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The Mary Sue
Sanchari Ghosh

‘Live in a free country’: Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Joaquin Phoenix and 400 A-list celebs stand up to Trump’s thin-skinned crusade against comedians

More than 400 Hollywood celebrities, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Joaquin Phoenix, are demanding the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live. In the open letter, released by the American Civil Liberties Union, the signatories uphold that the talk show’s cancellation is a direct hit on free speech in the United States. 

For the uninitiated, Jimmy Kimmel Live was cancelled indefinitely last week after the show’s host made some comments on the death of conservative political activist, Charlie Kirk. 

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