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07-05-2025
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Whoopi Goldberg Urges Trump To Tackle 1 Concern Before Enacting Movie Tariffs
Whoopi Goldberg would like President Donald Trump and his administration to get their priorities in order — preferably before tackling Hollywood. Goldberg's visible disdain for Trump remains on full display on 'The View' as the president has once again zeroed in on what she deems to be a spectacular misuse of time. On Tuesday's episode, the EGOT winner sounded off on the administration's proposed 100% tariffs on American films produced overseas. 'The trade war waged by you-know-who, is now targeting Hollywood, with threats to impose a 100% tariff on American movies made overseas,' Goldberg said. On Sunday, Trump took aim at the film industry for shifting productions overseas due to other nations' tax incentives, saying it is a 'national security threat.' 'The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,' Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. He continued to say that 'Hollywood and many areas within the U.S.A are being devastated.' Actor Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Trump. Getty Images Enter actor Jon Voight — one of Trump's self-declared 'special ambassadors' to Hollywood — who, in a video posted Monday on X, formerly Twitter, praised the president's supposed love for showbiz. 'I recently met with our president, Donald J. Trump, who loves the entertainment business, wants to see Hollywood thrive and make films bigger and greater than ever before, as he says, and see productions come back to American Hollywood,' the actor said. After the clip played on the program, a visibly exasperated Goldberg struggled to contain her disbelief. She then snapped and said, 'Could you please lower the price of eggs before you start this?' Whoopi Goldberg attends the ninth annual LOVE ROCKS NYC benefit concert For God's Love We Deliver at Beacon Theatre. Jamie McCarthy via Getty Images The actor went on to explain: 'When you go over to another country to work, you work with the people who are there. We don't import our folks to go over there. So, who are you going to put this tariff on? Is it on the production? Is it on the studio? What are you talking about?' Co-host Sunny Hostin chimed in with a more measured assessment: 'I don't think he knows what he's talking about.' She added that 'the 10 highest grossing movies in the world last year were all released by U.S. studios, and so, we export that to other countries, giving us, in the United States, more income.' Related...
Yahoo
06-05-2025
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Jon Voight Says He Met With Trump To Recommend Tariff Plans To 'Rescue Hollywood'
Actor Jon Voight, one of Donald Trump's special entertainment ambassadors, said he recommended plans to 'rescue Hollywood' a day after the president announced he would be imposing 100% tariffs on movies produced outside the U.S. 'I recently met with our president, Donald J. Trump, who loves the entertainment business, wants to see Hollywood thrive and make films bigger and greater than ever before, as he says, and see productions come back to American Hollywood,' the actor said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter. Voight, along with actors Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone, were named Hollywood's 'special ambassadors' by Trump earlier this year in order to promote business in the U.S. entertainment industry. The actor's video comes just a day after Trump announced on his social media platform, Truth Social, that he is 'authorizing the Department of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representative, to immediately begin the process of instituting a 100% Tariff on any and all Movies' produced outside the U.S. President Donald Trump called for a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the U.S. Truth Social 'The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death. Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States,' the president wrote Sunday. Trump goes on to claim foreign incentives to draw U.S. filmmakers and studios away are a 'concerted effort by other Nations' and 'a National Security threat.' 'It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!' Trump wrote. According to reporting by The Hill, the White House said that while 'no decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made, the administration is exploring all options.' Voight revealed more details behind his plan in a press release shared with The Hollywood Reporter on Monday, stating that it would involve 'a combination of federal tax incentives, tax code changes, co-production treaties and infrastructure subsidies for theater owners, production and postproduction companies.' According to the report, the press release only called for 'tariffs in certain limited circumstances' and not the 100% Trump announced. Voight said on X he made certain tax provision recommendations to the president after meeting with entertainment leaders. 'Some provisions that could be extended and others that could be revived or instituted,' Voight said.'This would help the movie and television production and our beloved theaters that are so important to the American family experience.' Related...
