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A “Moderate” At SAG

   Let’s see where this goes:

That’s the second big win for Ken Howard this week.

Members of the Screen Actors Guild have elected the veteran character actor, who just won won an Emmy on Sunday for his role in HBO’s "Grey Gardens," as the union’s new president, capping a bitter election campaign that sharply divided Hollywood’s largest and most fractious union.

  A main plank for Howard:

Howard, whose credits include the TV series "Crossing Jordan," campaigned on a platform that included merging with the smaller actors union, the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists….

Howard argued that having two actors’ unions allows studios to pit one against the other, severely undercutting SAG’s leverage at the bargaining table.

  The union could use some peace for a bit, since it’s been immersed in an internal war for a decade.

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