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Friday, June 27, 2008 --- 71 days ago http://www.businesssheet.com/2008/6/george-clooney-global-megastars-like-me-shou
 While his fellow A-listers are taking sides in the SAG-AFTRA feud as both unions' contracts are on the verge of expiring, George Clooney wants peace. He released a two-page memo Thursday laying out each side's position and urging his fellow stars to support the perpectually underemployed: THR : Clooney laid out some "fundamental facts" that both sides need to begin with, including that the DGA, WGA and IATSE already have set the contract model, minus DVD residuals, and that breaking that model would "retroactively break the other models." [Translation: Just take the deal, guys, you're not going to get anything better.]... Clooney had a suggestion for the future: create a 10-member panel of influential A-listers such as Jack Nicholson and Tom Hanks to sit down with studio heads once a year -- "10 people that the studio heads don't often say 'no' to" -- who can bring in SAG and AFTRA data and adjust pay for the actors. He also suggested that the unions raise the dues for actors who make "an exorbitant amount of money." "Right now, there's a cap of 6,000 bucks that actors pay their union, based on $1 million in earnings," he wrote. "Make it $6,000 for every million. If someone makes $20 million, they pay $120,000 into the union. That could go a long way in helping pensions and health care. The quarterbacks have to do more." Clooney's last suggestion about paying more dues is a benevolent move, since it is often the struggling actors ... |
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