To support the Hollywood actors’ strike, The Rock donated a “historic” seven-figure figure to the Sag-Aftra Foundation Relief Fund., the highest ever proposed by an individual. Star Black Adams and from fast and furiousin the registry office Dwayne Johnsonhe answered the call Courtney B. Vance, president of a fund that provides economic assistance to members of the Screen Actors Guild union, who have been on strike for twelve days along with writers of the Writers Guild of America, who have been stagnant since May 2 to protest wages, residual copyrights in the age of streaming and the use of artificial intelligence. Vance sent a letter to 2,700 of the highest paid actors in the film and television industry. provide support for translators who find themselves in a difficult situation due to lack of income led to the blocking of most productions. Many of the union’s 160,000 interpreters are at risk of missing the $26,000 minimum wage needed to qualify for sickness health insurance. “This is a call to arms for all of us to know that we must give everything we can. If you can donate $10, donate. Because that 10 dollars can help someone. If it’s $10,000, if it’s $10 million, donate because we have to. Everyone knows what happens when you go on strike, when you stand up for something,” Vance said. diversity. “So Dwayne informs everyone: “I’m here. What are you going to do?””. He echoed him Sid WilsonExecutive Director of the Sag-Aftra Foundation: “What’s amazing is that one check will help thousands of actors put food on their table.”
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There Sag-Aftra Foundation, founded in 1985 by the Screen Actors Guild, is a non-profit organization that operates numerous programs to help union members. As Wilson explained, many actors faced “financial ruin” during the strike, and even before the protest began, the foundation received “five to ten times (the number of requests for financial assistance) that we usually get in a week, and we think she will continue to increase.”
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Meanwhile they continue demonstrations and support stars, from Jane Fonda’s pickets to Olivia Wilde’s and Jason Sudeikis’s protests, all the way to the accession of Susan Sarandon and Matt Damon. Despite the many productions in which they participated Blockfrom Mission Impossible – Death Wages Part Two with Tom Cruise Deadpool 3 with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, before Gladiator 2, 39 independent productions continue filming. The union allowed, among other things, the operation of various titles of the A24 foreign manufacturing company. to the Film and Television Producers Allianceassociation of producers, against which the actors go on strike, as in a crime thriller Rivals of King Amziah movie with Matthew McConaughey Death of a unicorn with Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd Mother Mary with Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel.
