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The power of a single vote was on full display yesterday in Nashville, where actor and stuntman Bill “Bilbro” Yarbrough defeated his nearest rival by a single vote to win a seat on the guild’s national board of directors.

The voting there also shows the power of apathy, with only 213 (15%) of the Nashville local’s 1,422 eligible members casting ballots. Yarbrough defeated Bob Bailey, his nearest rival, by a vote of 78 to 77. A third candidate, Evans Donnell, received 56 votes.

Yarbrough is now the first candidate elected to the national board as part of the dissident faction led by Maya Gilbert-Dunbar, who’s running against incumbent president Fran Drescher. Peter Antico, Gilbert-Dunbar’s running mate, is squaring off against incumbent secretary-treasurer Joely Fisher.

Drescher and Fisher are part of a Unity slate that was formed earlier this year when the guild’s ruling Unite for Strength faction and the opposition’s...

"I'm trying to make sure you don't make an ass out of yourself by being somebody you're not." Lionsgate has revealed an official trailer for another fun comedy titled About My Father, pretty much movie created in the same vein as Meet the Parents or Guess Who's Coming to Dinner or Why Him?. When Sebastian tells his old-school Italian immigrant father Salvo, of course it's played by Robert De Niro, that he is going to propose to his all-American girlfriend, Salvo insists on crashing a weekend with her tony parents. The movie stars and features a script co-written by Italian-American comedian / actor Sebastian Maniscalco. This definitely looks and sounds as ridiculous as this kind of comedy should. The ensemble cast includes Leslie Bibb, Kim Cattrall, Anders Holm, Brett Dier, David Rasche, and Carla Christina Contreras. This really looks like a paint-by-numbers, made-by-ai comedy for the streaming era. Are there any good jokes?...

The Screen Actors Guild has announced election results for positions on several of its regional boards, as well as for several regional representatives to serve on the union's national board of directors.In the Seattle branch elections, Abby Dylan was elected to a three-year term as a national board member. Alex Terzieff, Gary Schwartz, Rik Deskin, and Lashon Watson won two-year terms as council members at large.The Portland, Ore., branch elected Doug Baldwin, Helena De Crespo, George Fosgate, and Michelle Mariana to three-year terms as council members at large.In the Florida branch elections, Nancy Duerr was elected to a three-year term as a national board member. Steve Gladstone won a two-year term as president. Ellen Wacher was elected to a two-year term as vice president, and Patrick Mickler won a two-year term as recording secretary. Matt Simpson, John Archie, Chris Beekie, and Joseph Sexton were elected to three-year...