{"id":747284,"date":"2026-06-19T19:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747284\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T19:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T19:09:17","slug":"josie-the-pussycats-musician-details-struggles-for-residuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/747284\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Josie &#038; the Pussycats&#8217; Musician Details Struggles For Residuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAfter 25 years, the voice behind <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/josie-and-the-pussycats\/\" id=\"auto-tag_josie-and-the-pussycats\" data-tag=\"josie-and-the-pussycats\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Josie and the Pussycats<\/a> (2001) is calling out <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/sag-aftra-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_sag-aftra-2\" data-tag=\"sag-aftra-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SAG-AFTRA<\/a> over missing residual payments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/kay-hanley\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kay-hanley\" data-tag=\"kay-hanley\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kay Hanley<\/a>, the Letters to Cleo frontwoman who provided the singing vocals for the character of Josie, recently shared her experience trying to obtain residuals and health insurance through SAG after the film\u2019s producers allegedly failed to submit her paperwork to the union.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m not being paid residuals for my singing on Josie &amp; the Pussycats bc film producers failed to provide paperwork to @sagaftra for my 20+ vocal sessions in 2000,\u201d wrote Hanley on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kayhanley\/status\/2067717777524470096?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>. \u201cSAG says I had 2 years (??) to report but I found out this year. Didn\u2019t hit [2025] earnings. l lose my health [insurance] July 1.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAlthough the 2001 big-screen adaptation of the Archie Comic only grossed $14.8 million when it was first released, the camp, stylized comedy has earned a massive cult following over the years, thanks to its fierce takedown of capitalism through subliminal messaging, in-your-face product placement and an iconic original soundtrack, performed by Hanley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe movie, which recently marked its milestone 25th anniversary, also featured a perfect ensemble, including Rachael Leigh Cook as Josie, Rosario Dawson as Val and Tara Reid as Mel, as well as Alan Cumming and Parker Posey as evil Mega Records execs Wyatt and Fiona.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;m not being paid residuals for my singing on Josie &amp; the Pussycats bc film producers failed to provide paperwork to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sagaftra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">@sagaftra<\/a> for my 20+ vocal sessions in 2000. SAG says I had 2 years (??) to report but I found out this year.<br \/>Didn&#8217;t hit 25 earnings. l lose my health ins July1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2620\ufe0f Kay Hanley \u2620\ufe0f (@kayhanley) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kayhanley\/status\/2067717777524470096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHanley has been the lead singer and songwriter for Letters to Cleo since 1990, also appearing on the soundtracks for The Craft (1996) and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), in which she also made a musical cameo as herself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 25 years, the voice behind Josie and the Pussycats (2001) is calling out SAG-AFTRA over missing residual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,447,134,359217,359218,321215],"class_list":["post-747284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-josie-and-the-pussycats","tag-kay-hanley","tag-sag-aftra"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=747284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}