11/19/2023 0 Comments Encore montrose![]() You open these things for these people, and it's pure entertainment. Actor Evan Sloan had bit parts in "Fear The Walking Dead" and "S.W.A.T." Now he works full time for the company DappzSports, where he gets paid to open packages of trading cards on a livestream. Others are using this as a way to connect with their fans and not seen as crossing the picket lines.ĭEL BARCO: Quite a few are still hamming it up during the strike. Some are even putting their funds towards the SAG strike fund. STEVEN GALANIS: Some of them are actually joining for charity. Chase (ph) told me that you were feeling a little down in the dumps.ĭEL BARCO: Cameo CEO Steven Galanis says last month, there were 137% more performers signing up to record videos. Even the president of SAG-AFTRA is in on the act.įRAN DRESCHER: Hi, Theo (ph). On the website Cameo, celebrities record personalized birthday greetings and other messages for people - sort of an updated version of signing autographs. Meanwhile, some Hollywood strikers are discovering more ways to use their talents for money. And legislators in California have proposed a bill to extend unemployment benefits to any worker in the state who's on strike. ![]() SAG-AFTRA announced it's extending its health care coverage for members who would otherwise lose it in October. ![]() You have to, like, prioritize that immediately.ĭEL BARCO: The fund also provides career counseling and mental health services for those anxious or depressed about supporting themselves. ![]() MCNUTT: People are coming to us now with three-day evict notices, and that's serious. Since the strike began, they've given more than $5 million to 2,600 film and TV workers in need of emergency financial assistance. But one of our strategies is to truly help people learn how to manage their money.ĭEL BARCO: Keith McNutt is executive director of the Entertainment Community Fund's Western region. KEITH MCNUTT: We generally try not to believe in starving artists (laughter). You know, sometimes it's Cheez-Its for lunch, but it's something. TAYLOR ORSI: I've been living in my parents' garage for the time being, you know?īRIZA COVARRUBIAS: My spouse and I are currently on food stamps. And, you know, half the people are Uber drivers, and they - we know how to fill in the gaps.ĭEL BARCO: Even so, on the picket lines outside the major studios these days, you find writers and actors like Taylor Orsi (ph) and Briza Covarrubias. We all know how to scrap and do other jobs. We know how to, like, scale down and live on basically nothing for months. MICHELLE ALLAIRE: Actors and writers, we know how to live poor. She's a striking SAG-AFTRA member and the owner of the S&W Country Diner in Culver City. PORTMAN: It is scary to have this gig economy and word-of-mouth job just trying to figure out how to make kind of an income in a temporary way 'cause we're not really sure how long this is going to last.ĭEL BARCO: Side hustles are nothing new for those trying to make it in Hollywood, says actor Michelle Allaire. When the writers strike began in May, she was furloughed as a showrunner's assistant for the Peacock series "Killing It." She also substitute teaches at a preschool. Now they're hustling.ĭEL BARCO: Becky Portman has been giving Hebrew lessons to kids preparing for bar and bat mitzvahs. And this is what I'm doing instead of - I was writing on the Oscars a few months ago, and now I'm doing this.ĭEL BARCO: With most TV and film production shut down during the strike, nearly everyone in Hollywood has lost work whether or not they're in one of the striking unions. If you push it a little too hard, the whole thing gets sucked into the snow globe and makes a huge mess. MCLAREN: And it is incredibly frustrating. So these are, like, custom snow globes of people's houses.ĭEL BARCO: McLaren makes the miniature houses with a small 3D printer.ĭEL BARCO: He hand paints each house, then glues it onto a rubber stopper, which he then stuffs into a glass globe filled with distilled water, glycerin and snow globe flakes. Once the strike started, I decided maybe I should monetize this. I used to give people snow globes as gifts. JESSE MCLAREN: I had made snow globes as a hobby before this all started. And instead of writing jokes for "Jimmy Kimmel Live," he now handcrafts snow globes, which he sells on Etsy for $299 a pop. MANDALIT DEL BARCO, BYLINE: Late-night TV writer Jesse McLaren spends his days at home watching old episodes of Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" on YouTube. As the strikers wait for new contracts to be made, NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports on how some are getting by financially. The double strikes by screenwriters and actors against major Hollywood studios have been going on for months, with no end in sight.
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