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The entertainment industry's retirement homes on the East and West coasts, which were hit hard by the coronavirus in the early days of the pandemic, are faring well despite the latest Covid-19 surge that has swept through rest homes across the country. They're also preparing to be among the first to receive vaccines…

Morgan Freeman, Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich, Zachary Quinto, Vanessa Williams, David Alan Grier, Elizabeth Ashley, Matthew Broderick, Lucas Hedges and Paul Mescal are among the actors who’ll take part in a benefit series of new, livestreamed stage reading productions of works by such major playwrights as Gore…

A one-night-only Halloween benefit concert presentation of the Tim Burton/Danny Elfman spooky 1993 classic The Nightmare Before Christmas is drawing top-notch Broadway talent, including James Monroe Iglehart (Aladdin), Adrienne Warren (Tina: The Tina Turner Musical), Danny Burstein (Moulin Rouge!) and Rob McClure (Beet…

The Neil LaBute play The Shape of Things will be given a livestream reading Friday night to benefit The Actors Fund, with LaBute himself taking part in an after-show Q&A to tell “a few war stories about the show.” The 2001 play premiered in London, later revived Off Broadway and was adapted in 2003 as a film starring…

TikTok has donated $2 million to the Actors Fund COVID-19 Emergency Financial Assistance Fund. "Creativity is a shared trait across our community, and to honor that spirit we’re donating $2 million to the Actors Fund COVID-19 Emergency Financial Assistance program," the Chinese video-sharing social networking service…

Requests for assistance from the Actors Fund have skyrocketed during the industry's coronavirus shutdown. During the past three weeks, the Fund has provided nearly $3.5 million in direct financial assistance to 2,837 industry professionals. By comparison, before the pandemic, the Fund averaged about $2 million a year…

More than 20 Broadway producers have pledged $1 million in matching funds for the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The producers will match every new donation made by the public up to the million-dollar mark. With the pledge, fund organizers have set a $2 million goal by April…

The Actors Fund, the entertainment industry’s oldest charitable organization, will be closing its offices in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago due to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that it is "temporarily transitioning our in-person program offerings to online and phone meetings only for the coming weeks." Founded in…

The Association of Talent Agents is reaching out to its member agencies to help locate more than 500 child actors and former child stars who are collectively owed more than $1 million in unclaimed earnings that are being held for them by Actors Fund. Some 19,000 current and former child actors have money coming to…

EXCLUSIVE: The odd couple will take the podium for “Bridging The Gap And Other Short Plays By Wesley Taylor,” along with additional cast members to be announced. The event will be presented as an evening of readings of a collection of six new short plays by the actor and playwright to benefit The Actors Fund. The…

Attention Justin Bieber! The Actors Fund is trying to find you — and you, too, Haley Joel Osment, Abigail Breslin, Taylor Lautner and Shia LaBeouf. Not to mention  thousands of others who have unclaimed money awaiting them from their days working as child performers. The Actors Fund is also looking for Ashley and…

Obamacare has been a blockbuster success in the entertainment industry, and the Actors Fund has played a vital role in helping thousands of low-income actors, writers and other industry professionals obtain low-cost health insurance. Earning enough to qualify for union health benefits always has been one of the most…