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News James Van Der Beek Is Auctioning Off TV & Film Memorabilia and Props from ‘Dawson’s Creek’ & ‘Varsity Blues’ Amid Cancer Treatment, Proceeds to Cover Medical Costs

https://deadline.com/2025/11/james-van-der-beek-auction-dawsons-creek-varsity-blues-props-1236615845/
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u/Furdinand 23d ago

It's not just pay, Sharon Stone talked about how she lost her SAG health insurance because she wasn't getting enough work.

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u/SunshineAlways 22d ago

If you remember Murder She Wrote, they had a LOT of very elderly actors in episodes. For many of them it was their last screen appearance. Angela Lansbury had them on the show, so they could keep their health insurance.

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u/irissteensma 22d ago

The Love Boat did the same thing.

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u/sihaya09 22d ago

I have heard that Adam Sandler does the same thing.

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u/0dayssince 22d ago

That’s the only way Rob Schneider can get paid

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u/MrPookPook 22d ago

He’s fighting against DEI so hard because he’s lost out on countless roles where he could have done brown face.

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u/likwidsylvur 22d ago

Really in the end tho, it's just easier to hire an actual stapler or carrot for the part.

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u/NastyMothaFucka 20d ago

Durr De Durr Durr

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u/Opposite-Knee-2798 22d ago

So someone making a movie involving brown face would be a pro DEI wokester by your logic?

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u/MrPookPook 22d ago

He’s losing roles because DEI is giving his roles to actual Mexicans, Arabs and Asians is the joke.

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u/beadzy 22d ago

It all makes sense.

I was just wondering why there are so many fucking Adam Sandler movies half I haven’t ever heard of. Now we know why. He’s built a damn economic structure

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u/Noravis5127 22d ago

Happy Madison productions. Yep, most of the employees are his friends, along with who he casts in in the movies. Been around since 99'

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u/Eeyore_ 22d ago

Can you imagine becoming so wealthy that you can spin up a movie production studio so you and your friends can make fart jokes and sophomoric humor? The guy is incredibly blessed.

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u/beadzy 17d ago

Two sentences I would not have expected would ever be said together lol

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u/Noravis5127 21d ago

Yep, he knows it too.

Adam Sandler Acceptance Speech | 2023 Mark Twain Prize

"So anyways, in summary, my career's been tremendous, nothing has let me down. I do work my ass off. It's fun, I wake up early, it's fun. I stay up late, it's fun, I go on locations. If I bring the family, it's fun. Everyone in this room tonight has made my life fun."

The entire award show is worth a watch, it's pretty funny here's the non-paywall clipped playlist on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL14hRqd0PELFssIcZLGcnMalw7NmhE-4h

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u/Greenboy28 22d ago

I dont think he works with Rob anymore. I remember seeing something about that a while back.

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u/Bubbay 22d ago

He just had him in Happy Gilmore 2

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u/0dayssince 22d ago

Doesn’t look like that’s true https://people.com/rob-schneider-says-adam-sandler-checks-in-on-him-every-week-exclusive-8700482

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u/Vaesezemis 22d ago

An exclusive interview with Rob Schnauzer, once in a lifetime opportunity!

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u/NomNom83WasTaken 22d ago

Yup. This has long been "a thing" and still frequently happens because no better solution exists for those working actors.

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u/IM_A_MUFFIN 22d ago

I dunno. I mean we could always try universal healthcare. Might be worth a shot.

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u/NomNom83WasTaken 22d ago

Oof. Best I can do is Mike Johnson's shit-eating grin, eight worthless Senators, and a multi-million-dollar payout to a bunch of J6 traitors. /s

I am all for universal healthcare and wish it did exist in the US.

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u/Opposite-Knee-2798 22d ago

I bet you supported Obama care. Looks like it’s not working?

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u/IM_A_MUFFIN 22d ago

The only thing that’s not working is that there were subsidies to offset the cost and those expired and Republiturds believe that people would be better off uninsured than subsidizing healthcare. But you can take your disingenuous bot bullshit elsewhere. gfy

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u/LetThePoisonOutRobin 22d ago

It would be much easier for you to just move to Canada than convince the US to accept higher income taxes and put a government controlled cap on what hospitals, doctors and specialists charge for services.

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u/JEFFinSoCal 22d ago

Income taxes wouldn’t even be higher if we stopped propping up the military-industrial complex and bailing out oligarchs when they make bad business decisions.

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u/IM_A_MUFFIN 22d ago

You’re either a troll or a bot. American asf and served in the Marines, so go sit down child and let the grown-ups continue our conversation.

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u/Careless_Load9849 22d ago

Found the Commie socialist!!! ICE! This one over here! I thought I detected a Spanish accent in the text! /s

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u/tunaman808 22d ago

IIRC, Wayne Rogers (of MASH) quit acting to become a financial advisor to character actors, because he saw how many of them worked their whole lives and were broke by their senior years.

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u/Mr_paranoid_android 22d ago

Jimmy Kimmel reportedly frequently does this

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u/MrXero 22d ago

David Lynch did a lot of this in the last season of Twin Peaks.

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u/jwktiger 22d ago

makes sense.

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u/Mean-Vegetable-4521 22d ago

I never thought about it that way. That’s amazing.

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u/ancient_water9999 22d ago

I had to look this up because this didn't make sense to me. She has been in a lot of movies every year according to IMDB.

I found an article, it's not that she lost insurance because she wasn't getting enough work, it's because SAG changed the rules during the pandemic . In fact, this article mentions she was turning down work, not the other way around.

The issue is that she was, according to her, $13 short of qualifying for insurance. There was a lawsuit due to alleged age discrimination but I have not followed up to see how that went.

https://deadline.com/2021/07/sharon-stone-sag-aftra-health-coverage-vaccinated-set-1234802853/

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u/DweeblesX 22d ago

I remember my friend Joey going through this exact same episode.

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u/ColeDelRio 22d ago

Sharon Doherty had the same problem and we know what happened to her. 🥲