The Senate bill includes a tax break worth up to $246 million over 11 years for investors in bigger-budget movie projects that don’t necessarily qualify for incentives currently. The provision is backed by firms like the Walt Disney Co., and the industry trade group the Motion Picture Association of America, according to aides and lobbyists.

Isn’t time for Hollywood actors to do the “patriotic” thing and buck up with pay caps, just like those that “The One” thinks should be in the “stimulus” and “bad bank” bills for Wall Street ?