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Hundreds of protesters — including prominent lefty actors and local politicians — gathered near the United Nations Thursday to call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest. But dozens of the demonstrators found themselves in cuffs instead as NYPD cops worked to clear First Avenue ahead of Netanyahu’s speech to the UN General Assembly, law enforcement sources said. Among those taken into custody was Democratic Socialists of America member and Zohran Mamdani-backed House hopeful Darializa Avila-Chevalier, who smiled and chanted, “Free Palestine” as she was loaded onto an NYPD bus. Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and fellow anti-Israel actresses Cynthia Nixon...

The headlines announcing Mark Ruffalo’s latest line of defense against claims of antisemitism were striking. More than 170 Jewish artists had rallied around the actor, denouncing an “outrageous smear campaign” and rejecting accusations that his rhetoric about the Ellison family and the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger trafficked in antisemitic themes. Read the names and the letter itself, and a different picture emerges. There are recognizable Hollywood figures among the signatories, including Joel Coen, Tony Kushner, Hannah Einbinder, Ilana Glazer and others. Of the 177 signatories, fewer than half are entertainment figures. The list also contains a significant collection of anti-Israel...

Last month..artists.. signed a petition pledging to not work w/ Israeli ... Boldface signees included John Cusack, Joaquin Phoenix and director Ava DuVernay. This week, those three have simply shared videos criticizing Trump and the peace plan. I expected a huge celebration from Stalter’s “Hacks” co-star Hannah Einbinder, who literally wore an “Artists4Ceasefire” pin to the Emmys and used her win to scream: “Free Palestine and f–k ICE.” After this week’s news, she initially posted a video of her decrying Zionisim as a betrayal of Judaism and a sad meme about the Eagles losing to the Giants. By Friday night,...

She was once the belle of the awards season ball, gracing the red carpet of every Hollywood soirée. Yet at Sunday night's Emmy Awards, Sydney Sweeney appeared to have fallen out of favour with her fellow stars, with the Euphoria actress making a subdued appearance on the biggest night in television. While she took to the stage to present Owen Cooper with the Outstanding Supporting Actor award, Sydney was not pictured mingling with any of the celebrities backstage, nor was she seen at any of the afterparties. With Sydney once Hollywood's darling, questions have been raised over why her involvement...

On the Emmys red carpet, the 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story' actor addressed the active warfare between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.Javier Bardem took a moment on the 2025 Emmys red carpet to call on “Israel to stop this genocide” in Palestine. While speaking with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the 77th Emmy Awards ceremony, the actor didn’t want to talk about Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story but rather the ongoing active warfare between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “At the end of August, the IAGS, the International Association of Genocide Scholars...

TV veterans Noah Wyle, Cristin Milioti, Seth Rogen, Britt Lower and Jeff Hiller all proved it's never too late to get television's top honor, as 'The Studio' and 'The Pitt' won best series at the Emmy Awards Sunday night. But activist speeches were few and far between.A slew of veteran television personalities picked up their first Emmys Sunday night at a TV extravaganza keen on celebrating the toil of producing television and reluctant to embrace the urgencies of advocacy. A long list of veteran performers that included Seth Rogen, Britt Lower, Cristin Milioti, Noah Wyle, Hannah Einbinder and Jeff Hiller...

“Hacks” star Hannah Einbinder is under fire for turning her Emmy acceptance speech into a crude, political soapbox in which she said, “F—k ICE and free Palestine.”The actress’ controversial remarks went viral after she won Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for the hit HBO show during Sunday night’s live ceremony. ”Go Birds, f—k ICE and free Palestine,” the 30-year-old actress, who is Jewish and a lifelong Philadelphia Eagles fan, said at the conclusion of her emotional speech to cheers as she exited the stage. *** “I feel like it is my obligation as a Jewish person to distinguish...