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Samwise Gamgee can\u2019t carry the One Ring, but he can carry the vote. Sean Astin<\/a> was elected president of SAG-AFTRA, succeeded Fran Drescher in the role. His mother, Patty Duke, was also SAG-AFTRA president 37 years before Astin\u2019s tenure. \u201cNow is a time for optimism and creativity. I am thrilled that the members have allowed me to lead our storied organization out of this challenging moment and into a future defined by confidence, progress and fierce advocacy,\u201d Astin said in a statement obtained by The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m excited to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Astin was elected alongside his running mate, Law & Order: SVU and Star Trek: Picard<\/a> star Michelle Hurd. She will serve as secretary-treasurer. In her own statement, Hurd said \u201cOur industry is at a transitional moment, and we are facing real challenges, but I am optimistic and ready to fight.\u201d<\/p>\n Astin and Hurd ran on a joint platform of bringing production back to the U.S.<\/a> and improved protections against A.I. They both served as members of the negotiating committee during the 2023 strike<\/a>. In 2026, the pair will return to the bargaining table when guild\u2019s current film and television deal expires.<\/p>\n Related<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: Rodin Eckenroth\/Getty Images Samwise Gamgee can\u2019t carry the One Ring, but he can carry the vote. Sean…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[75897,49,48,361,3332,75,75898,337,56862,41881,75899,348],"class_list":{"0":"post-141264","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-2023-sag-aftra-strike","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-celebrities","12":"tag-celebrity","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-michelle-hurd","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-sag-aftra","17":"tag-sean-astin","18":"tag-solidarity-forever","19":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}