so strongly support. Joining SAG and AFTRA to create a single union is essential to performers’ maximizing their power. It’s undoubtedly an idea whose time has come.”
(AFTRA, for the non-laborites among my readers, is the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG...
SAG reacted favorably, with guild president Ken Howard remarking in an email to me, “I’m delighted to see AFTRA’s leadership speak out forcefully about something that I and other SAG leaders so strongly support. Joining SAG and AFTRA to create a single union is essential to performers’ maximizing their power. It’s undoubtedly an idea whose time has come.”
(AFTRA, for the non-laborites among my readers, is the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG...
- 4/7/2010
- by jhandel@att.net (Jonathan Handel)
With its state and local governments hauling huge debts around and its heritage industry scattering to the wind, Los Angeles has looked unnervingly Detroit-like lately.The number of on-location film production days in the L.A. area declined from 7,096 in 2008 to 4,976 in 2009, according to FilmL.A., the private company that issues film permits for the city and most of Los Angeles County. Over the same period, television production days dropped from 19,100 to 15,933. Overall, the number of shooting days for film, TV, commercials, music videos, and other types of production fell from 47,117 in 2008 to 37,979 the next year.In such a climate, any good news is welcome. Folks who have been working to keep cameras rolling in Hollywood finally received some on March 31, when FilmL.A. reported that overall on-location shooting in the area had risen by 25 percent in 2010 from the same time last year. Los Angeles City Council member Paul Krekorian...
- 4/7/2010
- backstage.com
By Daniel Frankel
AFTRA leadership has made it official: the labor organization will attempt to merge with the Screen Actors Guild for a third time.
In a joint letter to be sent out in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists magazine this week, national org president Robert Reardon, along with VP Bob Edwards, second VP Ron Morgan, treasurer Matthew Kimbrough and recording secretary Lainie Cooke, called for the creation of a “new union.”
“Some see ...
AFTRA leadership has made it official: the labor organization will attempt to merge with the Screen Actors Guild for a third time.
In a joint letter to be sent out in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists magazine this week, national org president Robert Reardon, along with VP Bob Edwards, second VP Ron Morgan, treasurer Matthew Kimbrough and recording secretary Lainie Cooke, called for the creation of a “new union.”
“Some see ...
- 4/7/2010
- by Daniel Frankel
- The Wrap
Roberta Reardon was unanimously re-elected to a second two-year term as national president of the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists at the union's biennial national convention Saturday in Chicago.
Representatives of the union's 32 locals and chapters also approved a $300 increase in the initiation fee to join AFTRA, upping it to $1,600, effective Nov. 1. All revenue raised as a result of the fee increase has been exclusively designated for organizing efforts to increase employment opportunities for union performers and broadcasters.
The three-day 62nd National Convention, held at the Hyatt Regency, also saw the re-election of national first vp Bob Edwards, a satellite radio host from Washington; second national vp Ron Morgan, an actor from Los Angeles; national treasurer Matt Kimbrough, a Los Angeles actor; and national recording secretary Lainie Cooke, a New York actor.
National vps re-elected were Denny Delk, Holter Graham, Bob Butler, Catherine Brown, Jim Ferguson and Shelby Scott.
Representatives of the union's 32 locals and chapters also approved a $300 increase in the initiation fee to join AFTRA, upping it to $1,600, effective Nov. 1. All revenue raised as a result of the fee increase has been exclusively designated for organizing efforts to increase employment opportunities for union performers and broadcasters.
The three-day 62nd National Convention, held at the Hyatt Regency, also saw the re-election of national first vp Bob Edwards, a satellite radio host from Washington; second national vp Ron Morgan, an actor from Los Angeles; national treasurer Matt Kimbrough, a Los Angeles actor; and national recording secretary Lainie Cooke, a New York actor.
National vps re-elected were Denny Delk, Holter Graham, Bob Butler, Catherine Brown, Jim Ferguson and Shelby Scott.
- 8/9/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Actor Ron Morgan re-elected president of AFTRA Los Angeles.
By Lucas Shaw
While debate over the new SAG TV-theatrical contract continues to drag on in advance of the June 9 ballot deadline, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced the results of Los Angeles Local elections late Wednesday night, with most of its major leaders earning re-election.
