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Pixar's "Up" character Carl Fredricksen is returning to the big screen in a new theatrical short called "Carl's Date." The short follows Carl as he prepares for a date with a lady friend, with the help of his lovable dog Dug. The voice of Hollywood legend Ed Asner, who passed away in August 2021, is featured as Carl. "Carl's Date" will debut in theaters on June 16, showing before the animated Disney Pixar feature "Elemental."
A new trailer for the upcoming Pixar short film "Carl's Date" shows Carl Fredricksen from the movie "Up" getting ready for a date with the help of his talking dog Dug. The short film will catch up with Carl as he reluctantly agrees to go on a date with a lady friend but admittedly has no idea how dating works these days. "Carl's Date" will premiere in theaters on June 16, in front of Disney and Pixar's "Elemental."
The SAG-AFTRA Health Plan has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a class action lawsuit filed by Ed Asner and nine other performers who alleged that the plan had discriminated against older members by raising the earnings floor to qualify for health benefits and excluding residuals from the earnings threshold. The settlement also includes a provision to formalize the process of disclosing the plan’s financial condition to members and hiring a consultant to advise on further cost-cutting measures while protecting benefits.
A discrimination lawsuit filed by former SAG president Ed Asner and nine other SAG-AFTRA members against the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan has been settled. The suit claimed that changes to eligibility for benefits "illegally discriminated" against older members. Under the settlement agreement, participants known as "Senior Performers" who no longer qualified for the same health coverage from the Plan that was available to them before the 2020 changes will receive monetary relief worth $15 million, less any Court-approved attorneys' fees and costs. The Plan will also allocate an additional amount up to $700,000 per year for eight years into the Heath Reimbursement Accounts of certain Senior Performers who no longer qualify for active health coverage from the Plan.