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FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION Best Actor Jack Black "Jack Black gives one of the performances of the year. He creates the character out of thin air, it's like nothing he's done before and it proves that an actor can be a miraculous thing in the right role." – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "Jack Black has given a performance worthy of a best actor Oscar® nomination." – Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter "As played by Jack Black, in an award-caliber performance, Bernie is everything you'd want in a friend… the movie is a one-of-a-kind inspiration." – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone www.millenniumentertainmentawards.com COMMERCIALS CONTRACTS UPDATE H undreds of members across the country have offered their suggestions and ideas for the next round of commercials contracts negotiations. he Wages & Working Conditions (W&W) process, which began in August and drew a great deal of member participation, wrapped up on Oct. 19. he process included face-to-face educational meetings in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, with webinars at more than 15 locals across the country. All input gathered during these meetings will be forwarded FOREIGN ROYALTIES UPDATE F oreign royalties are fees collected in foreign countries to compensate actors when films and television programs are used for private copying (home taping), cable retransmissions, video rentals and other use of artists' work. Unlike residuals, which are based on SAG-AFTRA collective bargaining agreements, foreign royalties are collected as a result of laws in those foreign countries. In October 2007, the Screen Actors Guild Foreign Royalties Program began making regular distributions of royalty payments to members. At deadline, the program has distributed $14,978,999 in more than 436,000 checks to more than 93,000 individuals. Foreign royalties are to the W&W Plenary Committee, which meets on Nov. 17 and 18. Members of the committee will use the information to craſt a tentative proposals package, and that will be forwarded to the SAG-AFTRA National Board for review in January. If the National Board approves the package it will become the basis for the contracts negotiations with the commercials industry scheduled to begin in February. SAG-AFTRA Co- President Roberta Reardon serves as the national chair of the 2013 Commercials Negotiation. not subject to pension and health contributions and therefore are not considered for plan eligibility purposes, and also are not included in or subject to member dues. he costs of this collection and distribution program are covered by an administrative fee (presently 10 percent) taken from the lump- sum payments provided by the foreign collecting societies, along with interest that accrues during the collection and distribution process. he administrative fee is adjusted periodically to ensure that only such amounts as are needed to defray the costs of the program are deducted. For more information and to track your foreign royalties please visit SAGAFTRA.org/content/foreign-royalties. SAGAFTRA.org | Winter 2013 | SAG-AFTRA 19