01of 12Sarah Paulson Gave Pedro Pascal CashPedro Pascal/InstagramThe two met in the early 1990s in New York, when both were struggling actors, and But as Paulson’s career took off and Pascal’s stalled, she supported her friend — sometimes literally — while he continued to go on auditions and hope for his big break.“He’s talked about this publicly,“Paulson toldEsquire, “but there were times when I would give him my per diem from a job I was working on so that he could have money to feed himself.“Now that Pascal’s hit it big, she serves as his No. 1 hypewoman, suggesting in theEsquirepiece that he be considered for remakes ofDie Hard, Lethal Weaponand more!
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Sarah Paulson Gave Pedro Pascal Cash
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The two met in the early 1990s in New York, when both were struggling actors, and But as Paulson’s career took off and Pascal’s stalled, she supported her friend — sometimes literally — while he continued to go on auditions and hope for his big break.
“He’s talked about this publicly,“Paulson toldEsquire, “but there were times when I would give him my per diem from a job I was working on so that he could have money to feed himself.”
Now that Pascal’s hit it big, she serves as his No. 1 hypewoman, suggesting in theEsquirepiece that he be considered for remakes ofDie Hard, Lethal Weaponand more!
02of 12PADMA LAKSHMI SUPPORTED LENA DUNHAM DURING HER ENDOMETRIOSIS BATTLENicholas Hunt/Getty Images"I knew about it a lot before that[Vogue] articlecame out,” said Lakshmi, who co-founded theEndometriosis Foundation of Americaafterstruggling from the disease herself.TheTop Chefhost added that she served as a shoulder to lean on for Dunham when theGirlsstar was looking for a doctor toperform her hysterectomy. “I was on the phone with her, you know, when it happened I recommended the doctor that she did that with,” Lakshmi shared.
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PADMA LAKSHMI SUPPORTED LENA DUNHAM DURING HER ENDOMETRIOSIS BATTLE
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“I knew about it a lot before that[Vogue] articlecame out,” said Lakshmi, who co-founded theEndometriosis Foundation of Americaafterstruggling from the disease herself.
TheTop Chefhost added that she served as a shoulder to lean on for Dunham when theGirlsstar was looking for a doctor toperform her hysterectomy. “I was on the phone with her, you know, when it happened I recommended the doctor that she did that with,” Lakshmi shared.
03of 12PAUL NEWMAN ONCE GAVE SUSAN SARANDON PART OF HIS SALARY TO ENSURE EQUAL PAYAnthony Harvey/Getty; The LIFE Picture Collection/GettyThe actress toldBBC 5that the late actoronce took a pay cut when she found out she was making less than her male costars. “Emma Stone once came forward and said she got equal pay, because her male stars insisted upon it and gave up something of theirs.That happened to me with Paul Newman at one point, when I did a film with him ages ago,” she said, likely referring to the 1998 filmTwilightalso starring Gene Hackman.She continued, “They said it was ‘favored nations,’ but they only meant the two guys. He stepped forward and said, ‘Well I’ll give you part of mine,’ So, yeah, he was a gem.”
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PAUL NEWMAN ONCE GAVE SUSAN SARANDON PART OF HIS SALARY TO ENSURE EQUAL PAY
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The actress toldBBC 5that the late actoronce took a pay cut when she found out she was making less than her male costars. “Emma Stone once came forward and said she got equal pay, because her male stars insisted upon it and gave up something of theirs.That happened to me with Paul Newman at one point, when I did a film with him ages ago,” she said, likely referring to the 1998 filmTwilightalso starring Gene Hackman.
She continued, “They said it was ‘favored nations,’ but they only meant the two guys. He stepped forward and said, ‘Well I’ll give you part of mine,’ So, yeah, he was a gem.”
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DENZEL WASHINGTON PAID FOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN’S SUMMER THEATER PROGRAM IN COLLEGE …
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Though he was initially mum about which one of Rashad’s celebrity friends paid for Boseman, the actor ultimately revealed it was Washington. “After we got back, we got a benefactor letter,” Boseman recalled. “Denzel paid for me.”
On the 2018 Oscars red carpet, theBlack Pantheractor told ABC’s Michael Strahan he hadrecently thanked Washington in person. “It was a fun conversation. The first thing he said was, ‘You owe me money! I came to collect!’ " Boseman recalled. “It was so deep, I can’t even go into it right now. We sort of just talked about what’s been happening, what’s about to happen.”
05of 12KEVIN HART ONCE GAVE TIFFANY HADDISH MONEY WHEN SHE WAS HOMELESSMilla Cochran/startraksTheGirls Tripactress, who stars alongside Hart in the upcoming filmNight School,shared that the comedian lent her money back when she was homeless and living out of her car in a new interview withVanity Fair.“He had like this long discussion with me, you know?” Haddish, who was performing with Hart in a sketch comedy show called Comedy Playground at the time, told the magazine. “Basically like, ‘You’re a beautiful woman. You could stay with any man. Why don’t you just stay with a man, like?’ And I was also like, ‘I’m not sleeping with nobody for a roof over my head. I’m just not that type of person.’ And Kevin was like, ‘Oh, that’s real commendable, look at your homeless ass.’ “The actor lent her $300 to get a motel room and suggested she write down her goals and start working towards achieving them. “I’m just like, ‘Wow. Full circle,’ " she said. “When he sees me, he says he’s so proud of me and stuff. And he’s always giving me the best advice. And I try to listen to him. Sometimes I don’t. And then I’ll be like, ‘Dang, I should’ve listened.’ “Don’t worry though — Haddishhilariously paid the comedian back during an interviewin July 2018.
