A Fired ‘Scream’ Star, Clients Booted From Agencies and a Secret Tom Cruise Meeting: Inside Hollywood’s Divide Over Israel

Variety ^ | Nov 21, 2023 | Tatiana Siegel

[gov_bean_ counter]

The last couple of years has at least provided a clear separation of the sheep and the goats…

[xp38]

Blanket lock step leftism until this issue. That’s a shame eh Jerry?

[No name given]

They sure have.

[Rastus]

Ta-Nehisi Coates is a POS from way back.

“They were not human to me,” Coates wrote in his book, “Between The World And Me,” about the emergency responders who rushed into The World Trade Center on Sept. 11. “Black, white, or whatever, they were menaces of nature; they were the fire, the comet, the storm, which could – with no justification – shatter my body.”

In the same book, Coates also referred to “White America” as a “syndicate” designed to “dominate and control our bodies.”

[ClearCase_guy]

They just can’t shut up and act, can they?

[rbg81]

Tom Cruise needs to change into his Les Grossman alter ego.

[bray]

Wonder if the Jews will ever figure out who is on their side and who is not?

[Fledermaus]

Poor stupid liberal fascist jerks.

[Political Junkie Too]

So the leftists are finally getting a taste of what it's like being canceled?

-PJ

[gov_bean_ counter]

Not coincidentally the goats are on the left. See my tagline. You don’t want to be on the left…

[jocon307]

Rude awakening for many Jews. Hope they STAY AWAKE.

[Robert DeLong]

Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc. (formerly William Morris Endeavor and WME-IMG) is an American holding company for talent and media agencies with its primary offices in Beverly Hills, California, United States.

[jocon307]

“Tom Cruise needs to change into his Les Grossman alter ego.”

LOL, thanks for that laugh! Amen brother, I agree. I am IN LOVE with Tom Cruise in that part! IN LOVE!

[BobL]

“Wonder if the Jews will ever figure out who is on their side and who is not?”

Exactly, the Jewish reaction is something like “Oh my God, you want us all dead! (or close enough)”.

But it’s not that they hide it like the Jan 6th Tapes, they talk it night and day, publish it, and, no doubt, would be happy to tell any Jew to his face, if he asked.

What happened on Oct 7th was that the Palestinians FORCED the Jews, for once, to have to FACE UP TO IT, regarding their brothers-in-arms, at least regarding Leftist causes.

[FLT-bird]

Gee, did Greenblatt or the ADL mention that BLM supports Hamas?

[EinNYC]

It is sad that they summoned a secular Jew from a reform “temple” to talk about the Jewish perspective to people from the talent agencies. Such a person has long been on the outside of actual Judaism, rejecting its laws and philosophies. Having him “represent” Jews was like calling naugahyde leather. The rest of the Hollyweird crowd, with few exceptions, behaved in a ghastly way, siding with the murderers. I haven’t been to the movies in several years and there are fewer and fewer reasons to want to return. I refuse to economically enrich such people so bereft of basic human souls.

[Liz]

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt called out the Writers Guild for refusing to issue a statement. Greenblatt tells Variety, “Hollywood was quick to declare support for Black Lives Matter, as they should, and for Time’s Up (post Weinstein sexual assault group), as they should, and myriad other important causes.” He said accusing Israel of ‘apartheid’ or ‘genocide’ or, worse, to celebrate the actions of Hamas terrorists was unfair.

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Its cause for alarm that Greenblatt seems to be defending Black Lives Matter.

BLM’s incendiary praise for Hamas’s murderous terror attack was anti-Semitic in the extreme: “BLM stands in solidarity with our Palestinian family who are currently resisting Israel’s 57 years of “settler colonialism and apartheid,” the organization affirmed. BLM said they see “clear parallels” between oppression of Black and Palestinian people.

Also, a sexual-assault director was fired for signing a letter written by various sexual assault organizations that blatantly denied Israeli women were sexually violated by Hamas terrorists.

[Liz]

variety.com
Oct 18, 2023
Zack Sharf

Actor Julianna Margulies Condemns Hollywood’s ‘Shocking’ Silence on Antisemitism,
Regrets Wearing a Cross on ‘The Morning Show’: Why Can’t It Be a Star of David?

