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Article: Guild spat splits stars.(Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- July 2, 2008
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The SAG-AFTRA brawl has split the ranks of Hollywood stars, with neither side able to claim a clear advantage.
Each has a superstar: Tom Hanks is siding with the pro-AFRTRA ratification campaign, while SAG's effort against the deal attracted Jack Nicholson.
Though stars often remain MIA when it comes to union politics, the battle's stirred up enough interest that key players have been weighing in on both sides, as July 8 emerges as the key date for the Screen Actors Guild when the results of AFTRA's ratification vote on its primetime deal will be announced.
The pro-AFTRA forces coalesced two weeks ago through efforts of former SAG president ...