Celebs supply up enjoyable — and really odd — eBay public sale to assist hanging crews – Nationwide
It’s Sunday morning and also you log into Zoom. Natasha Lyonne greets you and, as a pair, you start to resolve the New York Occasions crossword puzzle.
As you rise up to make your self a espresso, you examine in on the mural Lena Dunham is at the moment portray in your lounge. The doorbell rings and also you greet Adam Scott in your entrance step; he’s there to take your canine for a stroll.
Whereas it could sound like a random, but oddly enjoyable, celebrity-filled fever dream, it’s a situation that might doubtlessly be yours — supplied you manage to pay for and wonderful on-line bidding abilities.
The Union Solidarity Coalition is a bunch of actors, writers and administrators currently on strike who’re raising money for the health care of their crews.
To drum up some cash for his or her trigger, a bunch of them have banded collectively to host an eBay auction, providing up some enjoyable, and generally very odd, private experiences and memorabilia to most of the people.
Among the many checklist of things are an in-person dinner with “actual life besties” Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, the prospect to pick the brains of Spike Jonze and Lena Dunham, a spherical of 20 Questions with Sarah Silverman or Maggie Gyllenhaal, or a signed fedora from singer-songwriter Tom Waits.
You too can bid on lunch with The Handmaid’s Tale’s Ann Dowd, have your relationship squabble mediated by Rosemarie Dewitt and Ron Livingston, or attend a two-hour pottery class with Busy Philipps.
If the considered interacting with a star makes you a contact nervous, nevertheless, you may also bid on another fascinating objects: the solid of Bob’s Burgers will write and sing you a personal song, six-time Emmy winner John Lithgow will create a watercolour portrait of your dog, you may choose up a “Weird” Hawaiian shirt signed by Daniel Radcliffe and Bizarre Al, or you may snag one of many signature blue aprons from The Bear, signed by stars Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ayo Edebiri.
Hollywood’s film and tv business has been at a standstill for the reason that WGA determined to strike after it was unable to an settlement with the main streaming companies and studios. Actors adopted go well with in July, becoming a member of the writers on the picket traces after SAG-AFTRA additionally got here to an deadlock.
1000’s of union members and people who depend on studio productions are actually out of labor, and since the U.S. doesn’t supply common well being care, many are struggling to pay for medicines and different remedies.
The public sale proceeds will go to the Movement Image & Tv Fund, which supplies well being take care of unions IATSE, LIUNA and Teamsters.
In all interactions, the phrases stress that bidders should behave appropriately with the celebs and can’t attempt to solicit any private acquire from the conversations.
“The expertise has the proper to finish the expertise at any time, for any cause, with no refund,” the listings learn.
The auctions are now open to bidding, which can run till Sept. 22. When you’ve received lots of some spare cash mendacity round, go for it.
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