EXCLUSIVE: Hollywood's wealthiest stars - including Salma Hayek and Tom Hanks - are sending letters 'begging' for cash from struggling actors to fund the new Oscar museum - which is already $77.6million over budget
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is building a new Oscar museum in Los Angeles that is expected to be completed in late 2019 but is already $77.6million over budget. DailyMailTV obtained letters which ask for a minimum of $100 for recipients to become a Charter Member of the museum. Those letters have been signed by A-list actors, including Salma Hayek, Tom Hanks and Annette Bening. Big donors include Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and Jeffrey Katzenberg, all of whom have donated tens of millions to the museum. The top donation of $50million came from Power Rangers producer Haim Saban and his wife Cheryl. The letters have been sent out across California to businesses, actors and writers, many of whom have never had any major success. Disgruntled letter recipients tell DailyMailTV that the move is 'insulting' to young artists and see it as a 'blatant' ruse to raise funds for a struggling project.