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President Donald Trump announced this week his intention to implement a 100% tariff on all foreign-made films in order to promote domestic production in Hollywood and other filmmaking cities.
The president made the general announcement in a social media post on Monday, attacking California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump repeated his threat to impose 100% tariffs on movies made outside the United States, a strategy experts have questioned because of uncertainties about which movies would be targeted and how fees would be collected.
Days before a government shutdown deadline, Donald Trump is raising the vague, if consequential, specter of a "100%" tariff aimed at Hollywood's feature film development pipeline.
You could practically hear Hollywood executives groaning Monday after President Donald Trump mused again about imposing a “100%” tariff on films produced abroad. But at least two local legislators saw an opportunity in Trump’s latest riff.
Just one hour before news broke on Sept. 22 that ABC would bring “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” back on air, a large contingent of Los Angeles County representatives and entertainment union members gathered outside the show’s Hollywood Boulevard studio to protest its previously indefinite suspension.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to television tonight with a monologue that took aim at President Donald Trump and accused the federal government of trying to silence him.
Just an hour before ABC made the announcement that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to the airwaves on Tuesday, a group of politicians and Hollywood guild leaders held a press conference and rally in front of the show’s Hollywood studio to urge Disney to bring the show back.
Minutes before ABC revealed it was bringing back Jimmy Kimmel Live!, politicians took their turn Monday to speak out about ABC‘s decision to yank the late night show from the air by staging a press conference across from the show’s home on Hollywood Boulevard.
Several politicians and local leaders gathered in Hollywood outside of Jimmy Kimmel's studio to host a rally calling for the protection of the First Amendment on Monday morning, following his suspension.