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Hollywood Studios, Agencies in a Daze After Trump Win: "Many of Us Will Be Scared and Threatened"
Hollywood Reporter ^ | 11/9/2016 | Seth Abramovitch, Pamela McClintock

Posted on 11/10/2016 4:24:02 AM PST by simpson96

A strange silence descended on Hollywood on Wednesday morning as stunned studio executives, agents and producers went through the motions as they tried to process Hillary Clinton's surprise loss to Donald Trump.

Early Wednesday morning, United Talent Agency CEO Jeremy Zimmer dispatched a memo to the company's staff trying to alleviate anxiety and anger in the aftermath of Hillary Clinton's surprise loss to Donald Trump in the presidential election.

"Many of us will be scared and threatened and we can give comfort. Some of us will be happy because our voice was heard. Either way, it's a challenging moment so let's be extra sensitive and caring with others," Zimmer wrote to the agency's employees.

Across Hollywood, agents, studio executives, producers and thousands of rank-and-file employees showed up at work Wednesday in a daze. A majority of Hollywood's power brokers and up-and-comers supported Clinton. Her roster of donors reads like a who's who of Hollywood, including Universal's Ron Meyer, Jeff Shell and Donna Langley; Warner Bros.' Kevin Tsujihara, Sue Kroll and Toby Emmerich; Paramount's Brad Grey; Sony's Michael Lynton; 20th Century Fox's Stacey Snider; and Disney's Alan Horn. Harvey Weinstein, Legendary's Thomas Tull, CAA's Bryan Lourd and ICM's Chris Silbermann also were donors, and many top figures, including Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes and stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney, hosted events for Clinton. (Entry to an August fundraiser hosted at Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's house was $100,000 per couple.)

There was also super PAC money organized by Jeffrey Katzenberg and Univision's Haim Saban on top of their personal contributions. All told, the Center for Responsive Politics reports Clinton garnered $22 million in contributions from the entertainment industry, compared to a mere $290,000 for Trump.

Now, Clinton's stunning defeat has left Hollywood in shock —

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


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To: simpson96
The big problem was that the Hollywood Left donated HUGE sums of money and publicity time for the Clinton campaign and got squadoosh for their efforts. Small wonder for the psychological depression out of the entertainment community.
21 posted on 11/10/2016 5:04:07 AM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: GOPJ; Jane Long; MinuteGal; jsanders2001; V K Lee; HarleyLady27; stephenjohnbanker; ...
.....the Center for Responsive Politics reports Clinton pocketed $22 million in contributions from the wealthy/liberal entertainment industry, compared to a mere $290,000 for Trump...

Take a look at the map of what Clinton won....the top 10 populations centers where most of the wealth, commerce and power is located.....and a couple of SW states that have a huge influx of Mexican immigrants.

Hillary lost the bulk of America.

Just goes to prove....the liberal rich talk only amongst themselves and their hired Mexican help.

22 posted on 11/10/2016 5:07:34 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Liz

Time to shut the instigators of violence down!


23 posted on 11/10/2016 5:09:36 AM PST by hoosiermama (“Christian faith is not the past but the present and the future. Make it stronger. "DJT l)
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To: Liz

Hollyweird and the Pajama Gang all need to find a country that will offer them their safe space. Plenty of leftist regimes, out in the world, to move their Earthly possessions to.


24 posted on 11/10/2016 5:12:43 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: hoosiermama

Agree...someone needs to clue these thugs into the fact that getting paid to *protest* is NOT a *redeeming* line of work.


25 posted on 11/10/2016 5:13:40 AM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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To: simpson96

They SHOULD be fearing our boycotts.


26 posted on 11/10/2016 5:14:13 AM PST by Blogatron (...and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down.)
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To: simpson96

The ChiComs just bought out Hollyweird and they’re worried about Trump?


27 posted on 11/10/2016 5:14:41 AM PST by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Jane Long

Desperate for money ? Drug money?


28 posted on 11/10/2016 5:15:34 AM PST by hoosiermama (“Christian faith is not the past but the present and the future. Make it stronger. "DJT l)
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To: Jane Long

I bet the Star Trek franchise is sorry about their mass support for Hillary, when almost every member of the franchise signed that petition - everyone except Shatner, Nichelle Nichols and Patrick Stewart.


29 posted on 11/10/2016 5:18:12 AM PST by Ciexyz (After eight years of Obama, I can't afford to buy nothin'.)
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I'm having a non-stop laugh over the future of Hillary-suck-up, Haim Saban, and his latino holdings.....including Univision.

Saban's been planning an IPO for years and is in long-term debt up to his eyeballs....9 billion at last count. Even tapped Bill Clinton into the scheme. ROTFLOL.

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Key Hillary supporter Haim Saban’s shady offshore dealings surface in the Panama Papers
FoxNews.com ^ | 27-May-2016 | By Peter Byrne

One of Hillary Clinton’s key supporters – who has donated more than $15 million to her presidential campaign and the Clinton Foundation – used a controversial Panamanian law firm to set up offshore companies. Saban once admitted to a Senate panel that he used phony investment losses to dodge hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes....

Hillary fanatic Haim Saban has a non-profit..."The Saban Center". Saban subsidized a 34-page white paper titled, “Pathway to Coexistence: A New U.S. Policy toward Iran.”

