- Title: Hollywood stars react to U.S. election result in Los Angeles
- Date: 13th November 2016
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 12, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF OSCAR WINNER NICOLE KIDMAN ON RED CARPET OSCAR WINNER JEFF BRIDGES ON CARPET WITH HIS WIFE VARIOUS OF ACTRESS EMMA STONE ON RED CARPET VARIOUS OF MUSICIAN PHARRELL WILLIAMS (SOUNDBITE) (English) MUSICIAN PHARRELL WILLIAMS SAYING: "It was upsetting because I was like one of the few who kept saying, hey this is not the landslide you think it's going to be. We've got a lot of work to do so it is what it is. Now we just have to. I think this is the time where we will see minorities galvanize, awaken to their power, recognize that there is a lot of power in numbers. I think it's going to bring women together, it's going to bring my culture together, you know, the black culture together, I think it's going to bring the Latin community together. It's not just Mexicans but all the Latin brothers and sisters I think they will come together and galvanize and stand with their Mexican brothers and sisters. And I think it will be a moment when we recognize you know a lot of the difficulties in immigration but a lot of the pluses in immigration. You know I think it's going to be one of those times but again I guess it took something like this for us to recognize that you can't take these things for granted." MORE OF WILLIAMS ON RED CARPET ACTRESS LUPITA NYONG'O AND ACTOR DAVID OYELOWO POSING FOR PHOTOS ACTOR RICHARD GERE ON CARPET MIRANDA POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR AND MUSICIAN LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA SAYING: "My take is that our country didn't change overnight. The values of compassion and tolerance and mutual respect don't go away and now... I woke up after the election with an enormous sense of moral clarity. You know anyone who was vilified in this election just... it's our country too and we're going to continue to fight for those values." MIRANDA DURING INTERVIEW / CARPET ACTOR AND FILM MAKER WARREN BEATTY AND ACTRESS ANNETTE BENING ACTOR MARK WAHLBERG ON RED CARPET MUSICIAN JANELLE MONAE ON CARPET (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTRESS AND MUSICIAN JANELLE MONAE SAYING: "Well I think as a proud African-American woman I think that it's important that we exercise our right and our freedom of speech. There was once a time as a woman I didn't have rights, I wasn't looked at as a full human being, as a minority I wasn't looked at as a full human being by law. So for me, knowing that I am free and knowing that all the people are free, they have the right to exercise their frustration, I think this country wants to be united and I think they're speaking out against divisive tactics and they're afraid that the next generation could possibly be influenced by negativity. I think I speak and come from love and if you're protesting peacefully then peace and love go hand in hand." VARIOUS OF OSCAR WINNER MARION COTILLARD POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) OSCAR WINNER MARION COTILLARD SAYING: "I don't want to think that way. I think that freedom of speech is very important and we have to stand for the freedom of speech and all the people who raise their voice against a man who surely raised his voice in a way that is very offensive shouldn't be afraid and I stand by them." ACTOR ANDREW GARFIELD POSING FOR PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ACTOR ANDREW GARFIELD SAYING: "I believe that the protests are a necessary expression that the rhetoric that this man has been spouting over the course of the last months does not represent all of us in this country. The bigotry and the racism and the ignorance and the incitement to violence that he has been encouraging in people and his general demeanor really, his general attitude towards humanity and a lack of empathy does not represent me as an American citizen which I am. And the same can be said for a man like Nigel Farage in the U.K. Obviously different men, different policies and I healthily disagree with their stances." MORE OF STARS ON RED CARPET
- Embargoed: 28th November 2016 07:51
- Keywords: Pharrell Williams Andrew Garfield Lin-Manuel Miranda Marion Cotillard Janelle Monae USA election 2016
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA001589ZCQV
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- Story Text:As thousands across the United States protested against President-elect Donald Trump, Hollywood stars on Saturday (November 12) called for "freedom of speech" to be respected.
Singer and producer Pharrell Williams, who campaigned for Hillary Clinton's candidacy, expressed his disappointment with Trump's election.
"It was upsetting because I was like one of the few who kept saying, hey this is not the landslide you think it's going to be," Williams told Reuters at the Governors Awards in Hollywood.
Williams said he believed the result of the election would "galvanize" the electorate.
"I think this is the time where we will see minorities galvanize, awaken to their power, recognize that there is a lot of power in numbers. I think it's going to bring women together, it's going to bring my culture together, you know, the black culture together, I think it's going to bring the Latin community together. It's not just Mexicans but all the Latin brothers and sisters I think they will come together and galvanize and stand with their Mexican brothers and sisters. And I think it will be a moment when we recognize you know a lot of the difficulties in immigration but a lot of the pluses in immigration. You know I think it's going to be one of those times but again I guess it took something like this for us to recognize that you can't take these things for granted," he added.
Since Trump's victory, demonstrators in several cities have decried the Republican's campaign promises to restrict immigration and register Muslims, as well as allegations that the former reality-TV star sexually abused women.
Dozens of protesters have been arrested and a handful of police injured.
"My take is that our country didn't change overnight. The values of compassion and tolerance and mutual respect don't go away and now... I woke up after the election with an enormous sense of moral clarity. You know anyone who was vilified in this election just... it's our country too and we're going to continue to fight for those values," said Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda.
"Well I think as a proud African-American woman I think that it's important that we exercise our right and our freedom of speech. There was once a time as a woman I didn't have rights, I wasn't looked at as a full human being, as a minority I wasn't looked at as a full human being by law. So for me, knowing that I am free and knowing that all the people are free, they have the right to exercise their frustration, I think this country wants to be united and I think they're speaking out against divisive tactics and they're afraid that the next generation could possibly be influenced by negativity. I think I speak and come from love and if you're protesting peacefully then peace and love go hand in hand," added singer and actress Janelle Monae.
Many in Hollywood have been quite vocal about their feelings towards Trump and French Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard courage people to exercise their freedom of speech.
"I don't want to think that way. I think that freedom of speech is very important and we have to stand for the freedom of speech and all the people who raise their voice against a man who surely raised his voice in a way that is very offensive shouldn't be afraid and I stand by them," she said.
The demonstrations since the election have been impromptu affairs, quickly organized, with weekend protests expected to swell in size.
"I believe that the protests are a necessary expression that the rhetoric that this man has been spouting over the course of the last months does not represent all of us in this country. The bigotry and the racism and the ignorance and the incitement to violence that he has been encouraging in people and his general demeanor really, his general attitude towards humanity and a lack of empathy does not represent me as an American citizen which I am. And the same can be said for a man like Nigel Farage in the U.K. Obviously different men, different policies and I healthily disagree with their stances," said Andrew Garfield, who stars in the Oscar-tipped Hacksaw Ridge.
Trump initially denounced the protests, saying they were "incited" by media, but later praised the demonstrators' "passion for our great country."
Many voters were shocked by the outcome, after polls predicted a Clinton victory.
Some 60.3 million people voted for Trump, fewer than the 60.8 million who chose Clinton. But Trump's strong showing in swing states including Michigan meant he triumphed in the Electoral College which ultimately picks the president. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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