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    ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Guest Host Jeff Goldblum Helps Working Actors Qualify For Health Insurance — And They All Look Like Him

    By Katie Campione,

    3 hours ago
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    Jimmy Kimmel Live! helped a few actors (er, Jeff Goldblum impersonators?) qualify for union health insurance during Thursday night’s episode.

    Guest host Goldblum introduced a segment to the audience in which he said they’d be inviting some working actors on stage to a deliver a few lines, and get paid, so they could meet the qualifying annual income threshold — only to find them all dressed as the Jurassic Park star.

    Watch the full segment below.

    The segment follows a casting notice the late-night show posted in July that called for actors within $1,401 of meeting the SAG-AFTRA health insurance minimum earnings requirement to be considered for the role.

    In 2023, SAG-AFTRA required members to earn at least $26,470 from acting work in order to qualify for the union’s health insurance plan. That number is scheduled to increase by 2% every year.

    This is not the first time that Kimmel has tried to lend a helping hand to working actors. Two years ago, Kerry Washington guest hosted an episode where actors were invited on the show to deliver a line, once again solely for the purpose of claiming their health insurance.

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