NO CONCIDENCE The paper essentially forecasted Obama’s approach to dealing with Iran: (1) the largely hands-off approach to Iran’s bloody 2009 Green Revolution, and, (2) the present-day compromises on its nuclear program.

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The ties between the Clintons, Haim Saban, and Spanish TV television network---UNIVISION---run deep. Univision's newscasts gleefully bash Republicans and praise Hillary’s newly-minted position on immigration.

Network Owner Haim Saban’s unabashed support for Hillarys election effort segued into (surprise) a partnership between Univision and the Clinton Family Foundation.

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NY POST EXCERPT---Saban's Univision recently trotted out Bill Clinton to talk to advertisers----as private equity owners of the debt-laden company sweat. Univision’s owners are hoping to launch the IPO in just weeks.

Getting early commitments on ad spending from Madison Avenue would certainly make an IPO road show before potential investors that much easier....they hope to raise around $1 billion at a valuation of $20 billion, according to Reuters. (Univision has $9 billion in long-term debt.)

Mexican program provider Televisa also has an 8 percent stake.Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank — the lead underwriters — are getting ready to gin up some sizzle for a not very sexy Univision business: called free-to-air.

THE BIG BURRITO---HILLARY/BILL CLINTON MEDIA CONNECTION---Latino-TV Univision owner, Haim Saban described his formula to influence American politics: make donations to political parties, establish think tanks, and control media outlets. (WIKI)

Saban, a long-time supporter and donor of many pro-Jewish and Israel causes, has stated his main goal in multiple interviews: "I'm a one-issue guy, and my issue is Israel."

Haim Saban touts himself as a worldwide pioneer and leader in the entertainment industry. He is the Chairman and CEO of Saban Capital Group, Inc.

SABAN'S BUSINESS WEB SITE http://www.saban.com/html/team/saban.html

30 posted on 11/10/2016 5:28:30 AM PST by Liz (Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: jersey117

:: The only threat we pose ::
Is threat itself.

Please contemplate.


31 posted on 11/10/2016 5:39:50 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic, Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym explains the science.)
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To: simpson96

How did they survive Reagan then?


32 posted on 11/10/2016 5:46:06 AM PST by GailA (Ret. SCPO wife: A politician that won't keep his word to Veterans/Military won't keep them to You!)
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To: simpson96
Many of us will be scared and threatened...

WTF? Why? By who? (or is it whom?) Why would a Clinton supporter expect to be threatened? Was that their intent if/when Clinton won - to threaten supporters of now President-elect Trump?

Seriously, you expect me to gloat, to be a bad winner, to lord my perceived power over you and threaten you? That's insulting, I have no such intent nor desires. I am somewhat shocked and more than a little dismayed that these people apparently had plans to do exactly that to us. I guess I shouldn't be though. The so-called "liberal" agenda has for years slid further and further into fascism and statism.

33 posted on 11/10/2016 5:47:18 AM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: simpson96

A majority of Hollywood’s power brokers and up-and-comers supported Clinton. Her roster of donors reads like a who’s who of Hollywood, including Universal’s Ron Meyer, Jeff Shell and Donna Langley; Warner Bros.’ Kevin Tsujihara, Sue Kroll and Toby Emmerich; Paramount’s Brad Grey; Sony’s Michael Lynton; 20th Century Fox’s Stacey Snider; and Disney’s Alan Horn. Harvey Weinstein, Legendary’s Thomas Tull, CAA’s Bryan Lourd and ICM’s Chris Silbermann also were donors, and many top figures, including Scandal creator Shonda Rhimes and stars including Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney, hosted events for Clinton. (Entry to an August fundraiser hosted at Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s house was $100,000 per couple.)

A list EVERYONE should read carefully before spending their Hard Earned Money on HOLLYWOOD ENTERTAINMENT!!~!

They really do ALL HATE YOU and everything you Believe in.


34 posted on 11/10/2016 6:02:40 AM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: simpson96
Maybe I missed it but did Trump say he would ban Superhero movies?

Well I can dream can't I?

35 posted on 11/10/2016 6:15:33 AM PST by johnny reb
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To: simpson96

With nearly all movies and programs being made in Vancouver/Canada these days, why doesn’t all of HollyWierd move north.


36 posted on 11/10/2016 6:23:19 AM PST by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: simpson96

“Scared”, “threatened “, those are just code words the Establsihment uses to make us back off. Just like “dangerous” and “offended”. Too bad for them, those tactics don’t work anymore! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!


37 posted on 11/10/2016 6:25:05 AM PST by uncitizen (Bring back Justice!)
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To: ThunderSleeps
Why would a Clinton supporter expect to be threatened?

C'mon, you know why...They assume that everybody else is like themselves. They would come after us if they won; they've been doing it for 8 years already.

"Projection", it's called.

38 posted on 11/10/2016 6:30:25 AM PST by thulldud
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To: simpson96

Whaaaaaaa! It’s all about them. Such little pansies.


39 posted on 11/10/2016 6:32:04 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: simpson96

In January, Trump should tell the FBI that they have better things to do than investigate film pirating, song file sharing, and copyright violations.


40 posted on 11/10/2016 6:32:20 AM PST by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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