George Clooney, Meryl Streep Among a Dozen Stars To Donate Millions to SAG-AFTRA Foundation

[just444]

George Clooney, Meryl Streep Among a Dozen Stars Joining Dwayne Johnson to Donate Millions to SAG-AFTRA Foundation https://t.co/L9mb1CMs12
- Variety (@Variety) August 2, 2023

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SAG-AFTRA Foundation president Courtney B. Vance thanked George and Amal Clooney; Luciana and Matt Damon; Leonardo DiCaprio; Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness;

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[theactualworst]

Good! All the wealthy ones better pony up!

[scriptedending]

That's very fucking cool!!

And the studios wanna talk, which is great - I don't think the strike is going quite the way they hoped. I really hope the WGA and SAG can get decent deals out of this!!

[anterrabre]

I don't think it's going their way either. A lot of folks are rethinking their streaming subscriptions because seriously, if the talent isn't getting paid who is getting the money? A lot of celebs opening up on just how much streaming screws them over opened a lot of people's eyes.

[quietcake]

“ rethinking their streaming subscriptions because seriously, if the talent isn't getting paid who is getting the money?”

That’s it! That plus the quote about waiting for people to lose their homes is YIKES. The studios were hoping people would be upset not getting more content. I’m always happy when a corporation is losing.

[ambularex]

Plus we have so much content to watch already! There are so many shows I haven’t watched yet so I honestly don’t care if we don’t get new content for a while. Like you, I revel in the fact that the suits aren’t winning.

[jojito]

Good!!
I hope all the riches keep donating lots of money.

[hewontgo]

Seth MacFarlane has donated $1 million to The Entertainment Community Fund to help provide financial assistance for industry workers during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. https://t.co/pJPawkliza
- Variety (@Variety) August 1, 2023

recent donors include The Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family Foundation, Stacey Abrams, Annette Bening, Tom Bergeron, Greg Berlanti, Rachel Bloom, Rosanne Cash in memory of Johnny Cash, Suzanne Collins and Cap Pryor, Vince Gilligan, Lynn Nottage, Michelle Pfeiffer and David E. Kelley, Shonda Rhimes, and Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw.

[recognitions]

The heart attack I had when I thought Katie McGrath was married to JJ Abrams

[lroche_nf]

I just had to look it up lol.

[screamingintune]

my opinion on Seth has changed so much since The Orville, I'm almost kind of mad at him for spending so much of his career doing crude humor when he has that writing ability in him.

and not surprised he did this -- the way he protected his cast and crew on The Orville while filming during the pandemic speaks volumes about how he feels about the people who work in the industry. I loved that he insisted on scoring the show with a full live orchestra.

[anterrabre]

This is really nice. Julia Roberts in particular came from nothing and most people starting low remember what that's like.