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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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Seth MacFarlane: The Actors’ Actor

Post author By Beth Holmes
Post date August 11, 2023

Seth MacFarlane donates $1 million to support industry workers during the joint strikes of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA. Seth MacFarlane, creator of The Orville, could easily say he has to straddle the line between the Screen Actors’ Guild and the the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. He’s a member of both, an actor […]

Tags actors' fund, entertainment community fund, hollywood, sag-aftra, seth macfarlane, strike

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