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KEVIN HART ONCE GAVE TIFFANY HADDISH MONEY WHEN SHE WAS HOMELESS
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TheGirls Tripactress, who stars alongside Hart in the upcoming filmNight School,shared that the comedian lent her money back when she was homeless and living out of her car in a new interview withVanity Fair.
“He had like this long discussion with me, you know?” Haddish, who was performing with Hart in a sketch comedy show called Comedy Playground at the time, told the magazine. “Basically like, ‘You’re a beautiful woman. You could stay with any man. Why don’t you just stay with a man, like?’ And I was also like, ‘I’m not sleeping with nobody for a roof over my head. I’m just not that type of person.’ And Kevin was like, ‘Oh, that’s real commendable, look at your homeless ass.’ "
The actor lent her $300 to get a motel room and suggested she write down her goals and start working towards achieving them. “I’m just like, ‘Wow. Full circle,’ " she said. “When he sees me, he says he’s so proud of me and stuff. And he’s always giving me the best advice. And I try to listen to him. Sometimes I don’t. And then I’ll be like, ‘Dang, I should’ve listened.’ "
Don’t worry though — Haddishhilariously paid the comedian back during an interviewin July 2018.
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FRANCIA RAISA GAVE BFF SELENA GOMEZ HER KIDNEY
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“My kidneys were just done,” Gomez toldSavannah Guthrieduring a jointTodayinterview. “That was it, and I didn’t want to ask a single person in my life. The thought of asking someone to do that was really difficult for me. She volunteered and did it. And let alone someone wanting to volunteer, it is incredibly difficult to find a match. The fact that she was a match, I mean that’s unbelievable. That’s not real.”
07of 12JESSICA CHASTAIN DEMANDED EQUAL PAY FOR OCTAVIA SPENCERBrian To/Rex ShutterstockSpeaking at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Spencer revealed that herThe Helpcostar helped herget five times her salary for their upcoming movie together. During the actresses' conversation about equal pay, Spencer told Chastain women of color make far less than white women. “I told her my story, and we talked numbers, and she was quiet, and she said she had no idea that that’s what it was like for women of color,” Spencer recalled.Spencer got emotional and began to cry as she told the story — she called her outpouring “happy tears.““I love that woman, because she’s walking the walk and she’s actually talking the talk,” Spencer gushed of Chastain. “She said, ‘Octavia we’re gonna get you paid on this film. You and I are gonna be tied together. We’re gonna be favored nations, and we’re gonna make the same thing.’ Fast forward to last week, we’re making five times what we asked for.”
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JESSICA CHASTAIN DEMANDED EQUAL PAY FOR OCTAVIA SPENCER
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Speaking at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Spencer revealed that herThe Helpcostar helped herget five times her salary for their upcoming movie together. During the actresses' conversation about equal pay, Spencer told Chastain women of color make far less than white women. “I told her my story, and we talked numbers, and she was quiet, and she said she had no idea that that’s what it was like for women of color,” Spencer recalled.
Spencer got emotional and began to cry as she told the story — she called her outpouring “happy tears.”
“I love that woman, because she’s walking the walk and she’s actually talking the talk,” Spencer gushed of Chastain. “She said, ‘Octavia we’re gonna get you paid on this film. You and I are gonna be tied together. We’re gonna be favored nations, and we’re gonna make the same thing.’ Fast forward to last week, we’re making five times what we asked for.”
08of 12JULIANNE MOORE STOOD UP FOR ALICIA VIKANDERRon Wolfson/Invision/AP/REX/ShutterstockThe Swedish actressrevealed toVoguethat Moore once defended her on the set of 2014’sSeventh Son. Vikander said that a powerful man on set made a crude joke at her expense and Moore shut him down.“I was really embarrassed, and I would have just laughed it off,” Vikander recalled. “But Julianne turned to him and said, ‘If you ever do that again, I’m walking out of here and I’m not coming back.’ She was just, like, ‘Don’t you f—ing say that again.’ It showed me that she had the power. And that meant so much to me.”
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JULIANNE MOORE STOOD UP FOR ALICIA VIKANDER
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The Swedish actressrevealed toVoguethat Moore once defended her on the set of 2014’sSeventh Son. Vikander said that a powerful man on set made a crude joke at her expense and Moore shut him down.
“I was really embarrassed, and I would have just laughed it off,” Vikander recalled. “But Julianne turned to him and said, ‘If you ever do that again, I’m walking out of here and I’m not coming back.’ She was just, like, ‘Don’t you f—ing say that again.’ It showed me that she had the power. And that meant so much to me.”