The majority of local officers ran unopposed for new two-year terms, including actor Ron Morgan, who was re-elected as president, and Susan Boyd Joyce, who will return as first vice president.
In fact, the Los Angeles Local Board of Directors will welcome back 12 of its 17 members f...
By Lucas Shaw
While debate over the new SAG TV-theatrical contract continues to drag on in advance of the June 9 ballot deadline, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced the results of Los Angeles Local elections late Wednesday night, with most of its major leaders earning re-election.
The majority of local officers ran unopposed for new two-year terms, including actor Ron Morgan, who was re-elected as president, and Susan Boyd Joyce, who will return as first vice president.
In fact, the Los Angeles Local Board of Directors will welcome back 12 of its 17 members f...
- 6/4/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
AFTRA announced the results late Wednesday of its Los Angeles Local elections. The seats in play included those on the national and local boards, and delegates to the AFTRA national convention this summer.
This election cycle carried extra weight because it arrived in the midst of voting on SAG's controversial TV-theatrical contract and because of the candidacy of several dual card-holders running for office despite their antagonism toward AFTRA.
As it happens, Membership First partisans did pick up some local and national board seats -- vocal AFTRA critics Anne-Marie Johnson and Alan Ruck were elected to the AFTRA national board, and David Jolliffe was elected to the L.A. Local board.
The complete results are as follows:
Actor Ron Morgan was re-elected president of AFTRA Los Angeles and will begin his new two-year term July 1; he ran unopposed. Morgan also was elected to the national board for a four-year term,...
This election cycle carried extra weight because it arrived in the midst of voting on SAG's controversial TV-theatrical contract and because of the candidacy of several dual card-holders running for office despite their antagonism toward AFTRA.
As it happens, Membership First partisans did pick up some local and national board seats -- vocal AFTRA critics Anne-Marie Johnson and Alan Ruck were elected to the AFTRA national board, and David Jolliffe was elected to the L.A. Local board.
The complete results are as follows:
Actor Ron Morgan was re-elected president of AFTRA Los Angeles and will begin his new two-year term July 1; he ran unopposed. Morgan also was elected to the national board for a four-year term,...
- 6/4/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Screen Actors Guild stalemate grinds on. Variety says there are back-channel talks with studio heads, but it’s hard to know whether talks are actually in progress or, if any, how substantive they are. These rumors have persisted off and on for almost two months at least.
Causing the stalemate is the issue of contract expiration date rather than new media; there’s talk of a trade-off between this issue and the (unrelated) SAG demand for force majeure payments per the previous SAG agreement. Meanwhile, the passage of time itself threatens to generate new roadblocks.
The SAG Board is meeting this weekend, and Variety suggests a proposed TV/theatrical deal might be presented to the Board then. I’m skeptical, but you never know. The SAG story has had a surprise around every corner, although for the last year, stalemate has unfortunately been the one constant.
What is known...
Causing the stalemate is the issue of contract expiration date rather than new media; there’s talk of a trade-off between this issue and the (unrelated) SAG demand for force majeure payments per the previous SAG agreement. Meanwhile, the passage of time itself threatens to generate new roadblocks.
The SAG Board is meeting this weekend, and Variety suggests a proposed TV/theatrical deal might be presented to the Board then. I’m skeptical, but you never know. The SAG story has had a surprise around every corner, although for the last year, stalemate has unfortunately been the one constant.
What is known...
- 4/17/2009
- by jhandel@att.net (Jonathan Handel)
The Los Angeles Local of AFTRA announced Thursday the complete list of candidates for its 2009 election of officers and board members, Los Angeles-based national board members and 198 delegates to the AFTRA national convention.
Ballots will be mailed May 8 with a voting deadline of June 3. All elected Los Angeles officers and board members will begin their terms July 1. National board members begin their four-year terms at the end of this summer's national convention, scheduled for Aug. 6-8 in Chicago.
Candidates will have the opportunity to address the membership at the annual "Meet the Candidates" forum the night of April 29 at the union's headquarters. Most of the acting candidates are dual cardholders in AFTRA and SAG.
