The American Civil Liberties Union has launched an open letter this morning signed by 400 Hollywood celebrities expressing their dismay at Disney pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” off ABC. The letter notes how important free speech is for the U.S. movie and TV trade to interact in its enterprise in any respect, whereas acknowledging that “this second is larger than us and our trade.”
Tom Hanks, Lily Wachowski, Regina King, Ben Stiller, and Meryl Streep have been amongst these, additionally together with music stars similar to Olivia Rodrigo, who signed.
The letter does, nonetheless, cease in need of suggesting any additional motion that those that care about Kimmel’s silencing — a transfer that outright required Disney to behave towards its personal enterprise pursuits to appease the Trump administration — and doesn’t even name for a boycott of Disney or for subscribers to cancel their Disney+ subscriptions, which Tatiana Maslany, star of the Disney+ collection “She-Hulk,” did advocate for on social media.
It additionally falls in need of the extraordinary open letter for Deadline from Emmy-winning “Andor” author Dan Gilroy, who at the least acknowledged the terribly troublesome place the Trump administration put Disney: “Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel for talking his thoughts,” Gilroy wrote. “I deeply disagree however acknowledge it was a troublesome resolution. For those who imagine in any other case, wait till destiny knocks in your door and calls for you select between conscience and hardship — as a result of for those who work on this trade that day is coming.”
Learn the complete letter, posted on the ACLU‘s web site, beneath. And see afterward for the complete checklist of those that signed:
We the individuals must not ever settle for authorities threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by leaders to stress artists, journalists, and firms with retaliation for his or her speech strike on the coronary heart of what it means to reside in a free nation.
Final week, Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after the federal government threatened a personal firm with retaliation, marking a darkish second for freedom of speech in our nation. In an try and silence its critics, our authorities has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, speak present hosts, artists, creatives, and entertainers throughout the board. This runs counter to the values our nation was constructed upon, and our Structure ensures.
We all know this second is larger than us and our trade. Lecturers, authorities staff, regulation corporations, researchers, universities, college students and so many extra are additionally going through direct assaults on their freedom of expression.
No matter our political affiliation, or whether or not we have interaction in politics or not, all of us love our nation. We additionally share the idea that our voices ought to by no means be silenced by these in energy – as a result of if it occurs to one in every of us, it occurs to all of us.
That is the second to defend free speech throughout our nation. We encourage all Individuals to hitch us, together with the ACLU, within the struggle to defend and protect our constitutionally protected rights.
Aasif Mandvi
Abbi Jacobson
Abby McEnany
Adam Chanler-Berat
Adam Goldberg
Adam Horovitz
Adam Scott
Adina Porter
Adrienne Warren
A.J. Shively
Al Yankovic
Alan Cumming
Aldis Hodge
Alex Serino
Alfred Molina
Alia Shawkat
Alison Brie
Allana Harkin
Allie Re
Allison Tolman
Ally Sheedy
Alysia Reiner
Alyssa Milano
Amber Ruffin
Amber Sealey
Amber Tamblyn
America Ferrera
Amy Landecker
Ana Gasteyer
Andrea Savage
Angie Pontani
Anjali Bhimani
Ann Harada
Anna Baryshnikov
Anna Camp
Annabel Oakes
Annette Bening
Annette O’Toole
Annie Murphy
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Jeselnik
Aria Mia Loberti
Arian Moayed
Ariana DeBose
Arlen Escarpeta
Artwork Linson
Ashlie Atkinson
Ashly Burch
Atsuko Okatsuka
Auli’i Cravalho
Barry Levinson
Ben Platt
Ben Stiller
Benito Skinner
Betty Gilpin
Billy Crystal
Billy Eichner
Bitsie Tulloch
Bob Martin
Bonnie Milligan
Brad Corridor
Bradley Bredeweg
Brandon Uranowitz
Bradley Whitford
Brian Newman
Brian Usifer
Briana Evigan
Bridget Everett
Bryan Cranston
Busy Philipps
Camryn Manheim
Carrie Coon
Carrie Preston
Cecily Sturdy
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Chazz Palminteri
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Peretti
Cherry Jones
Chris Chalk
Chris Henry Coffey
Christian Borle
Christina Applegate
Christine Baranski
Christine Jones
Christine Lahti
Christine Taylor
Claire Danes
Corey Hawkins
Craig Johnson
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Nixon
Dallas Roberts
Dan Gilroy
Danny Burstein
Daphne Rubin-Vega
D’Arcy Carden
Dave Quay
Daveed Diggs
David Alan Basche
David Arquette
David Cross
David Giuntoli
David Harewood
David Rysdahl
Debbie Gibson
Debra Messing
Demián Bichir
Denis O’Hare
Desi Lydic
Diego Luna
