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Spring 2011

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SPRING 2011 / VOLUME 52, NUMBER 1 Screen Actors Guild exists to enhance actors’ working conditions, compensation and benefits and to be a powerful, unified voice on behalf of artists’ rights. FEATURES 12 ONE UNION SAG, AFTRA move closer to joining forces. 16 CALLING ALL CANDIDATES Members can serve their union with service on the National Board of Directors. 26 BLACK HISTORY MONTH, COAST TO COAST Events in Hollywood, New York focus on African Americans in the entertainment industry. 28 TWO’S COMPANY, THREE’S AN ENSEMBLE Getting it right – and getting the part – in ensemble productions. 32 AND THE ACTOR GOES TO… It was a night of glitz and glamour at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. DEPARTMENTS 2 Letters to the Editor 6 President’s Letter 8 Secretary-Treasurer’s Letter 10 National Executive Director’s Letter 14 For Members 36 On Location: Hollywood Division New York Division Regional Branch Division 42 In Memoriam 44 Snapshot: Gregory Peck Members of the cast of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire won the award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in January. Steve Buscemi (center) also won Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series. With Buscemi, from left, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Stuhlbarg, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Pitt, Michael Shannon and Paz de la Huerta. Cover design by Yvette Youssefia. Photography by Abbot Genser, HBO. VISIT SAG.ORG FOR MORE NEWS, EVENTS AND VIDEOS. SAG.org Spring 2011 - SCREEN ACTOR 1 Natalie Portman, Black Swan “I’ve been working since I was 11 years old, and SAG has taken care of me…I’m so grateful to have this union protecting me every day.” See page 32 ONE UNION UPDATE Volume 52, Number 1 Screen Actors Guild Magazine SPRING 2011 ABOUT THE COVER John Shearer/WireImage.com

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