Pedro Pascal, Meryl Streep, and masses extra celebrities signal open letter supporting Jimmy Kimmel by means of NewsFlicks

Over 400 Hollywood artists have signed an open letter from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) denouncing ABC and its guardian corporate Disney’s determination to droop Jimmy Kimmel Are living!. The suspension adopted Republican grievance of Kimmel’s monologue about far-right commentator Charlie Kirk’s killer, together with Federal Communications Fee (FCC) chair Brendan Carr’s threats to punish ABC.

Backlash to Kimmel’s suspension has been swift, with everybody from present past due evening hosts to former Disney CEO Michael Eisner criticizing the transfer as a contravention of unfastened speech. Celebrities like Tatiana Maslany and Cynthia Nixon have known as for Disney+ subscribers to cancel their subscriptions and boycott Disney.

Now, much more Hollywood figures, together with Jennifer Aniston, Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Regina King, and Olivia Rodrigo, have lent their voices to the uproar with the ACLU’s letter, which calls Kimmel’s suspension “a depressing second for freedom of speech in our country.”

Most of the letter’s signers are lately eager about Disney tasks. Pedro Pascal starred in Wonder’s The Implausible 4: First Steps, and has a lead position within the upcoming Megastar Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, the trailer for which dropped at the identical day because the letter. Selena Gomez, Martin Quick, and Meryl Streep big name within the lately working Best Murders within the Construction Season 5, whilst Jamie Lee Curtis headed up this summer season’s Freakier Friday.

The entire letter reads:

We the folk should by no means settle for govt threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by means of leaders to power artists, newshounds, and corporations with retaliation for his or her speech strike on the middle of what it method to are living in a unfastened nation.

Final week, Jimmy Kimmel was once taken off the air after the federal government threatened a non-public corporate with retaliation, marking a depressing second for freedom of speech in our country. In an try to silence its critics, our govt has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of newshounds, communicate display hosts, artists, creatives, and entertainers around the board. This runs counter to the values our country was once constructed upon, and our Charter promises.

We all know this second is larger than us and our trade. Lecturers, govt staff, regulation corporations, researchers, universities, scholars and such a lot of extra also are going through direct assaults on their freedom of expression.

Without reference to our political association, or whether or not we interact in politics or no longer, all of us love our nation. We additionally proportion the conclusion that our voices will have to by no means be silenced by means of the ones in energy — as a result of if it occurs to considered one of us, it occurs to all folks.

That is the instant to shield unfastened speech throughout our country. We inspire all American citizens to sign up for us, at the side of the ACLU, within the combat to shield and maintain our constitutionally secure rights.

The entire record of signers is as follows:

Aasif Mandvi
Abbi Jacobson
Abby McEnany 
Adam Chanler-Berat
Adam Goldberg
Adam Horovitz
Adam Scott
Adina Porter
Adrienne Warren
A.J. Shively
Alan Cumming
Aldis Hodge
Alex Serino
Alfred Molina
Alia Shawkat
Alison Brie
Allana Harkin
Allie Re
Allison Tolman
Best friend Sheedy
Al Yankovic
Alysia Reiner
Alyssa Milano
Amber Ruffin
Amber Sealey
Amber Tamblyn
The us 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 Move
David Giuntoli 
David Harewood
David Rysdahl
Debbie Gibson
Debra Messing
Demián Bichir
Denis O’Hare
Derrick Eason
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 Good
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
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 1st baron beaverbrook
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 Move
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
Michae 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 & Joaquin Phoenix
Rosario Dawson
Rosemary Harris 
Rosie O’Donnell
Roy Picket Jr.
Rufus Wainwright
Ruth Negga
Rutina Wesley
Sally Kohn
Sam Manner
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
Trinidad James
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