Want to seize dinner with Bob Odenkirk or a Hawaiian shirt signed by Weird Al? Well, now’s your probability.
The Union Solidarity Coalition, an organization based this 12 months by Hollywood writers and administrators, is auctioning off a number of movie and TV memorabilia together with in-person dangle outs with stars. The public sale is designed to lift money to assist manufacturing crew members whose healthcare advantages are in danger due to the work stoppage that has crippled manufacturing. The on-line public sale opened for bids Tuesday night and runs via Sept. 22.
Naturally, information of the public sale took off on-line the place Twitter/X customers made up dream experiences of their very own. Florence Pugh dishing on Harry Styles and Olivia Wilde, anybody?
Real gadgets up for public sale embrace a signed Tom Waits fedora, a chef’s apron signed by “The Bear” forged members Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri, Parker Posey-signed memorabilia from her movies “Dazed and Confused” and “Party Girl” and a Spike Jonze Girl skateboard deck signed by Mike Carroll.
And it doesn’t cease there. Celebrity experiences available at public sale embrace “Parks and Recreation” and “Big Love” alum Adam Scott taking your L.A.-based canine for a walk, an opportunity to do the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle with Natasha Lyonne and dinner with Odenkirk and his longtime “Mr. Show” collaborator, David Cross. You also can bid for Maggie Gyllenhaal or Sarah Silverman to reply 20 of your questions in 20 minutes.
“We founded TUSC because, as striking writers, we feel an incredible kinship with the crew (IATSE. LiUNA and Teamsters) that make our jobs possible—and right now they are hurting, especially when it comes to healthcare,” stated actor Lena Dunham in assertion. Dunham is a co-founder of TUSC, which has beforehand raised over $300,000 for employees on strike. Proceeds from the public sale will go to the Motion Picture and Television Fund for distribution to below-the-line crew members in want.
“We are so lucky to be partnered with MPTF, who make this their business 365 days a year,” Dunham stated. “We are dazzled by all the brilliant minds who have offered goods and experiences to auction—I am continuously thrilled to be part of this vital group, and we are continually grateful to the crew who have stood in solidarity with us on the picket lines.”
Other gadgets and companies available for buy embrace “a mural in your home by Lena Dunham, a custom watercolor pet portrait by John Lithgow, a personalized song by the cast of ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ and a pottery class for two with Busy Philipps,” per TUSC.
“There are many conversations going on around this strike,” stated filmmaker Alma Har’el. “But the only thing that has given me true hope and continues to inspire me every day is the work I get to do with my fellow filmmakers under The Union Solidarity Coalition. What started as a brainstorm in a WGA-DGA WhatsApp thread is now an active community that focuses on bringing solidarity amongst all the unions.”
More gadgets are anticipated to present dwell all through the week, together with a crawl via L.A.’s homosexual bars with Dolly De Leon. The public sale is taking place on eBay from immediately via Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. PT.
