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Joel McHale LOS ANGELES (March 12, 2020) – Actor, comedian and TV host Joel McHale has returned to host the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s 11th Annual L.A. Golf Classic on Monday, June 8 in Westlake Village, CA. The annual charity golf tournament benefits the Foundation’s Catastrophic Health Fund and Emergency Assistance Program for performing artists facing life-threatening illness and severe economic hardship. McHale stars in the upcoming Stargirl and Psych: The Movie 2. He is currently touring the country with his stand-up act, and hosts the revival game show Card Sharks on the ABC Television Network. Since 1985, the SAG-AFTRA Foundation has granted more than $20 million in financial and medical assistance including $8 million in scholarships to SAG-AFTRA artists and their dependents. In addition, the Foundation has offered 9,400 free educational workshops, panels and screenings to performing artists nationwide. The celebrity golf tournament will make its debut at the No...

Oprah Winfrey LOS ANGELES – Actor, media mogul, television producer, philanthropist and literacy champion Oprah Winfrey is the newest reader for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s award-winning children’s literacy program Storyline Online® ( storylineonline.net ). Winfrey reads The Hula-Hoopin' Queen , a fun, intergenerational story about an enthusiastic girl with a hula-hoopin’ itch, written by Thelma Lynne Godin, illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton and published by Lee & Low Books. At the conclusion of her nearly 12-minute read, Winfrey shares why she chose to read The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen, “I love hula hoops so much and it was one of my favorite things to play with as a girl. And even now whenever anything fun or special or really fantastic happens in my life, I go out and I get my hula hoops.” “There is no greater champion of reading in the world than Oprah Winfrey, and that is why there is no greater honor than to have Oprah read for Storyline Online,” said JoB...

Sarah Silverman Reads 'A Tale Of Two Beasts' LOS ANGELES (May 8, 2018) - Stand-up comedian, actor, producer and writer Sarah Silverman is the newest reader for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Emmy® nominated children’s literacy program Storyline Online® ( storylineonline.net ). Silverman reads A Tale of Two Beasts written and illustrated by Fiona Roberton and published by Kane Miller Books. A Tale of Two Beasts is a story told in two parts - first from the point of view of a little girl and then from the POV of a little beast who meet each other in the deep, dark woods. In part one, Silverman’s entertaining and whimsical storytelling draws viewers into the world of a happy little girl who finds a strange beast in the woods and takes it home as a pet. She gives it love, care and attention, but to her dismay, it runs away back to the woods. The story stops, rewinds and starts again. In part two, Silverman transforms her tone and voice to the story’s new protagonist...