Sunday, March 23, 2025

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson Donate $1 Mil to Wildfire Causes, Urge Others to Do the Same (Hint: Vanity Fair, Chanel)

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have donated $1 million to five different charities for wildfire causes.

They’re urging others to do the same.

My words not theirs — Hollywood seems to have forgotten about the wildfire devastation.

A friend of mine, an Academy member, tells me that instead of buying tickets this year she’s sending the money to the Altadena charities.

Meantime, both Vanity Fair and Charles Finch-Chanel are doing next to nothing except downing Inn and Out Burgers and living it up at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

Come on, Hollywood!

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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