"We the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists, teachers, and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country," starts a letter published by the ACLU signed by 400 superstars, including some of the biggest Latinos in Hollywood, including Eva Longoria, Selena Gomez and Pedro Pascal, as well as Mexican actors Demián Bichir and Diego Luna, and many more.
Hollywood heavy hitters like Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Harvey Keitel, Joaquin Phoenix, Jane Fonda, and Robert De Niro are also part of the list, which is a who's who of the most successful and better-known stars in the world reacting to the suspension of the ABC show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which has been reported as a consequence of pressures from the FCC.
The ABC TV network is part of Disney. Other famous names include some of Disney's biggest stars like Martin Short, who with Gomez stars in Hulu's (Disney) show "Only Murders in the Building," "Moana" leading actress Auli'i Cravalho, and Pop Star Olivia Rodrigo whose breakout role was "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series."
Marvel and Star Wars leads like Mark Ruffalo and Florence Pugh ("Avengers") and Rosario Dawson ("The Mandalorian" and "Asoka") also signed the ACLU letter.
However, celebrities with big projects in other companies have also added their names to the message. Among them are Adam Scott, the lead of Appletv+ "Severance," Parker Posey from HBO's "The White Lotus," and Noah Wyle from "The Pitt."
"We the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists, and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country.
Last week, Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after the government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation. In an attempt to silence its critics, our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives, and entertainers across the board. This runs counter to the values our nation was built upon, and our Constitution guarantees.
We know this moment is bigger than us and our industry. Teachers, government employees, law firms, researchers, universities, students and so many more are also facing direct attacks on their freedom of expression.
Regardless of our political affiliation, or whether we engage in politics or not, we all love our country. We also share the belief that our voices should never be silenced by those in power – because if it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.
This is the moment to defend free speech across our nation. We encourage all Americans to join us, along with the ACLU, in the fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights.
In solidarity,"
This is the list of the Latinos who signed the letter. All the names can be found here.
America Ferrera
Ariana DeBose
Benito Skinner
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Demián Bichir
Diego Luna
Eden Espinosa
Gabriel Luna
Jay Gonzalez
Jon Huertas
Jose Llana
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lisa Guerrero
Lilah Richcreek Estrada
Luis & Luz Miranda
Melissa Fumero
Melissa Villaseñor
Pedro Pascal
Rafael Casal
Rosario Dawson
Sarah Ramos
Selena Gomez
Tessa Thompson
Wilson Cruz
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