Julianna Margulies is speaking out against Hollywood for staying silent on antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war. The Emmy-winning actor attended the Variety Hollywood & Antisemitism Summit, presented by The Margaret & Daniel Loeb Foundation and Shine A Light, and said she is continually asking herself why many major Hollywood stars are not speaking out in support of Jewish people.

Margulies added that she’s “disheartened” by the silence, and she’s “trying to understand and work around why every single person in our industry isn’t standing up. I don’t understand. It is shocking.”

“Maybe they are afraid?” Margulies wondered. “I don’t know what they are afraid of. Losing followers? It’s just insane to me. That’s not how I roll. Listen, the last thing I thought in my life was that I’d be the one actress speaking out for Jews. I hope I inspire other people to come out and talk and use their voice and use their platform to draw attention to this.”

Margulies currently stars on Apple TV+’s “The Morning Show” as news anchor Laura Peterson, and she told a story about coming to regret letting her character wear a cross on the show. During her costume fitting for the series, the show’s costume designer put a cross necklace around her neck.

“I did not think twice,” Margulies said. “I put the cross on. And then the character became popular. I went in the next season and there in my dressing room was the cross. Because I have started this Holocaust education program for schools since that happened, I have thought…what if Laura Peterson was wearing a Star of David? We don’t have to talk about [her religion]. But what if that character was just wearing a Star of David? Why did i not just say, ‘Hold on, why is that a cross?’”

“On TV, characters are not ever wearing the Star of David,” she continued. “I regret that. I am sorry about that. I am going to be a lot more careful in the future…It’s so easy to put on a cross. Why isn’t it just as easy to put on a Star of David?’

Margulies stressed that she has no issue playing characters of other religions, nor is automatically bothered by non-Jewish actors taking on Jewish roles. As she noted, her “Morning Show” character is a lesbian single woman while Margulies is married to a man and has children.

“Does that mean I can never play a single motherless woman?” she said when asked about Jewish characters only being played by Jewish actors. “It’s a slippery slope. I am 100% on board that I cannot play Black or Asian…but when it comes to religion, I’m on the fence about it. I am an actor. I’m supposed to make the character I play believable. That’s a slippery slope…we’re actors, we are supposed to act. We need to be careful how we tread there.”

“The Morning Show” is currently airing is third season through Nov. 8 on Apple TV+. Margulies is an executive producer on “Jack and Sam,” a documentary about two Holocaust survivors.

This conversation was a part of “Variety’s Antisemitism and Hollywood” summit.

[Liz]

variety.com
By Todd Spangler
Oct 10, 2023

Porn Actor Mia Khalifa Dropped by Playboy Over ‘Disgusting
and Reprehensible’ Comments About Hamas Attack on Israel

Playboy has cut Mia Khalifa, a Lebanese-American media personality and former porn star, from its roster of OnlyFans-like creators after she shared comments “celebrating” Hamas’ deadly attacks on Israel, according to the company.

“We are writing today to let you know of our decision to terminate Playboy’s relationship with Mia Khalifa, including deleting Mia’s Playboy channel on our creator platform,” the company wrote in a message to users (via Daily Mail). “Over the past few days, Mia has made disgusting and reprehensible comments celebrating Hamas’ attacks on Israel and the murder of innocent men, women and children. At Playboy, we encourage free expression and constructive political debate, but we have a zero tolerance policy for hate speech. We expect Mia to understand that her words and actions have consequences.”

As of Tuesday, Khalifa’s page is no longer available on Playboy’s website.

Among her posts on X (aka Twitter) following Hamas’ attacks on Israelis, Khalifa wrote,
<><>“If you can look at the situation in Palestine and not be on the side of Palestinians, then you are on the wrong side of apartheid and history will show that in time.”
<><> “I can’t believe the Zionist apartheid regime is being brought down by guerrilla fighters in fake Gucci shirts — the biopics of these moments better reflect that.”
<><>“Can someone please tell the freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal.”
<><>On Sunday, Oct. 8, Khalifa posted, “I just wanna make sure there’s 4k footage of my people breaking down the walls of the open air prison they’ve been forced out of their homes and into so we have good options for the history books that write about how how they freed themselves from apartheid.”