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SAG elects Gilbert; challenges expected

Melissa Gilbert has been voted in as president of the Screen Actors Guild, scoring a solid victory over her primary opponent, Valerie Harper, in an election that is likely to be the target of challenges.

Yang Frankenstein

Actor John Oglevee is not an obvious choice to play the monster in experimental playwright Erik Ehn's world premiere, Frankenstein. Slender of build and medium height with thinning hair, Oglevee looks nothing like our received impressions of 19th century writer Mary Shelley's giant made from spare body parts ...

Carnegie's $10M for Arts

Corporation Provides Grants for 137 Cultural Groups in NYC

The Rate Reduction Credit

Remember those rebate checks the IRS sent out last summer and fall as part of an attempt to boost the economy? They were part of an important development in the tax law as a result of the 2001 Tax Act. That act created a new, lowest bracket of 10% (it ...

Quinn Fund Awards Grants

The Nancy Quinn Fund, a project of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, has awarded $55,000 in grants to a total of 56 theatre companies, all with annual operating budgets under $100,000.

Unions Push COBRA Subsidy

The major performers' unions are urging members to contact their New York state legislators, asking them to support a proposed law to subsidize entertainment industry health insurance.

Int'l Outdoor Festivals Spring Up in Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Public Library will be presenting a series of internationally flavored festivals on the outdoor plaza at its Central Library at Grand Army Plaza. These events will take place on Saturdays from 1-5 pm and are free and open to the public.

On the Same Page

Casting directors Cathy Henderson and Dori Zuckerman have been working across from each other for 10 years. Spending a few minutes sitting between their desks in their Encino office, one gets the sense that they've eliminated the need for division of labor. They speak in shorthand, take in each ...

Union Exec to Be Sentenced

The former director of finance for AFTRA's Health & Retirement Funds will be sentenced on Dec. 15 for embezzling approximately $1.36 million from the funds.

Crix Have 'Bedroom' Eyes

"In the Bedroom," Todd Field's small-scale drama of a Maine couple coping with the violent death of their son, is the only picture to emerge as a frontrunner in the annual film awards sweepstakes leading up to biggest prize of the all: the Oscars. Most groups have split their ...