• teft@startrek.website
    22·
    1 year ago

    If you or a loved one was diagnosed with Mesothelioma you may be entitled to financial compensation.

  • pewter@lemmy.world
    101·
    1 year ago

    They more you learn, the more you realize how much progress has been made over the years.

    Fun fact: Judy Garland was paid less than her costars

    Judy Garland’s salary: $500 a week.
    Ray Bolger’s salary: $3,000 a week.
    Jack Haley’s salary: $3,000 a week.
    Bert Lahr’s salary: $2,500 a week.

    Surprisingly, she was paid more than Toto. Toto’s salary: $125 a week.

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-05-ca-1562-story.html

    • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      Yeah Judy Garland was horribly abused. Physically, mentally, sexually, forced to take drugs to control her.

      That’s even more than I thought she would have made though. That’s $11,000 a week adjusted for inflation.

      Nothing compared to the $66,000 a week the others earned though.

    • minorninth@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 year ago

      Wasn’t she an unknown, while they were all famous stars, though?

      The same happens today.

      “The cast of Moana earned a total of $56 million. Auli’i Cravalho, who voiced the title character, made $200,000. Dwayne Johnson, who voiced Maui, earned $21 million. Temuera Morrison, who voiced Moana’s father, earned $2 million.”

      I’m not excusing any of the ways they abused Garland. But it made her a star and she earned far more in future roles, just like Cravalho now commands a much higher salary.