Taraji P. Henson Reveals She Was Paid $150,000 for Oscar-Nominated Role & Took Home Only $30,000
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Captain Crunch
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Yet folks came after Queen Mother Mo'Nique 
TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
She broke it down for aspiring actors
It ain't all glamorous
It ain't all glamorous
I stopped reading after the part about paying 30k for tuition to a fukking grade school
Th the the the coli dot com
In what world is Brad Pitt not one of the biggest Hollywood stars of ALL TIME?
This is dumb as fukk.
If you don’t understand why Jeff Bezos barely pays taxes but an actress does, you probably shouldn’t comment on it.
If you want to keep your tax money, build a corporation, buy real estate, have your money in stocks or other investments, etc. If you want to get paid and give Uncle Sam a large stake of your money, be an employee. The game is rigged, sure, but it’s not rigged secretly. The government makes it known 100% what they want you to do in order to not have to give the IRS all of your money.
It’s not even a “loophole” though. It’s literally you doing what the government wants you to do, employ people so you pay them so that the government doesn’t have to.
SheWantTheD
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Why did she take the role? Didn't have anything else available?
Shouldn't she have been getting paid that same amount per episode of Empire?
They do a lot of actors dirty. Gal Gadot made only 300k for her first wonder woman movie... after taxes, paying her team etc how much is she making for all that work?
Shouldn't she have been getting paid that same amount per episode of Empire?
They do a lot of actors dirty. Gal Gadot made only 300k for her first wonder woman movie... after taxes, paying her team etc how much is she making for all that work?
UpAndComing
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You mean to tell me Government and Billion Dollar Corporations are working together to take advantage of people?
But Coli told me Government was gonna save them
TELL ME YA CHEESIN FAM?
I walk around a little edgy already
Crazy that her team couldn't get her asking rate but still want their 30% of what she was paid
And here I was thinking actors only needed agents to land roles
And here I was thinking actors only needed agents to land roles
What were her Empire checks looking like?
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
EMPIRE: Terence Howard and Taraji P. Henson started out earning between $110,000 and $120,000 per episode, but were elevated to the $225,000-$250,000 range in 2016.
They were already box office stars when they won it though, so they probably didn’t see the same boost a less established actress like Taraji could/did when she won. Kinda like Nas winning a Grammy isn’t really boosting him financially now, but it would probably be a great look for a young rapper.
if you wan a consistent and steady bag landing a principal cast role on a tv show is the way to go but its a lot of work if you not young. Long hours and a lot of your year gonna be locked up shooting. She was great in PoI but her leaving was a great story arc.