Posted on 02/10/2017 8:36:59 AM PST by drewh
United Talent Agency, one of the half-dozen major talent agencies in Hollywood, has canceled its annual Oscar party and will instead host a rally in support of refugees at its Los Angeles office, according to a report.
The company — home to big-name clients like Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Mariah Carey, Toby Keith and dozens of others — also plans to donate $250,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union, which has worked to oppose President Donald Trump’s executive order temporarily prohibiting immigration from seven countries, and to the International Rescue Committee.
“This is a moment that demands our generosity, awareness and restlessness,” Zimmer reportedly wrote to his staff. “Our world is a better place for the free exchange of artists, ideas and creative expression. If our nation ceases to be the place where artists the world over can come to express themselves freely, then we cease, in my opinion, to be America.”
The move to cancel the glitzy annual Oscars party comes as Hollywood has become increasingly vocal about Trump’s policy proposals and executive actions, particularly his action on immigration. At the Screen Actors Guild Awards last month, several film and television stars used their acceptance speeches to speak out against Trump’s order; actress Sarah Paulson specifically called for donations to the ACLU.
THR further reported that Ari Emanuel, co-CEO of mega-agency and UTA competitor WME-IMG, sent an email to staff Wednesday notifying them that the company would be forming a political action committee, though it wasn’t immediately clear on what the PAC would focus.
“This company’s greatest asset is the diversity of our backgrounds and beliefs,” Emanuel wrote to the agency. “Please know that we will do everything in our power to support and protect this diversity now and in the months and years ahead.”
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Has anyone sent a courtesy notice to ICE?
Yeah! Don’t celebrate your talent and accomplishment...celebrate your HATE, instead.
Hollywood refugees? They must be referring to the overwhelming deluge of Hollywood B actors roaming the streets of Beverly Hills.
Prior to this current week I would never have countenenced a thought like this; but due to activities as described in this thread, Hollywood desperately needs a terrorist act by their beloved illegals, right in their cozy little midst. IMHO.
So the "stars" will only have 48 Oscars parties to attend during Oscars season instead of 49? Wow.. they sacrifice so much of themselves for us!
WTG, Hollyweird! Keep saving me money!
Im sure Vanity Fair will open their gilded doors for the ‘refugees’ to meet George Clooney and Angie Jolie!
The organization of leftists and Trump enemies is massive...
The organization of conservatives and America lovers is non-existent...
Where we conservatives look at individual freedom, the left looks at collectivism...
Therein lies our biggest problem...The ONLY way we can defeat this scum is to massively organize...Something we aren’t accustomed to...
Billy Bush will be welcomed with open arms!
I’m sure any of these artists would be more than happy to host some refugees themselves... /s
The funny things is that this will just make them (Hollywood people) more bitter and miserable.
Win - Win.
Are refugees invited? Just curious. I bet they are going to check IDs to get in. This should be interesting.
By invitation only. Count on it.
Oh, you see missy, this gap in my teeth is when I carelessly and irreligiously back-talked my husband and he proselytized me according to law and will of Allah. Allahu Akbar.....Death to Infidels! Inshallah!
Instead of donating money, these idiots should bring these refugees into their home. Lots of them. Uneducated, illiterate, unvetted and hungry. Men, women, and children. The whole lot penniless and ready to bow to Mecca.
Oh!
These superstars are such caring, feeling people - aren’t they?
How much do they pay the illegal they use as servants?
They have them doing their scuzz work; cleaning their toilets, cleaning their spas and pools, cooking their food, washing their dishes, doing their laundry, minding their babies and kids, mowing their lawns.
Why?
Because they can pay illegals less than legal citizens trying to earn a living.
/sarcasm off
Somehow they will still manage to turn it into wildly overpaid narcissists worshipping themselves.
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