George Clooney Offers Two Cents to SAG, AFTRA

 
George Clooney doesn't just play a fixer in the movies.The Oscar winner, who became an unofficial spokesman for the Biz during the 100-day writers' strike that screwed things up for a lot of people earlier this year, has spoken up yet again, this time in a letter urging members of the Screen Actors Guild and its little-sister union, the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists, to make sure the very actors they're trying to help don't get lost in the shuffle created by the latest studio-union showdown. (link)

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