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Sixty-percent approval was required from members of both unions Leaders from both unions campaigned vigorously for the consolidation, but SAG opponents put up a strong fight 8 in favor of supporting consolidation, derailing the effort for the second time in five years "I am somewhat stunned at the fact that this did not pass by 2 percent," said a stone-faced SAG President Melissa Gilbert as she announced the results Many of the same concerns voiced by SAG members during a previous failed attempt to merge the unions in 1999 were brought up this time com Screen Actors Guild: http://sag Efforts to Merge Actors Unions Fails Jul 2, 6:26 AM EST A plan to consolidate the nation's two actors unions was defeated by the slimmest of margins, winning a majority from both movie and television actors but failing to get enough votes from the Screen Actors Guild Gilbert had campaigned fiercely for the proposal, and said she was not surprised that members had supported it overall org American Federation of Television and Radio Artists: http://www Of the 107,817 ballots mailed to SAG members, 58,192 were returned; the vote was 33,626 in favor and 24,550 against org We have saved our union," said Peggy Miley, a member of both unions who voted against the merger SAG members voted 57 â€â€?â€â€?â€â€? On the Net: Actors opposed to the merger: http://savesag "We are so relieved Media consolidation has led to drastic cost cuts as companies scramble to reduce debt and justify their mergers AOL Time Warner, Vivendi Universal and other giants have cut thousands of jobs over the past few years, and producers are expected to be especially cost-conscious when the current pacts with actors expire aftra Those supporting the consolidation included Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon and Martin Sheen Both sides announcing the support of high-profile actors Opponents included Rob Schneider, current SAG recording secretary Elliott Gould, former SAG President Edward Asner, and Valerie Harper, who lost an election for the presidency to Gilbert Proponents argued that consolidation had become necessary as huge media conglomerates â€â€? often owned by foreign companies â€â€? grew more powerful and began to exercise greater control over acting jobs Of 36,310 AFTRA voters who cast ballots, 27,553 were in favor Members of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists voted 75 They said the new union â€â€? which would have been called the Alliance of International Media Artists â€â€? would raise dues on SAG members, dilute the unions' strength and end the autonomy of SAG, which has been led by notables like Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston 9 percent in favor of the plan The brothers later performed together in Broadway's "Sophisticated Ladies" and on film in 1984's "The Cotton Club When he was a toddler, he said, his brother was already taking tap lessons and would come home and teach him steps "When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance "I was going through a lot of changes," Hines told the Washington Post in 1981 " Paired with his brother Maurice, he was a professional child star " This past March, he appeared in the spring television series "Lost at Home Gregory Hines Dies of Cancer at 57 Aug 10, 11:15 AM EST Tony Award winner Gregory Hines, the tap-dancing actor who started on Broadway and in movies including "White Nights" and "Running Scared," has died, his publicist says "Marriage Hines died Saturday in Los Angeles of cancer, publicist Allen Eichorn said "I don't remember not dancing," Hines said in a 2001 interview with The Associated Press I was finding myself Invited to work on a farm in upstate New York, he quickly learned a lesson They began performing together when Gregory Hines was five, and they performed at the Apollo for two weeks when he was six He has said his mother urged him and his older brother toward tap dancing because she wanted them to have a way out of the ghetto " Hines became internationally known as part of a jazz tap due with his brother, Maurice, and the two danced together in the musical revue "Eubie!" in 1978 " There was a time, he said, when he didn't want to dance " Gregory Oliver Hines was born on February 14, 1946, in New York City " "I felt that I didn't want to be in show business anymore By the end of the day all I wanted was my tap shoes â€â€? I thought, `What am I doing? I better get back where I belong on the stage where we work at night and can sleep late!'" Hines had a falling out with his older brother in the late 1960s because the younger was becoming influenced by counter-culture and wanted to perform to rock music and write his songs In 1973, the family act disbanded and Hines moved to Venice Beach On television, he had his own sitcom in 1997 called "The Gregory Hines Show," as well as a recurring role on "Will and Grace Hines landed his first film role in the 1981 Mel Brooks comedy "History of the World Part I," in which he played a Roman slave as a last-minute replacement for Richard Pryor , on drums, they were known as Hines, Hines and Dad " He returned to New York in 1978, partly to be near his daughter, Daria, who was living with Hines' first wife, dance therapist Patricia Panella His brother, with whom he had reconciled, told him about an audition for the Broadway-bound "The Last Minstrel Show He was in his mid-20s, "a hippie" in a brief moment of rebellion, he said in 2001 In his teens, joined by their father, Maurice Sr He also won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 for his work as the voice of "Big Bill" in the Bill Cosby animated TV series "Little Bill" and NAACP Image Awards for "Bojangles" and "Running Scared " In "The Cotton Club," Hines also had a lead acting role, which led to more work in film I felt that I wanted to be a farmer," he said with a laugh Later he earned Tony nominations on Broadway in "Eubie," "Comin' Uptown" and "Sophisticated Ladies " He won a Tony for best actor in a musical playing jazz legend "Jelly Roll" Morton in "Jelly's Last Jam He was 57 " His PBS special "Gregory Hines: Tap Dance in America" was nominated in 1989, and in 1982 he was nominated for his performance in "I Love Liberty," a variety special saluting America We'd just had a child " He got the part, but the show opened and closed in Philadelphia He starred with Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1985's "White Nights" and with Billy Crystal in 1986's "Running Scared," and he appeared with Whitney Houston and Angela Bassett in 1995's "Waiting to Exhale," among other movies Beginning before dawn, "I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and working all day Divorce Hines' has been nominated for a number of Emmy Awards, most recently in 2001 for his lead role in the mini-series "Bojangles In 1974 they were cast in the Broadway musical "The Girl in Pink Tights," starring French ballerina Jeanmaire The dancer, among the best in his generation, won a 1993 Tony for the musical "Jelly's Last Jam |
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