Actors On Strike need laws round Self-Tape Auditions (And other Headlines)

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Six years before Actress Emma Stone gained an Academy Award for La La Land, she starred in the teen comedy easy A, her first main role.

The Wild West of self-tape auditions

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How did she even get that half?

She submitted a self-tape "video weblog" audition to the casting administrators. A decade, an endemic and an ongoing Hollywood trade strike later, self-taped auditions have turn into no longer handiest the norm, they've become reasonably contentious. Actors are calling for laws round self-tapes, which is now one in every of many issues on the negotiating table for SAG-AFTRA members and the Alliance of action picture and tv Producers, the neighborhood representing studios and streamers.

in the newest podcast episode from the way to LA, host Brian De Los Santos spoke with Parenthood and The endure actor Sarah Ramos about why self-tapes have become a tremendous difficulty: there's no restrictions to what casting administrators can require or request.

"as soon as self-taping grew to be the norm, we started getting requests on the usual," Ramos advised Brian. "And a part of the subject is that now the studios don't have any limit to what they can request from actors… since it costs the producers nothing, they could ask for the moon."

Ramos instructed Brian that there's no regulations around the number of scenes actors may also be required to memorize and perform or limits on the turnaround time for handing in a tape. Some union participants have raised other concerns round self tapes, like being asked to perform unsafe activities or use substances which are outdoor of their resources.

It's easily the Wild West. the rest goes. Ramos says it's "untenable."

listen to the latest a way to LA podcast episode and skim my colleague Monica Bushman's article for greater perception about what actors want and why, and how the AMPTP has countered so far.

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Wait! one other factor... La concha: A heat hug to your style buds

Delia Flores Estevez of Panaderia Coatzingo with a sheet of conchas.

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certainly one of my favourite primary nutrients to have in the morning right earlier than work is a warm, candy bread called concha and a horchata latte with a shot of espresso. I have my distinctive panadería i admire to move to, however on account of my colleagues Gab Chabrán and Brian De Los Santos, I now have three extra areas to try.

In this the way to LA podcast episode, they explore Coatzingo, Vallarta and Gusto Bread — three proper-notch eateries to satisfy your pan dulce fix. The cool issue in regards to the places that they explored is that they're all distinctive — one is normal, one is industrial and one is artisanal.

Gab additionally wrote an article about their discoveries. His description of the conchas at owner Delia Flores Estevez's Panadería Coatzingo in ancient South critical is sufficient for me to move there tomorrow morning earlier than work:

"other pan contains cemita roja, corresponding to a huge brioche bun topped with a dusting of finely floor crimson sprinkles. next is a puro, an extended cylindrical form with the pan dulce dough wrapped round its core, akin to a burrito, then topped with a cookie topping this is made with sugar and shortening (or lard), comparable to what you find on a concha."

listen to the how to LA podcast episode all about conchas and skim Gab's article to find the area of these hot spots for candy bread.

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