Hollywood Doubles Down On DEI In Trump 2.0

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Christian Toto, award-winning film critic, journalist, and founder of the Hollywood in Toto website and podcast, joins Federalist Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss the politicization of Hollywood, explore the reasons why Americans crave authentic entertainment content, and preview the hottest releases of the summer.

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0:00.0	And we are back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:21.3	I'm Matt Kittle's senior elections correspondent at The Federalist and your experience
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0:43.4	Our guest today is Christian Toto, award-winning film critic, journalist, and founder of Hollywood in Toto, the excellent site for all things Hollywood criticism, movies, entertainment culture
0:57.8	from a conservative point of view. How about that? He also hosts the Hollywood in Toto podcast
1:03.9	on the Radio America network. Christian, thank you so much for joining us on this edition
1:09.5	of the Federalist Radio Hour.
1:13.1	Oh, my pleasure. Glad to join the show.
1:18.6	Absolutely. You and I have spoken on a number of occasions over the years in radio formats. You know, that gives us just a few minutes to hash out what is happening, the latest madness.
1:24.6	And in Hollywood, I'm glad we have a chance to kind of expound upon that through this format.
1:31.8	Let us begin with topics you cover on a daily basis, and that is now Hollywood in Trump 2.0.
1:43.4	The madness continues. It continues certainly from the corporate media news interest.
1:49.6	It definitely continues in Hollywood. There was some sense, maybe I was naive about this,
1:55.8	that things might change through perspective, but Hollywood really only has one perspective, doesn't it?
2:04.1	Yeah, you know, it's funny. After the election, immediately after the election, there was a little bit of a lull that the Hollywood community or the key players didn't really get on the resistance bandwagon like they did last time.
2:16.2	And even some Augustust publications like variety
2:19.8	and the hollywood reporter were just worried to death about this you know where is the resistance
2:24.6	where is the the the fight within this community but i i think it's here uh you know we're seeing it on
2:29.8	stages we're seeing it at the can film festival We're seeing it in different venues for sure.
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