As head of the actors guild, Sean Astin brings a little Rudy, a little Samwise, and a lot of fight
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sean Astin has taken on the presidency of the SAG-AFTRA at a particularly perilous time for the actors union, and for Hollywood. There's the threat of human actors being replaced by artificial intelligence. The ongoing upheavals of streaming. Studio consolidation and realignment. Nearly three years ago, the actors launched a four-month strike, securing some protections and higher wages. And on Monday, negotiations on a new three-year contract with studio and streamers are...
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- As head of the actors guild, Sean Astin brings a little Rudy, a little Samwise, and a lot of fight
- Purported Nancy Guthrie ransom note deadline approaches as search enters a second week
- Sean Astin's takes on the threat of AI, Fran Drescher and a 'Goonies' sequel
- Olympic town warms up as climate change puts Winter Games on thin ice
- US figure skater Amber Glenn faces backlash over politics and copyright issues after Olympic gold
Sun, 08 Feb 2026
- Puerto Rico stops for 13 minutes to applaud history and bask in Bad Bunny's glow
- Yes, there was a real wedding during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
- Bad Bunny brings Gaga, Martin and Puerto Rican pride to Super Bowl as Green Day, Puth play pregame
- Review: Bad Bunny brought Puerto Rico's history and culture to a revolutionary Super Bowl show
- Super Bowl ads try to overcome tough times with health, caring and the usual laughs
- 'Melania' falls steeply and 'Send Help' holds steady at No. 1 on a quiet weekend in theaters
- Paul Thomas Anderson wins at 78th Directors Guild Awards for 'One Battle After Another'
- Russian skater Petr Gumennik becomes latest Olympian to change music due to copyright issues
- Cardi B praises Bad Bunny's upcoming Super Bowl halftime moment, opens up about tour and new music
Sat, 07 Feb 2026
- Washington Post publisher Will Lewis says he's stepping down, days after big layoffs at the paper
- Brad Arnold, lead singer of Grammy-nominated rock band 3 Doors Down, dies at 47
- E-40 and Too $hort's NFL Honors show underscores Bay Area's music presence during Super Bowl week
- Trump praises Nexstar-Tegna broadcast television deal he once opposed
- Mariah Carey's Olympic act prompts questions about possible lip-syncing and a curious teleprompter
- Reporting on itself: 'Today' keeps it low-key in covering search for Savannah Guthrie's mother
Fri, 06 Feb 2026
- Actor Michael Keaton honored as Man of the Year by Harvard's Hasty Pudding theater group
- Body believed to be Lil Jon's son D.J. Young is found in pond near Atlanta
- Milan Cortina is going for Olympic fashion gold. Take a look at some eye-popping outfits
- Actor Timothy Busfield indicted in New Mexico on 4 counts of sexual contact with a child
- Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show: Here's some things to expect and what they mean
- The new season of 'Cross' is about corrupt billionaires. Aldis Hodge sees some parallels
- Meet the man behind the Super Bowl's annual confetti blizzard
- Keke Palmer is a fish out of water in horror-comedy series based on cult movie 'The Burbs'
- This years Super Bowl commercials feature AI, weight-loss drugs and celebrities galore
- Bad Bunny look-alike contest in San Francisco draws hundreds of fans
Thu, 05 Feb 2026
- Epstein emails show he helped arrange White House visit for Woody Allen
- How Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones and Charlie Puth are preparing for the Super Bowl pregame stage
- Bad Bunny says he will bring his culture to 2026 Super Bowl halftime performance
- Rene Fleming, Bla Fleck to perform together at Carnegie Hall after dropping out of Kennedy Center
- Pieter Mulier named creative director of Versace
- Jon Hamm on hosting NFL Honors and 'fellow Pisces' Bad Bunny's moment: 'I applaud him as an artist'
- Malcolm Gladwell's 'The American Way of Killing' to be released in September
Wed, 04 Feb 2026
- Washington Post cuts a third of its staff in a blow to a legendary news brand
- The former Prince Andrew moves to King Charles III's private estate after Epstein document uproar
- LaMonte McLemore, singer and founding member of the 5th Dimension, dies at 90
- Melania Trump meets with freed American-Israeli hostage whose story she features in her new film
- Veteran Olympics broadcaster Mary Carillo to replace Savannah Guthrie as co-host
- David A. Ross resigns from School of Visual Arts after ties to Jeffrey Epstein surface
- Fans race to learn Spanish before Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show
- Not just pups this time: 'Puppy Bowl' embraces older dogs
- How Super Bowl halftime moments became flashpoints from the 'wardrobe malfunction' to caged kids
- Penny the Doberman pinscher wins the 150th Westminster dog show
Tue, 03 Feb 2026
- Don Lemon says a dozen agents came to arrest him even though he offered to turn himself in
- E-40 and Too $hort to bring Bay Area hip-hop to NFL Honors stage
- Don't tune into the Super Bowl hoping for a break from politics
- Savannah Guthrie says her mom is a woman of faith and a source of strength for the family
- Disney parks chief Josh DAmaro will take over for Bob Iger as CEO
- 'Monster's Paradise,' lampooning US President Donald Trump, has world premiere at Hamburg Opera
- Son of Norways crown princess denies rape charges as trial begins
- Minions music leads to nightmare for Olympic skater while putting a spotlight on a yearslong problem
- Chuck Negron, lead singer on 'Joy to the World' and other Three Dog Night hits, dies at 83
Mon, 02 Feb 2026
- Couples at the Westminster show bond over dogs, and each other
- Bad Bunny won big at the 2026 Grammys. Its a boost at a dark time for U.S. Latinos
- Michelangelo's 'The Last Judgment' fresco undergoes 3-month cleaning at Sistine Chapel
- Son of Norway's crown princess arrested on new allegations ahead of his rape trial
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