Susan Sarandon Says Being Pro-Palestine Is Preventing Her From Getting Hollywood Gigs

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth. won for his Super Bowl Halftime Show . But—perhaps unsurprisingly—the more interesting news came out of Venice, where a number of interesting films premiered, includingIn line with other global media patterns, the specter of Israel's ongoing war and displacement in Palestine was less prominent in coverage of the festival compared to last year, when the heartbreaking movie, though the latter is not in competition. ) But one outspoken activist said the suppression of pro-Palestinian voices in Hollywood remains. While promoting her latest movie, an Italian production calledI've still had movies taken away recently because there are agencies that are telling people not to hire me,'When it comes to hiring actors who are critical of Israel, she said that 'if it is a major studio,' she and 'other people been told ​that that is impossible. ' She added that such black-listing 'hasn't been a problem' with other filmmakers: 'Certainly internationally, I feel welcome. ' Though she had been a strong supporter of Palestinian rights before October 7, 2023, Sarandon was dropped by her talent agency UTA in mid-November 2023 for a comparison of the struggles facing Jewish Americans and Muslim Americans. Given the smear campaigns that other famous supporters of Palestine continue to face, Sarandon's statement was not all that surprising. In an August statement criticizing the proposed Paramount Skydance/Warner Bros. merger,, is the CEO of Oracle, which has provided self-described 'really profoundly scary technology' to the Israeli army post-Oct. 7. Paramount Skydance fired back with the tired argument that criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic, which prompted over 170 Jewish artists and intellectuals—includingin defense of Ruffalo, titled 'Enough! ' While one could argue that the public letter is also a bit of a… tired medium, it is one of the few platforms that now exists for this type of debate, which is clearly not being encouraged behind closed doors in the entertainment industry. —fellow curly redheadthan usual lately, but her post continued with her regular level of kookiness. 'As a bonafide B'nai Yisroel who likes her cholent pretty mushy, dense and cozy on a lazy shabbos, I remain as perplexed as the rest as to what transpires next or how to square any of the layers of grief & beauty spilling out in all directions on this one. Love to be believe in hope.. It can't still be that radical to say that, can it? ' She then finally noted that 'this was the draft' she'd been posting about earlier when she said simply, 'Free Palestine. ' My dear Natasha, not everything needs to be explained to that level of detail. But go off? Like what you just read? You've got great taste. Subscribe to Jezebel, and for $5 a month or $50 a year, you'll get access to a bunch of subscriber benefits, including getting to read the next article ad-free. Plus, you'll be supporting independent journalism—which, can you even imagine not supporting independent journalism in times like these? Yikes.