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Sian Cain and Steph Harmon

Want Lena Dunham to paint a mural in your home? Hollywood stars auction themselves to help crew through strike

Lena Dunham Natasha Lyonne Hollywood Tom Waits Bob Odenkirk David Cross Weird Al Yankovic AMPTP
Lena Dunham
Girls creator Lena Dunham is among celebrities auctioning unique experiences and memorabilia in order to raise money to help production crew weather the ongoing writers and actors strikes. Photograph: Ian West/PA

If you have ever wanted Natasha Lyonne to help you solve the New York Times Sunday crossword, dinner with Bob Odenkirk and David Cross, or Lena Dunham to come and paint a mural in the home, money is the only thing stopping you.

All of the above are lots in an online auction being put on by Hollywood stars, who are donating time, memorabilia and bizarre experiences to raise funds to help production crew weather the ongoing writers and actors strikes.

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