Fran Drescher
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Says AMPTP Suspending Talks “Came as a Shock to Me”
The AMPTP’s decision to suspend bargaining talks with SAG-AFTRA “really came as a shock” to the union’s president, Fran Drescher. “What does that exactly mean, and why would you walk away from the table? It’s not like we’re asking for anything that’s so outrageous,” Drescher said in an interview with NBC’s Chloe Melas that aired on […]
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All the Actors Strike Questions You Were Afraid to Ask
Actors are walking picket lines outside major Hollywood studios. But will that affect the release of the next movie in your favorite franchise? What does streaming have to do with the strike? And why is everyone mad at Bob Iger? For the casual viewer, here are some quick answers to some of the most pressing […]
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SAG-AFTRA Leaders Tell Members Negotiations Have Been “Extremely Productive” as Expiration Date Looms
With less than a week to go before the union’s TV/theatrical contracts package expires, SAG-AFTRA leaders are assuring members that their negotiations with studios and streamers have been “extremely productive.” In a video message sent to the union’s 160,000 affected members Saturday, union president Fran Drescher and national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland […]
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SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher Tells Members Upcoming Negotiations Are “a Turning Point for Us All”
SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher is preparing members for the union’s upcoming negotiations, which will be “a turning point for us all.” In a member message sent on Friday, the union leader and multi-hyphenate told members that in the group’s upcoming labor negotiations, “we must focus on modernizing our outdated and conservative contract.” Drescher continued, “It […]
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SAG-AFTRA Elects Fran Drescher as President
After a hard-fought battle during yet another contentious national election, Fran Drescher has been elected SAG-AFTRA’s next president, prevailing over rival Matthew Modine. Joely Fisher was also elected to succeed Camryn Manheim as the union’s secretary-treasurer, besting Anthony Rapp. Drescher received 16,958 votes and Modine, 15,371 votes. For the post of secretary-treasurer, Fisher received 18,547 […]
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Fran Drescher to Run for SAG-AFTRA Presidency
Fran Drescher is launching a run for SAG-AFTRA president as current leader Gabrielle Carteris has decided not to seek re-election, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Unite for Strength, the inter-union party that both Carteris and Drescher belong to, announced The Nanny star’s candidacy on Friday and added that Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp will […]
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Tubi to Release TikTok “Nostalgia” Special With ’90s, ’00s TV Stars
Nostalgia is having a moment. Tubi is teaming up with TikTok to release a special next Wednesday that will feature ’90s and ’00s TV stars like Paris Hilton, Joey Lawrence, Marlon Wayans, Fran Drescher and Lacey Chabert. The hourlong live event will be hosted by TikTok personality Brittany Broski and include trivia and other challenges […]
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‘Nanny’ Star Fran Drescher, the New Face of Laura Geller Makeup, on Beauty at Every Age
The Nanny star Fran Drescher takes on a new role as a spokesperson for Laura Geller.
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‘Indebted’: TV Review
Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Steven Weber and Fran Drescher star in NBC's generic family sitcom 'Indebted.'
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Fran Drescher on ‘The Nanny’ Musical, Her New Sitcom and Heading Back to Broadcast
"I was ready to go back into the major leagues," the star tells 'The Hollywood Reporter' of her first series regular role since her TV Land sitcom 'Happily Divorced' ended in 2013.
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‘The Nanny’ in Development as Broadway Musical
A new musical based on the popular CBS sitcom 'The Nanny,' which starred Fran Drescher as a shop assistant from Queens who accidentally lands a live-in Manhattan job taking care of the three children of a British Broadway producer and working her way into his heart, is being developed for the stage.
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‘After Class’: Film Review
Justin Long plays a college professor with a lot on his plate in Daniel Schechter's 'After Class.'
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