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Fran Drescher has praised Disney for dropping Covid vaccine mandates on 12 shows - after previously calling for a review of the strict measures.The president of the SAG-AFTRA actors union, 65, posted a video on Wednesday captioned: 'Way to go Mickey! as she celebrated Disney's decision that shows including 9-1-1 and Grey's Anatomy - would no longer require cast and crew members to be vaccinated.In an impassioned video, the star - who is herself vaccinated - likened vaccine mandates to 'fascism' and lauded the entertainment company for becoming one of the first notable studios to lift the mandate. Joy: Fran Drescher has praised Disney for dropping Covid vaccine mandates on 12 shows - after previously calling for a review of the strict measuresShe said: 'To think that every human on the planet can take one vaccine is ludicrous.'And to make that one vaccine the criteria for who is allowed to work, travel, dine, go to theatre … is an infringement on the Disabilities Act, the Freedom of Religion Act, and body sovereignty.

COVID policy will expire for the film and TV industry next month – including the mandate that required all cast and crew to be vaccinated to receive employment.The policy began in September 2020 per an agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and Hollywood’s unions. The procedure allowed film and TV sets to start working again after an industry-wide lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic.The policy was supposed to end on April 30, 2021.

Shannen Doherty got the support of many other working actors after she called out the SAG-AFTRA organization and its president Fran Drescher.

Shannen Doherty has some questions for SAG-AFTRA president and "The Nanny" star Fran Drescher about their union’s health care plan. The "Charmed" star put her concerns on Instagram in a post accompanying a photo of her with an IV in her arm. In the caption she wrote, "@officialfrandrescher im curious for people like me who have worked since they were 10 and paid dues to @sagaftra how when we aren’t able to work for health reasons why our union abandons us.

Sally Field of 'Dispatches from Elsewhere' speaks onstage during the AMC Networks portion of the Winter 2020 TCA Press Tour on January 16, 2020 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images) Oscar-winning actress Sally Field’s career has spanned nearly 60 years, from the time she started playing the precocious teenager Gidget on TV to her new comedy "80 for Brady."On Sunday, the 76-year-old will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild."She has an enduring career because she is authentic in her performance and always projects likability and humanity — she just connects," SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said in a statement.

Jason Alexander hosted a star-studded virtual Passover Seder on Saturday night that helped raise money for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's foundation Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund. The former “Seinfeld” actor opened and closed the hourlong celebration, which saw celebrities such as Mayim Bialik, Rachel Brosnahan, D’Arcy Carden, Andy Cohen, Fran Drescher, Harvey Fierstein, Tan France, Josh Groban, Whoopi Goldberg, Bette Midler Sarah Silverman and many more take turns telling the biblical story of the Jewish exodus from Egypt and sharing amusing personal stories about Passover as well as musical performances with viewers.

The stars came out — virtually, that is — to celebrate Passover while raising money for a good cause.

It’s Passover, and everyone is digitally invited!

Fran Drescher is using the wonders of modern telecommunication technology to reconnect with her former co-stars from for a table read, all coming together over Zoom.

The cast of The Nanny just recreated their pilot episode with a very special virtual Pandemic Table read.Revisiting the beloved sitcom a full 26-years after its premiere, Fran Drescher and friends were still funny as ever.Drescher, 62, kicked off the clip, saying:'This so great to see the cast back together again' as the cast popped up onscreen in a Brady Bunch-style Zoom grid. Where they started: The cast of The Nanny just recreated their pilot episode with a very special virtual Pandemic Table read a full 26-years after it originally aired.

Fran Drescher is set to reunite with the stars of her hit TV comedy {The Nanny} for a virtual table read of the show’s pilot episode.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Nanny Fine, Maxwell Sheffield and the rest of the gang are getting back together on April 6 — but not in the way you might think.

The Nanny is back – but not in the way you’d expect.

Fran Drescher and the cast of are reuniting! In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the 62-year-old actress announced that the cast of her six-season sitcom will virtually reunite via Zoom to read the pilot episode of the show, which premiered in 1993.

Fran Drescher and the cast of are reuniting! In an Instagram post on Tuesday, the 62-year-old actress announced that the cast of her six-season sitcom will virtually reunite via Zoom to read the pilot episode of the show, which premiered in 1993.

The flashy girl from Flushing is getting the gang back together. E! News has learned The Nanny cast is reuniting for virtual table read of the classic sitcom's pilot episode.

The day after millionaire pop star Britney Spears called for a 'redistribution of wealth,' The Nanny alum Fran Drescher voiced her own anti-capitalist political views via Twitter.The Queens-born 62-year-old - who's said to have a $25M fortune - 'agreed' with a post from Labor Strikes Back account calling for a 'general strike' against the wealthy ordering employees to return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic.'I agree. Capitalism has become another word for Ruling Class Elite!' Fran - who boasts 1M social media followers - wrote on Tuesday.

Actress Fran Drescher took some shots at capitalism and expressed her support for a "general strike" amid the national shutdown brought upon by the coronavirus outbreak. The former "Nanny" star took to Twitter on Tuesday and agreed with another Twitter user who blasted the "wealthy owners of capital" who take advantage of labor.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Britney Spears and Fran Drescher have both amplified calls for a general strike via social media.Spears reposted a message on her Instagram to "re-distribute wealth" and "strike." Drescher wrote, "Capitalism has become another word for Ruling Class Elite!"A pandemic, it seems, has a funny way of exposing the world's true colors. College students are stripped down to their selfish cores as they prioritize frolicking across Miami beaches over the health of literally everybody else.