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USA Today
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
USPS is releasing 'SpongeBob SquarePants' stamps: How to get them
Who's ready? The U.S. Postal Service is launching a set of four limited-edition "SpongeBob SquarePants" this summer. Available Aug. 1, the "SpongeBob SquarePants" stamps are a part of the USPS' specialty summer offerings. Two of the stamps feature SpongeBob's face, one features SpongeBob and his best friend Patrick Star, and the other features SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Sandy Cheeks, Plankton and Gary the Snail. The stamps are Forever Stamps, meaning they are not associated with a price and can be used forever. "SpongeBob SquarePants," created by Stephen Hillenburg, debuted in 1999. The 16th season of the long-running series aired on June 27. The show is available to stream on Paramount+. In recent years, several SpongeBob spinoffs have been released, including Paramount's "Kamp Koral" in 2021, which follows a young SpongeBob and his friends at a summer camp, and "The Patrick Star Show" also in 2021 on Nickelodeon. Here's what to know about the stamps, including when and where they'll be available and for how much. 'SpongeBob' turns 25: We celebrate his birthday with a dive into Bikini Bottom When will the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' stamps be available? The limited-edition stamps will be available starting Aug. 1, USPS Senior Public Relations Representative Albert Ruiz told USA TODAY. Stamp prices: When is the price of stamps going up? What to know about USPS cost spike Where can you buy the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' stamps? The "SpongeBob SquarePants" stamps will be available at retail post office locations across the country and online on the USPS store at How much will the 'SpongeBob SquarePants' stamp cost? A sheet of 16 "SpongeBob SquarePants" stamps will cost $16, Ruiz said. What other limited-edition stamps is the USPS offering this summer? To learn more about the 2025 stamps, visit Greta Cross is a national trending reporter at USA TODAY. Story idea? Email her at gcross@
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
SAG-AFTRA and Nickelodeon Reach Tentative Agreement on Animation Contract
Nickelodeon has agreed to 'commonsense' AI protections for voice actors on animated shows like The Patrick Star Show and Dora the Explorer, according to performers' union SAG-AFTRA. The union announced on Wednesday that it had reached a tentative deal with Nickelodeon over voice acting on animated programs for basic cable and Paramount+. With covered projects including Rugrats, The Loud House, Kamp Koral and Rock Paper Scissors, the three-year provisional contract also brings some rate increases, a new premium and faster payment due dates. More from The Hollywood Reporter Crew Union Calls for the Reinstatement of U.S. Copyright Office Head Jon Voight's Hollywood Coalition Asks Trump to Consider Tax Incentives, Too Suspended Writers Guild West Member Reacts to Strike Discipline Vote: "This Was Never, Ever a Clear-Cut Case" The union's national board is set to vote on whether to ratify the contract in July. 'I'd like to thank our hardworking negotiating committee for their dedication to their colleagues who provide their voice artistry to Nickelodeon's programming. I'm especially pleased that Nickelodeon agreed to commonsense A.I. protections for voice actors,' said SAG-AFTRA national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland in a statement. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Nickelodeon for comment. The AI provisions in the Nickelodeon agreement borrow from protections previously negotiated in SAG-AFTRA's separate TV animation contracts in 2023. For instance, the Nickelodeon deal defines the term 'voice actor' as applying only to humans and offers animation-specific guidelines for recognizing a performer in a digital replica (in the agreement, recognizability triggers certain protections). Given that actors in animation can voice multiple characters (think Nancy Cartwright playing both Bart Simpson and Ralph Wiggum on The Simpsons), the deal states that actors need only be identified as helping to create the replica through business documents in the case of employment-based digital replicas. Meanwhile, only their character voices need to be recognizable in the case of independently-created digital replicas. Other changes allow for performers to receive residuals if their voice is digitally transformed into a foreign language and require the union and producers to meet for 'regular' meetings about the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace. SAG-AFTRA moreover touts increased legacy, interstitial and promo tag rates for its members and a new 25 percent premium for 'multitracking/sweetening,' or when audio tracks are layered. Payments due dates have also been moved up five days. 'We're thrilled that productive bargaining has resulted in a very strong contract for voice actors that includes A.I. guideline enhancements that protect voice performers,' Nickelodeon Animation Agreement negotiating committee chair David Joliffe said in a statement. 'There's much to celebrate about this deal and we look forward to sending it to the Board for review.' Best of The Hollywood Reporter How the Warner Brothers Got Their Film Business Started Meet the World Builders: Hollywood's Top Physical Production Executives of 2023 Men in Blazers, Hollywood's Favorite Soccer Podcast, Aims for a Global Empire
