Leslie Simmons

Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter

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Film, labor and legal reporter for the Hollywood Reporter

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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

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.

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