On today's episode, "The Studio" star Ike Barinholtz discusses his tubthumping campaign to raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund. And we take a Vintage Variety look back at the birth of the MPTF as covered the pages of Variety.

On today's episode, "The Studio" star Ike Barinholtz discusses his tubthumping campaign to <a href="https://variety.com/2025/film/news/mptf-second-act-campaign-fundraising-naming-rights-1236571875/">raise money for the Motion Picture and Television Fund</a>. And we take a Vintage Variety look back <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/spotlight/motion-picture-fund-1235295826/">at the birth of the MPTF </a>as covered the pages of Variety.

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Daily Variety – 'The Studio' Star Ike Barinholtz Tubthumps for the MPTF: ‘It Comes Very Natural to Me to Ask People for Money’

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