ABC News Studios has canceled the red carpet on Sunday’s premiere in Los Angeles of its documentary ”Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery – The countless story. “
“Please note that this event will no longer host a red mat,” reads an e -mail message sent to the press members early on Saturday night. “We appreciate your willingness to participate and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.”
No reason was given for the sudden change, but they scaled back the plans come in the middle of the controversy around DisneyS decision to cancel Jimmy Kimmel In the middle of the threat from FCC and a campaign against values run by the right media.
Nixing “Lilith Fair” red carpet came just 24 hours after confirmation messages had been sent to reporters and photographers to cover the event, which would have included Sarah McLachlanThe Jewel and mýa who goes both the carpet and the director Allied Pankiw.
Premiere screening and surprise performances will still take place at Ford in Hollywood at. 18.00
A rep for ABC News Studios did not comment on this story.
The host has not made any public comment since “Jimmy Kimmel live!” Drawn from its usual 23:35 Place on September 17, with Disney who just said the program would be rid of its schedule “indefinitely” after one of the largest owners of TV stations in the United States, Nexstarsaid it was thinking of pretending the program after remarks as the host was made in relation to Trump and murder by conservative activist Charlie Kirk. SinclairAnother large station owner, said it was also to remove Kimmel from its stations.
ABC News Studios released “Lilith Fair” at Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ in the United States and Disney+ internationally on Sunday.
Relapse in the creative society for Kimmel’s suspension has increased. Celebrities and politicians have sounded publicly. Last Marvel Star Mark Ruffalo Sent a report on threads claiming Disney’s warehouse fell 7% after ABC preceded “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” And wrote: “It will go down much further if they interrupt his show. Disney doesn’t want to be the ones who broke America.” (The Dropp was actually 1% on Thursday and 0.95% on Friday.)
Colleague MCUs Kathryn Hahn Also weighed in on September 20. Star “Agatha all the time” published a Story on Instagram Showing his host and as a guest at “Jimmy Kimmel.” Together with a throwing emoji, she wrote: “#freespeech #jimykimellive.”
Social media has also been flooded by Hulu and Disney+ users who publish that they have canceled their subscriptions to the streaming services.
Former Disney -vd Michael Eisner Also took the company to the task.
“Where has all the leadership gone?” Eisner wrote Friday in a post at X. “If not for university presidents, law firm that handles partners and business managers who stand up against mobs, who will then rise for the first amendment?”
Eisner continued, “” the “shut-off indefinitely” by Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the chairman of the FCC’s aggressive but hollow threatening of the Disney company is another example of intimidation outside control. Perhaps the Constitution would have said: “Congress should not make any law associated with freedom of speech or the press, except in a political or self -condition.
Kimmel’s colleague late night hosts Jon StewartThe Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon has expressed their support under the show’s opening monologues.
President Donald Trump is unwavering in its support of FCC chairman Brendan Carr.
“When you have a network and you have evening shows, and all they do is meet Trump,” Trump said on September 18. “They are licensed. They must not do that. They are an arm of the Democrat Party.”
The president spoke to reporters at Air Force One and also complained that 97% of the news about broadcasts is “against me.”
“They just give me bad pressure,” he said. “They get a license. I think their license should be removed. It will be up to Brendan Carr. I think Brendan Carr is outstanding. He’s a patriot. He loves our country and he is a tough guy. So we’ll see.”
Doc “Lilith Fair” was ordered by CBC and produced by And feeIs not a real production company and elevation pictures for ABC News Studios and is presented by White Horse Pictures in collaboration with Epic Magazine.
In his examination of the doctorThe AmountChris Willman wrote that it “offers an absorbent look at why Sarah Mclachlan-led, female fronted festivals in the 1990s felt revolutionary.”
