Leslie Simmons

Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

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Film, labor and legal reporter for the Hollywood Reporter

Leslie Simmons on KCRW

The Screen Actors’ Guild contract is likely to run out next Monday before SAG has made a new deal with the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers.

Time Running Out on SAG Contract

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