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Dwayne Johnson Steps Up

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date August 14, 2023

Dwayne Johnson has contributed a ‘historic’ amount to SAG-AFTRA to help provide for union actors on strike. The Screen Actors’ Guild won’t disclose the specific amount other than to say that it’s in seven figures, but they are the ones calling it historic, and the largest total contribution ever received from a single individual. Two […]

Tags actors, courtney B. vance, cyd wilson, dwayne johnson, sag-aftra, strike, union

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Dwayne Johnson Donates Water to Essential Workers

Post author By admin
Post date July 15, 2020

In April, the nation was calling its health care workers ‘Essential heroes,’ and applauding as they left for work. But now it’s July and the applause has faded, as a sort of COVID-19 fatigue has set in on us all, and our health workers remain as they were before all of this; underpaid, understaffed, underappreciated, […]

Tags civd, coronavirus, covid19, dwayne johnson, essential workers, the rock

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