Hollywood Groups Call for Tax Changes
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11hon MSNOpinion
Donald Trump wasn't having a great weekend PR-wise on May 4. In a "Meet the Press" interview, he reiterated to Kristen Welker that American girls don't need so many dolls (or pencils), and answered "I don't know" when asked if his job was to support the Constitution.
The Motion Picture Assn. trade group met with its members Friday morning to talk about a response to President Trump's tariffs and actor Jon Voight's plan for helping Hollywood.
The industry isn't taking that first "100% tariff" post at face value. And yet, says one IATSE member: “A few years ago, a proposal like this would’ve been 70 percent opposed by the rank and file. Now?
A new proposal for a 100% tariff on foreign-made movies has industry professionals seeking to understand what this could mean for the future.
President Donald Trump late Sunday proposed a 100% tariff on foreign-made films, saying the policy would counteract financial incentives that have drawn Hollywood productions overseas. "WE WANT MOVIES MADE IN AMERICA, AGAIN!" Trump said in a post on social media.
Academy Award winning actor Jon Voight has long been a top supporter of President Donald Trump. These days he works for him in an official capacity as a Special Advisor to Hollywood alongside Mel Gibson and Sylvester Stallone.
Donald Trump’s tariffs have reached Hollywood when the president announced there would be a 100% tariff on all movies produced outside the U.S. earlier this week.
Trump and his White House spokesperson keep talking about foreign films, but there are way more internationally produced television series consumed by Americans.
Donald Trump said the American movie industry was dying a "very fast death" due to the incentives that other countries were offering to lure filmmakers.
Filmmakers and Hollywood financiers are baffled, to say the least, by President Trump’s announcement that he wants a 100% tariff on movies produced outside the United States.
4don MSN
Executives from several of Hollywood's major studios met Friday by phone with the Motion Picture Association to discuss the foreign film tariff Donald Trump called for earlier this week. Details about the meeting,