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http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/uta-protests-trump-muslim-ban-cancels-oscar-party-rally-article-1.2967526?utm_content=buffer5548b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=bufferUnited Talent Agency protests Trump Muslim ban by canceling Oscar party and donating $250,000 to ACLU
BY Don Kaplan
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 3:21 PM
Hollywood just handed civil rights lovers a big boost.
Officials at United Talent Agency are so outraged by President Trumps Muslim ban that the agency has scrapped its annual pre-Oscar party and instead will donate $250,000 to the American Civil Liberties Union and the International Rescue Committe.
The party typically attended by hundreds of tinseltowns brightest stars including UTA clients like Bryan Cranston, Mark Ruffalo, Alicia Vikander and filmmakers Ethan and Joel Coen was held last year at the $11 million, 7,125-square-foot mansion owned by UTA chairman and mega-agent Jim Berkus.
In place of the party, UTA will sponsor an pro-immigration rally to express the creative communitys growing concern with anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States, agency officials said.
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Trumps shocking immigration ban had a direct impact on UTA the firm represents Academy Award-winning Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi who was nominated for another Oscar this year in the best foreign-language film category for The Salesman.
Maven
(10,533 posts)Good move, UTA.
calimary
(81,085 posts)Lucinda
(31,170 posts)Hekate
(90,527 posts)DippyDem
(659 posts)So nice to get cool news now and then. Thank you to all performing artists!
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Beautiful gesture!
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)The ACLU will be on the front lines fighting Trump's Fourth Reich.
They can put that large sum to good use.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)One can scoff at celebrities and the institutions of Hollywood for both their excesses and their trivialities. But remember, every one of those celebrities, as well as the writers, directors, camera people, and all the crew members are union members. Most of them endorse liberal causes.
These people have a platform for one night that is watched by millions, here and abroad, and I have a good feeling that many will use their moment in the sun to help the "resistance."
I'm certainly going to tune inboth to criticize the dresses and await the speeches.
Cha
(296,771 posts)dhill926
(16,307 posts)YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)babylonsister
(171,029 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)with the monthly donation program. It's not much, but what I can do with the other groups to be considered such as Sierra Club, AARP & The Alliance for Retired Americans.
More_Cowbell
(2,190 posts)After donating last week when the lawyers were trying to help stranded refugees. I should have donated long ago.
I'm sure the ACLU will do great work with the money.