SAG-AFTRA Awaits Studios’ Response To Latest AI Proposals On Day Of No Formal Talks

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Television Broadcasts (TVB), long the dominant free-to-air TV operator in Hong Kong is to dismiss 300 staff, or 8% of its already reduced workforce, in a further cost cutting move. The company said in a regulatory filing on Monday that it will shed 200 staff from its program production operations, merge two of its five channels and reduce its Zstore e-commerce business, with the loss of an additional 100 jobs. The moves, some of which require regulatory approval, are the second staff reduction to be announced this year. In March, TVB cut 255 employees, taking its headcount to 3,600 as of June.TVB is proposing to merge its J2 channel (offering content and programs aimed at a young audience) with its TVB Finance, Sports & Information channel and to create TVB+.

Ozzy Osbourne has made the grim statement that he thinks he has “10 years left” to live.The legendary metal musician and former frontman of Black Sabbath made the revelation in a recent interview with Rolling Stone UK, in which the Prince Of Darkness spoke about his lengthy health troubles, which have included numerous surgeries in the last couple of years.During his chat with the publication, Osbourne spoke about his outlook on death, saying that he doesn’t “fear dying”, but that he doesn’t want to have “a long, painful and miserable experience”.He went on to add that he told his wife Sharon that he had smoked a joint recently: “She said ‘What are you doing that for! It’ll fucking kill you!’ I said, ‘How long do you want me to fucking live for?!’ At best, I’ve got ten years left and when you’re older, time picks up speed. Me and Sharon had our 41st wedding anniversary recently, and that’s just unbelievable to me!”Elsewhere in the chat, Osbourne said that while he still hopes that he’d get the chance to perform again, he might have to “accept the fact” that he might never get the chance to do so.In September, the former Black Sabbath frontman underwent what he said would be his “final surgery” after he had suffered a fall in 2019, which dislodged metal rods that were put into his body after a quad bike crash in 2003.In July Ozzy provided a health update after cancelling his headlining slot at the Power Trip festival next month.

Nam Woo-hyun of K-pop boyband INFINITE has opened up about his “rare” cancer diagnosis.Nam Woo-hyun revealed his gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) diagnosis during a new interview with The Korea Times, where he opened up about it being an “extremely rare form of cancer” and how it faced it.“In my case, the urgency of surgery was non-negotiable, so I quickly held my fan events and performances in January and February before undergoing surgery [in April],” the singer said, before revealing that “the scale [of the cancer] was more extensive than I had thought”.“After the surgery, I had to refrain from drinking water for almost three weeks and got a 20-centimeter scar on my stomach,” the INFINITE singer added. “I even had to attach a blood bag.”However, Nam Woo-hyun also touched on how his time in the hospital, in particular his interactions with the “caring” nurses, had inspired him “to recover, release new music and pursue my passion as a singer”.“I feel as if I were reborn after the surgery,” he said.

Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo has revealed in a new interview that he thinks his late bandmates Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell would’ve been supportive of the band’s current reunion.Appearing on a recent episode of The Metallica Report podcast, Anselmo and Pantera bassist Rex Brown shared their first public comments on the band’s reunion. Anselmo said: “It’s empowering. It is incredibly beautiful, and you feel so much love when you’re up there.

The Smashing Pumpkins have appeared on Disney’s holiday special The Wonderful World Of Disney: Magical Holiday Celebration to perform Christmas-themed music. The special, which aired on ABC on Sunday (November 26), was broadcasted from Walt Disney World in Florida.

BABYMONSTER have broken the record for the most-viewed debut K-pop music video in 24 hours with their new song, ‘Batter Up’.According to BABYMONSTER’s label, YG Entertainment, the music video for ‘Batter Up’ garnered 22.59million views within the first day of its release on YouTube, per Korea JoongAng Daily. It was released on November 27 at 12 midnight KST.The rookie K-pop girl group has broken a record previously held by SM Entertainment quartet aespa, who reached 21.4million views with the music video for their debut single ‘Black Mamba’ in November 2020.The highly anticipated debut of BABYMONSTER comes nearly a year after the members were first introduced in January and February of this year.

NMIXX have teased a new single titled ‘Soñar (Breaker)’, from their upcoming second EP ‘Fe3O4: BREAK’.Today (November 28) at midnight KST, NMIXX dropped a “motion poster” for their upcoming second EP ‘Fe3O4: BREAK’. The clip features a magnetic box that explodes into the logo for the upcoming project, which comes out on January 15, 2024 at 6pm KST.At the same time, the girl group announced the upcoming release of a pre-release digital single called ‘Soñar (Breaker)’.

Kelly Clarkson performed a cover of Bloc Party’s 2004 single ‘Like Eating Glass’ on Monday’s (November 27) episode of The Kelly Clarkson Show. The performance is part of the American Idol alum’s tradition of opening her talk show with a cover song.

Margot Robbie and her husband Tom Ackerley have been on the red carpet together many times, but they rarely pose as a couple!

The best in film and television was honored tonight at the 2023 Gotham Awards, which kicked off awards season with a bang!

Greta Gerwig is reflecting on the phenomenon that was Barbie!

Robert De Niro‘s speech at the 2023 Gotham Awards did not go as planned.

Charles Melton was so shocked by his win at the 2023 Gotham Awards that he was practically speechless while accepting the award!

The lead negotiators for SAG-AFTRA and the studios are set to meet later today in what could be the final phase to sealing a new deal and the end to the 117-day actors guild strike.

EXCLUSIVE: A deal may not be in the cards tonight, but SAG-AFTRA and the studios could be heading back to negotiations within hours.

EXCLUSIVE: There’s real movement in talks between SAG-AFTRA and the studios for a new three-year contract,

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA is set to meet again on Wednesday with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers after a “productive” day of talks on Tuesday. The sides continue to project “cautious optimism” about resolving the strike, which is now on Day 110. The studios have warned that they must get a deal this week in order to be able to produce partial seasons of scripted network TV series.

EXCLUSIVE: It will be neither trick nor treat tonight as SAG-AFTRA and the studios plan to continue talking over the next few days in search of a deal to end the 110-day strike that has become a Hollywood nightmare.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA leadership continued to bargain with the major studios on Sunday, but despite growing optimism around the industry, no deal has been reached yet. The union presented its latest proposal to the studios on Saturday. The two sides were said to be engaged in “productive” talks through the weekend.

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP continued to communicate intermittently Sunday as they close in on possibly reaching a new deal that could end the 108-day strike.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA negotiations have ended for the day, as the studios and the union plan to keep working on a deal to end the 107-day strike. It’s not clear yet when the next bargaining session will be, as negotiators are still working out the schedule. The union delivered its latest response on Saturday, and is awaiting word back from the studios.