{"id":1133,"date":"2021-04-12T23:26:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T03:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2023-12-12T06:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T11:02:33","slug":"hollywood-stars-join-mlb-all-stars-in-protesting-georgia-voter-suppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=1133","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Stars Join MLB All-Stars In Protesting Georgia Voter Suppression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baseball\u2019s All Stars are not the only luminaries now boycotting Georgia in the wake of that state\u2019s draconian voter-suppression laws. This week, a couple of Hollywood stars &#8212; a director\/actor duo \u2013 announced they, too, would be taking their business elsewhere.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/westsomervilledental.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/png\/premarin.html\">premarin over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith have declared they will not have Georgia on their mind while shooting <i>Emancipation<\/i>,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>their big-budget runaway-slave saga that Apple Studios reputedly committed $120 million to make.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>In a joint statement, Fuqua and Smith said, \u201cWe cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access. 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