USA Today
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Jon Voight may be behind Trump's Hollywood tariffs
Jon Voight may be behind Trump's Hollywood tariffs Show Caption Hide Caption Voight, Stallone and Gibson to serve role for Trump in Hollywood President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone, and Mel Gibson as his 'eyes and ears' in Hollywood. Straight Arrow News Just one day after President Donald Trump announced plans to slap hefty tariffs on foreign-produced films, actor Jon Voight is taking (partial) credit. Voight, a veteran of Hollywood and a close ally of Trump, posted a video to X on May 5 lauding the president's proposal and decrying the effects of an entertainment industry that is increasingly moving overseas. "My fellow Americans, and my peers in Hollywood, I recently met with our president, Donald J. Trump," Voight said, in a video statement delivered in front of an American flag. He went on to say that Trump wants "to see Hollywood thrive and make films bigger and greater than ever before" and "see productions come back to American Hollywood." Trump wants to slap tariffs on foreign-produced movies: What we know In a social media post on May 4, Trump announced that he had authorized his administration to levy a 100% tariff on movies produced outside of the U.S. because, as he put it, "the Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death." Voight echoed that sentiment, saying, "Our industry recently has suffered greatly over these past few years, and many Americans have lost jobs to productions that have gone overseas. "After meeting with many of the entertainment leaders, I have brought forward recommendations to the president for certain tax provisions that can help the industry," he continued. "Some provisions that could be extended and others that could be revived or instituted. This would help the movie and television production and our beloved theaters that are so important to the American family experience." It is unclear whether those exact tax provisions fit the bill for Trump's 100% figure, a number which itself drew confusion within the industry as moviemakers wondered if it would be calculated based on production costs or box office revenue. In a statement May 5, the White House appeared to walk back the proposal slightly, insisting "no final decisions on foreign film tariffs have been made" and that the administration was "exploring all options to deliver on President Trump's directive to safeguard our country's national and economic security while Making Hollywood Great Again." Voight, who, along with fellow actors Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson was appointed as a "special ambassador" to Hollywood, seemed unfazed by the backlash, calling Trump "a great businessman" and "a caring person that will always do the right thing." Trump's decision to target Hollywood is just the latest in a slew of tariffs his administration has announced in a claimed effort to bring certain industries back to the United States. The strategy has sparked an increasingly escalating trade war with China and a roller-coaster ride for stock prices. In his social media post, the president called incentives used to bring filmmakers and studio productions to other countries "a National Security threat" and "propaganda," and concluded by writing, "WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!" Contributing: Zac Anderson, Brian Truitt, USA TODAY
Yahoo
06-05-2025
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Jon Voight Confirms He Suggested Movie Tariffs to Trump
Jon Voight confirmed that he 'brought forward recommendations' to Donald Trump for tariffs on movies made outside the U.S. After Trump announced he is authorizing the Department of Commerce and the United States Trade Representative to start the process for enacting a 100 percent tariff on American films that are produced in 'foreign lands,' it was speculated that Voight was responsible. Now the actor has released a short video describing his intentions. More from Rolling Stone Jon Stewart Has a Shark Tank Pitch to Stop Americans From Taking Trump's 'Bait' Yet Another GOP Town Hall Descends Into Chaos as Constituents Revolt Russia Is Growing Stronger, But Victory in Ukraine Remains Elusive 'I recently met with our president, Donald J. Trump, who loves the entertainment business,' Voight says in the video, posted to his account on X and titled 'Plan to rescue Hollywood.' '[He] wants to see Hollywood thrive and make films bigger and greater than ever before, as he says, and see productions come back to American Hollywood. The Hollywood that I fell in love with when I was a child and was honored to contribute to during my career. Our industry recently has suffered greatly over these past few years and many Americans have lost jobs to productions that have gone overseas. It's been very serious. People have people have lost their homes. Can't feed their families.' He continued, 'After meeting with many of the entertainment leaders, I have brought forward recommendations to the president for certain tax provisions that can help the industry. Some provisions that could be extended and others that could be revived or instituted. This would help the movie and television production and our beloved theaters that are so important to the American family experience.' Voight further outlined his plans in a press release sent Monday by a representative for Voight and his business partner Steven Paul. It involves a combination of federal tax incentives, tax code changes, co-production treaties, and infrastructure subsidies for theater owners, production, and postproduction companies, per The Hollywood Reporter. Notably, the press release only briefly mentioned tariffs, calling for 'tariffs in certain limited circumstances,' not the 100 percent on all foreign films that Trump announced. The plan comes from months of meetings between Voight, his team, and entertainment stakeholders, including studios, streamers, and guilds. Voight and Paul confirmed that they met with Trump at Mar-A-Lago over the weekend, and said the White House is 'reviewing' their proposals. Voight, a longtime Trump supporter, was named as one of Trump's 'special ambassadors' to Hollywood earlier this year alongside Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone. 'These three very talented people will be my eyes and ears, and I will get done what they suggest,' Trump said at the time. 'It will again be, like The United States of America itself, The Golden Age of Hollywood!' Those themes were echoed in Trump's announcement of the murky film tariff plan on Sunday. The president said he was authorizing 100 percent tariffs on films produced in 'foreign lands,' also known as runaway productions. Trump called these productions a 'national security threat' and claimed they're causing the film industry to die 'a very fast death.' 'Other Countries are offering all sorts of incentives to draw our filmmakers and studios away from the United States,' Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding: 'This is a concerted effort by other Nations and, therefore, a National Security threat. It is, in addition to everything else, messaging and propaganda!' It is true that film jobs, especially in California, have declined significantly in recent years because of high production costs and fewer incentives. While many productions have moved to other parts of the United States (like Atlanta), they've also gone abroad thanks to lucrative incentives offered by countries like the U.K. and Canada. But many films also shoot overseas for creative, not economic, reasons, and ostensibly these films would also be hit with the 100 percent if implemented. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century
