Spike Lee, Alfonso Cuaron, Celine Song … More than 2,300 screenwriters and authors denounce Donald Trump’s attacks on freedom of expression

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These artists, who work in particular in Hollywood, recall in an open letter the judicial harassment of which several independent media have been the subject since the start of the mandate of the 47th President of the United States. Nevertheless,

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Published the 07/08/2025 19:44 spike lee, alfonso cuaron, celine

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Photo montage with the logos of CBS/Paramount. a portrait of Donald Trump, in Ankara (Turkey), on July 2, 2025. More spike lee, alfonso cuaron, celine than 2. 000 authors denounced the acts of the American president to the media, especially in a case which opposed it to Paramount. (Hakan NURAL / ANADOLU / AFP)

The screenwriters Spike Lee. Alfonso Cuaron, Tony Gilroy (the series Andor) or Celine Song (Materialists) are among the more than 2,300 signatories of an open letter “To denounce the dangerous and growing attacks against the first amendment, the independent media and the freedom of the press” which emanate from the White House.

All members of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW). the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE), two unions bringing together screenwriters working for cinema, television, digital and audiovisual information in the United States, they explain thus “At the climbing of attacks against the independent media by the Trump administration” In the text published Tuesday, August 5 (link in English).

“We are today confronted with spike lee, alfonso cuaron, celine an unprecedented authoritarian offensive. In only recent months. President Trump has initiated underlying legal proceedings against press bodies that have published items that displeased him and used them to obtain financial compensation, especially in the case of Paramount, which has settled an amicable trial without foundation against 60 Minutes [émission politique] For $ 16 million “they underline.

“He exercised reprisals against the publications which reported facts concerning the White House. threatened the broadcasters to withdraw their license. He regularly asked for the cancellation of information. entertainment programs which criticize him in the end of the evening programs and, more recently, in The View.

The tribune of the authors. screenwriters comes a few weeks after the programmed end of “The Late Show” presented by Stephen Colbert on CBS. A few days earlier. the AFP recalls, the humorist had described as “Thick Pot-De-Tin” the agreement of $ 16 million [13,7 milliards d’euros] Concluded by the spike lee, alfonso cuaron, celine parent company Paramount with President Donald Trump. The latter was also delighted with the end of the program in May 2026. “Screw you !”he launched the host as a response.

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