All seven incumbent L.A. officers were named candidates for re-election by the AFTRA L.A. nominating committee. They will run unopposed for additional two-year terms. They are:
L.A. president Ron Morgan
First vp Susan Boyd Joyce...
Ballots will be mailed May 8 with a voting deadline of June 3. All elected Los Angeles officers and board members will begin their terms July 1. National board members begin their four-year terms at the end of this summer's national convention, scheduled for Aug. 6-8 in Chicago.
Candidates will have the opportunity to address the membership at the annual "Meet the Candidates" forum the night of April 29 at the union's headquarters. Most of the acting candidates are dual cardholders in AFTRA and SAG.
All seven incumbent L.A. officers were named candidates for re-election by the AFTRA L.A. nominating committee. They will run unopposed for additional two-year terms. They are:
L.A. president Ron Morgan
First vp Susan Boyd Joyce...
- 4/16/2009
- by By Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AFTRA Los Angeles president Ron Morgan and most other incumbents have been retained after several testy board contests in which some candidates with dual SAG affiliations raised Cain over perceived AFTRA slights to SAG.
An AFTRA Leadership slate, supporting current officers and policies of the 70,000-member performers union, faced off against a slate dubbed AFTRA Artists. The latter group, featuring such SAG/AFTRA members as JoBeth Williams, Frances Fisher and Kent McCord -- currently first national vp for SAG -- claimed AFTRA regularly settles for weak contract terms, effectively undermining SAG's ability to negotiate more lucrative pacts.
As it turned out, the upstart slate made only minimal headway.
Of 13 AFTRA Artists candidates to AFTRA's national board, only Farmer, Bonnie Bartlett and incumbent Sumi Haru won seats. None of the slate's three candidates for local board seats were successful.
"The AFTRA Leadership team is very pleased and happy with the election results, and what we think this means is that the membership is pleased with the way things have been going," said Morgan, an actor who ran unopposed for a new two-year term to start July 1. "We need people to understand that we are in favor of increasing our contracts, getting them more money, better terms and conditions.
An AFTRA Leadership slate, supporting current officers and policies of the 70,000-member performers union, faced off against a slate dubbed AFTRA Artists. The latter group, featuring such SAG/AFTRA members as JoBeth Williams, Frances Fisher and Kent McCord -- currently first national vp for SAG -- claimed AFTRA regularly settles for weak contract terms, effectively undermining SAG's ability to negotiate more lucrative pacts.
As it turned out, the upstart slate made only minimal headway.
Of 13 AFTRA Artists candidates to AFTRA's national board, only Farmer, Bonnie Bartlett and incumbent Sumi Haru won seats. None of the slate's three candidates for local board seats were successful.
"The AFTRA Leadership team is very pleased and happy with the election results, and what we think this means is that the membership is pleased with the way things have been going," said Morgan, an actor who ran unopposed for a new two-year term to start July 1. "We need people to understand that we are in favor of increasing our contracts, getting them more money, better terms and conditions.
- 5/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AFTRA Los Angeles has announced unopposed local-office candidates, including president Ron Morgan, and also listed those running in contests for 20 local and 12 national board seats.
Other incumbents running unopposed for additional two-year terms as officers in Los Angeles include first vp Susan Boyd Joyce, second vp Lori Alan, third vp Bobbie Bates, fourth vp Jason George and treasurer Jay Gerber. Actress Patrika Darbo was named as a candidate for recording secretary, replacing singer Dan Navarro, who isn't running for re-election as an officer.
Those selected by a nominating committee for ballot listing in races for three-year terms on the Los Angeles board include incumbents Lori Alan, Audrey Baranishyn, Matthew Kimbrough and Bill Ratner; and Roxana Cortes, Milo Edwards, Morgan Fairchild, Robert Pine and Joan Pirkle.
Also running for local seats, by petition, are actors Steven Barr, Carole Elliott and Russell McConnell. Incumbent announcer John Harlan was named by the nominating committee as a candidate to fill a vacancy representing his category, and Sharon Ferguson, also an incumbent board member, was named as a candidate for a vacancy in the dancer category.