Donna Murphy
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Eden Espinosa
Edie Falco
Edwin Hodge
Eliot Glazer
Elizabeth Banks
Ellen Adair
Ellen Fairey
Emily Hampshire
Emily Spivey
Emily V. Gordon
Emma Geer
Eric Bogosian
Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Newman
Erik Christopher Peterson
Eunice Bae
Ever Carradine
Florence Pugh
Frances Fisher
Frances McDormand
Gabe Liedman
Gabriel Luna
George Takei
Gianmarco Soresi
Gideon Glick
Gina Gershon
Gloria Steinem
Griffin Dunne
Gus Halper
Hank Azaria
Hannah Bos
Harvey Keitel
Holly Robinson Peete
Ike Barinholtz
Ilana Glazer
Irwin Winkler
Isis King
J. Smith Cameron
Jack Gilpin
Jack Schlossberg
Jacqueline Toboni
Jaime King
James Monroe Iglehart
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jane Fonda
Jane Krakowski
Jane Rosenthal
Janet Hubert
Jason Alexander
Jason Bateman & Amanda Anka
Jason George
Jay Gonzalez
Jean Sensible
Jeff Hiller
Jen Statsky
Jen Tullock
Jenn Lyon
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Mudge
Jenny Slate
Jeremy Pope
Jesse Peretz
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jessy Hodges
Jill Eikenberry
Jill Kargman
Jim Parsons
Jim True-Frost
Joaquin Phoenix
Jodi Balfour
Jodie Sweetin
Joe Keery
Joel Coen
Joel Kim Booster
John Cho
John Ellison Conlee
John Hamburg
Jon Cryer
Jon Huertas
Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Tropper
Jordan Gelber
Jordan Klepper
Jose Llana
Josh Hamilton
Josh Radnor
Josh Singer
Josh Zuckerman
Joshua Jackson
Judd Apatow
Judy Gold
Judy Kuhn
Julia Knitel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julianne Nicholson
Julie Halston
June Squibb
Justin Theroux
Kate Hamill
Katherine LaNasa
Kathleen Chalfant
Kathleen Hanna
Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Gallagher
Kathryn Grody
Kathryn Hahn
Katie Finneran
Katrina Bowden
Katy O’Brian
Keith Cotton
Keith Powell
Kelley Curran
Kelli O’Hara
Kellie Overbey
Kelly Carlin-McCall
Kelly Jenrette
Kenneth Lonergan
Kerry Washington
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Cahoon
Kirsten Dunst
Kristen Johnston
Kristin Davis
Kristine Nielsen
Kumail Nanjiani
Kyra Sedgwick
Lake Bell
LaToya Tonodeo
Laura Benanti
Laura Dave
Laura Linney
Lee Rose
Lena Dunham
Lennon Parham
Lesli Linka Glatter
Lewis Black
Lilah Richcreek Estrada
Lilly Wachowski
Linda Emond
Linda Powell
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lisa Guerrero
Lisa Kron
Lucy Freyer
Luis & Luz Miranda
Maddie Corman
Madeline Weinstein
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maia Mitchell
Malachi Weir
Marc Kudisch
Marcia Cross
Maria Dizzia
Marin Eire
Marjan Neshat
Mark Duplass
Mark Ruffalo
Martha Plimpton
Martin Quick
Mary Beth Barone
Mary Catherine Garrison
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary-Louise Parker
Matt Walsh
Maude Apatow
Max Silvestri
Maya Rudolph
Megan Byrne
Melissa Benoist
Melissa Fumero
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Villaseñor
Meredith Salenger
Merrin Dungey
Meryl Streep
Michael Cerveris
Michael Ian Black
Michael Keaton
Michael Kosta
Michael McKean
Michael Nouri
Michael Shannon
Michael Sucsy
Michael Tucker
Michaela Watkins
Michelle Visage
Miriam Shor
Miriam Silverman
Misha Collins
Molly Bernard
Molly Gordon
Molly Ringwald
Murray Hill
Naomi Watts & Billy Crudup
Natalie Portman
Nathan Lane
Neal Brennan
Nia DaCosta
Nicole Brydon Bloom
Nicole Eggert
Nicole Maines
Nicolette Robinson
Nimesh Patel
Nnamdi Asomugha
Noah Galvin
Noah Wyle
Olivia Rodrigo
Olli Haaskivi
Orfeh
Padma Lakshmi
Paige Hurd
Pamela Adlon
Parker Posey
Patricia Clarkson
Patton Oswalt
Paul Feig
Paul McCrane
Paul Scheer
Paul Thureen
Paul W. Downs & Lucia Aniello
Pauline Chalamet
Pedro Pascal
Pete Holmes
Peter Friedman
Peter Gallagher
Piper Perabo
Punkie Johnson
Rachel Bloom
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Morrison
Rafael Casal
Rainn Wilson
Ramy Youssef
Raoul Peck
Regina Corridor
Regina King
Retta
Richard Sort
Richard Schiff
Rick Barrio Dill
Rita Wilson
Rob Delaney
Rob Morrow
Robert DeNiro
Robert Horn
Roma Maffia
Ronny Chieng
Rooney Mara
Rosario Dawson
Rosemary Harris
Rosie O’Donnell
Roy Wooden Jr.
Rufus Wainwright
Ruth Negga
Rutina Wesley
Sally Kohn
Sam Means
Sam Morril
Sam Pinkleton
Sam Richardson
Sandy Rustin
Sarah Adina Smith
Sarah Killough
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Ramos
Sarah Sophie Flicker
Sarah Steele
Sasheer Zamata
Scott Ellis
Scott Silver
Selena Gomez
Sharon Horgan
Sharon Stone
Shawn Hatosy
Sherri Saum
Sheryl Crow
Shoshana Bean
Skye P. Marshall
Sofia Black-D’Elia
Spencer Garrett
Stephen Kay
Stephen Spinella
T.R. Knight
Tala Ashe
Taylor Schilling
Taylor Tomlinson
Terry Kinney
Tessa Thompson
Tig Notaro
Tim Bagley
Tim Matheson
Timothy Olyphant
Tom Bergeron
Tom Hanks
Tom Morello
Tony Gilroy
Tony Goldwyn
Tonya Pinkins
Troian Bellisario
Tzi Ma
Uzo Aduba
Veanne Cox
Vince Nappo
W. Kamau Bell
Wallace Shawn
Warren Adams
Wil Wheaton
Will Harrison
Wilson Cruz
Yasmeen Fletcher
Yvette Nicole Brown
Zazie Beetz
Zoë Chao
Zoë Winters
Zooey Deschanel
Zosia Mamet