09of 12ED SHEERAN SLEPT ON JAMIE FOXX’S COUCH BEFORE FINDING FAMELester Cohen/WireImage"Ed Sheeran slept on my couch for six weeks before he was famous,“Foxx recalled during an appearance onThe Graham Norton Show. “I was doing a radio show in L.A. and he knew that we do music so he came to my radio show.” The “Thinking Out Loud” crooner then asked Foxx if he would listen to some of his music. The Oscar winner did, referring to the performer as “incredible.““I said, ‘Listen, I know you don’t have anywhere to go, just chill here,’ " he continued. “I was giving him food and my daughter was like, ‘Who do you have over here now?’ "
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ED SHEERAN SLEPT ON JAMIE FOXX’S COUCH BEFORE FINDING FAME
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“Ed Sheeran slept on my couch for six weeks before he was famous,“Foxx recalled during an appearance onThe Graham Norton Show. “I was doing a radio show in L.A. and he knew that we do music so he came to my radio show.” The “Thinking Out Loud” crooner then asked Foxx if he would listen to some of his music. The Oscar winner did, referring to the performer as “incredible.”
“I said, ‘Listen, I know you don’t have anywhere to go, just chill here,’ " he continued. “I was giving him food and my daughter was like, ‘Who do you have over here now?’ "
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TOM CRUISE GOT BILL HADER ON A FLIGHT TO SEE HIS FAMILY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
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Hader explained the situation, adding that his flight back home wasn’t for another two days. “He thinks for a second. ‘No,’ he says. ‘We’ll get you home tonight.’ And in that moment,Tom Cruise, as [hisTropic Thundercharacter] Les Grossman, in a karate gi, began to direct all my coverage,” Hader recalled. “All my footage, all my close-ups. Boom! We do three perfect takes. Boom, boom, boom. Everyone’s chest-butting each other, some people are chest-butting themselves, people are going insane.”
Cruise’s then-wifeKatie Holmesgave Hader an envelope with his new flight info. “You’re on the red eye tonight,” she told him. “I’m like, ‘What?!'” Hader said.
11of 12CHLOË GRACE MORETZ INTRODUCED MEGHAN TRAINOR TO HER FUTURE FIANCÉSource: Meghan Trainor/Instagram; Inset: GettyTrainor has Moretz to thank for her relationship with now-fiancé Daryl Sabara, who’s best known for his role in theSpy Kidsfilm franchise. “I asked every person I met since day one, ‘Find me a boyfriend!’ Like, especially new friends too,“the “Better” songstress tells Chelsea Handleron her eponymous Netflix show. “Chloë Grace Moretz is a friend of mine, and day one of meeting her, I was like, ‘You know anybody that I could date? Or love? Whatever,'” Trainor recalled. “And she’s like, ‘I know the nicest guy in the world, Daryl, and you should meet him.’ I was like, ‘Daryl? Okay.'”
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CHLOË GRACE MORETZ INTRODUCED MEGHAN TRAINOR TO HER FUTURE FIANCÉ
Source: Meghan Trainor/Instagram; Inset: Getty
Trainor has Moretz to thank for her relationship with now-fiancé Daryl Sabara, who’s best known for his role in theSpy Kidsfilm franchise. “I asked every person I met since day one, ‘Find me a boyfriend!’ Like, especially new friends too,“the “Better” songstress tells Chelsea Handleron her eponymous Netflix show. “Chloë Grace Moretz is a friend of mine, and day one of meeting her, I was like, ‘You know anybody that I could date? Or love? Whatever,'” Trainor recalled. “And she’s like, ‘I know the nicest guy in the world, Daryl, and you should meet him.’ I was like, ‘Daryl? Okay.'”
12of 12TAYLOR SWIFT DONATED MONEY TO KESHA AFTER JUDGE RULED SHE MUST CONTINUE WORKING WITH DR. LUKEGreg Doherty/WireImage; Kevin Mazur/WireImageBack in February 2016, Swift gave a quarter-million dollars to Kesha to help with the star’s legal case as shefought to get out of a recording contractwith famed producer Dr. Luke, whom sheaccuses of sexually assaulting her.“In a show of support,Taylor Swifthas donated $250,000 to Kesha to help with any of her financial needs during this trying time,” a rep told PEOPLE at the time.That same month, a judgedenied her request for releasefrom a recording contract with Sony and Dr. Luke – ordering that she must record six more albums with Dr. Luke’s Kemosabe Records.
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TAYLOR SWIFT DONATED MONEY TO KESHA AFTER JUDGE RULED SHE MUST CONTINUE WORKING WITH DR. LUKE
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Back in February 2016, Swift gave a quarter-million dollars to Kesha to help with the star’s legal case as shefought to get out of a recording contractwith famed producer Dr. Luke, whom sheaccuses of sexually assaulting her.
“In a show of support,Taylor Swifthas donated $250,000 to Kesha to help with any of her financial needs during this trying time,” a rep told PEOPLE at the time.
That same month, a judgedenied her request for releasefrom a recording contract with Sony and Dr. Luke – ordering that she must record six more albums with Dr. Luke’s Kemosabe Records.
source: people.com