Other incumbents running unopposed for additional two-year terms as officers in Los Angeles include first vp Susan Boyd Joyce, second vp Lori Alan, third vp Bobbie Bates, fourth vp Jason George and treasurer Jay Gerber. Actress Patrika Darbo was named as a candidate for recording secretary, replacing singer Dan Navarro, who isn't running for re-election as an officer.
Those selected by a nominating committee for ballot listing in races for three-year terms on the Los Angeles board include incumbents Lori Alan, Audrey Baranishyn, Matthew Kimbrough and Bill Ratner; and Roxana Cortes, Milo Edwards, Morgan Fairchild, Robert Pine and Joan Pirkle.
Also running for local seats, by petition, are actors Steven Barr, Carole Elliott and Russell McConnell. Incumbent announcer John Harlan was named by the nominating committee as a candidate to fill a vacancy representing his category, and Sharon Ferguson, also an incumbent board member, was named as a candidate for a vacancy in the dancer category.
AFTRA's governing body has re-elected John Connolly as president, capping a convention that also saw the election of 11 national officers and the passage of two constitutional amendments. Connolly was voted a third two-year term in the third and final day of the 60th convention, which wrapped up in the early morning hours of Sunday in Los Angeles. Actor Marvin Kaplan was the only other presidential candidate. "I will do my best to maintain the trust you have placed in me," Connolly said. Bob Edwards and Roberta Reardon were re-elected to national 1st vp and national 2nd vp, respectively. Elected as vp were Ron Morgan (Los Angeles), Lainie Cooke (New York), Shelby Scott (Boston), Belva Davis (San Francisco), Dave Corey (Miami), Dick Kay (Chicago) and David Hartley-Margoin (Denver). Matt Kimbrough (Los Angeles) was elected recording secretary, and Mitchell McGuire (New York) was re-elected treasurer.
- 7/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
AFTRA's governing body has re-elected John Connolly as president, capping a convention that also saw the election of 11 national officers and the passage of two constitutional amendments. Connolly was voted a third two-year term in the third and final day of the 60th convention, which wrapped up in the early morning hours of Sunday in Los Angeles. Actor Marvin Kaplan was the only other presidential candidate. "I will do my best to maintain the trust you have placed in me," Connolly said. Bob Edwards and Roberta Reardon were re-elected to national 1st vp and national 2nd vp, respectively. Elected as vp were Ron Morgan (Los Angeles), Lainie Cooke (New York), Shelby Scott (Boston), Belva Davis (San Francisco), Dave Corey (Miami), Dick Kay (Chicago) and David Hartley-Margoin (Denver). Matt Kimbrough (Los Angeles) was elected recording secretary, and Mitchell McGuire (New York) was re-elected treasurer.
- 7/17/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ron Morgan has been elected president of AFTRA's Los Angeles local as part of a wider contest that determined about two dozen seats. Morgan is an actor, longtime member of both the Los Angeles local's board and the national board and a current national vp. He has served on various committees, including the local's executive committee, the National Administrative and Finance Committee, AFTRA's EEOC Committee and as chair of several national negotiating committees. When his two-year term begins July 1, Morgan will succeed Marvin Kaplan, who did not seek re-election. Kaplan will continue to serve as a member of the local's board and on the AFTRA National Board.
- 5/25/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the final day of AFTRA's four-day national convention in Nashville, John Connolly was re-elected Sunday to serve a second two-year term as president, and AFTRA's national delegates made several moves to shore up the guild's financial situation, including a hike in dues and initiation fees. "We are convinced more and more that the central objective has to be to organize the industry. There are thousands of jobs out there that are going nonunion because there is no eye on the ball, and there is no serious campaign," Connolly said on Sunday. "We think that it is time that a systematic campaign be developed that evaluates the situation," he said. Other appointments included Bob Edwards, who was re-elected first vp, and Roberta Reardon, who was elected second vp. The seven national vps elected were Ron Morgan, Anne Gartlan, former AFTRA president Shelby Scott, Belva Davis, Dave Corey, Dick Kay and David Hartley-Margolin. Mitch McGuire and Bernie Alan were re-elected treasurer and secretary, respectively.
- 8/17/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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