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Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Burbank), who represents Hollywood, West Hollywood and Glendale, has been waiting to be called back to Washington, D.C., since the government shutdown began last week. Representatives will be given a 48-hour notice on when to return, but as of Oct. 8, no such notice had been made.
On Oct. 4, Friedman held a press conference in front of Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, surrounded by physicians, staff and Covered California beneficiaries, explaining why she refused to vote for the Republican-backed budget.
Glendale’s Central Park Block Project recently received a near $6 million federal grant award through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which accounts for 40% of its construction budget.
Director of Community Services and Parks Onnig Bulanikian said the project involves the improvement of Glendale’s Central Park, expanding it from 1.45 acres to 2.71 acres.
U.S. Congresswoman Laura Friedman (CA-30) joined patients, nurses, and hospital staff outside Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center on October 3 to condemn the Republican-led government shutdown and call out their devastating impact on affordable healthcare for hardworking Americans. Additionally, this budget endangers hospitals, like Hollywood Presbyterian, with reduced federal funding that threatens staffing and patient care.
President Donald Trump’s latest salvo against Hollywood’s runaway production landed Monday morning on Truth Social, where he pledged to impose a “100% Tariff on any and all movies made outside of the United States.” In the post, the president accused foreign countries of “stealing” America’s moviemaking business and took shots at California Gov.
On Sept. 29, President Donald Trump wrote in a post that he would immediately impose a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States.
Trump, claimed that the industry was “DYING a very fast death.” He pointed out incentives that were being offered by other countries to produce content, surmised that it was a concerted effort by foreign nations and “a National Security threat.”
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.