Hollywood A-listers donate millions to aid striking actors
SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher joins picketers at New York City Hall as members of the actors' union continue to walk the picket line with screenwriters
August 03, 2023 | 02:56AM ETBankLos Angeles (AFP) - A dozen of Hollywood's highest-earning stars, from George Clooney to Meryl Streep, have each donated $1 million or more to support out-of-work actors as their strike enters its fourth week, their union's charitable foundation said Wednesday. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) walkout, and another strike by film and TV writers that began in May over pay and the threat of artificial intelligence, have brought US film and television production to a halt. The Hollywood "double strike" of writers and actors -- the first since 1960 -- has cost the entertainment industry and the ...
