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Todd Haynes and Wallace Shawn among signatories of letter backing Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism charge

The Guardian World Tuesday 01 September 2026, 18:42 UTC By Adrian Horton 2 min read
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More than 170 Jewish artists, also including Joel Coen, Hannah Einbinder and Miranda July, have supported the actor after he criticized ParamountA collective of more than 170 prominent Jewish artists and academics – including Todd Haynes, Joel Coen, Miranda July, Hannah Einbinder, Wallace Shawn and Naomi Klein – have signed an open letter supporting Mark Ruffalo. The actor had been accused of invoking antisemitic tropes after he criticized Paramount Skydance, the media company owned by David...

More than 170 Jewish artists, also including Joel Coen, Hannah Einbinder and Miranda July, have supported the actor after he criticized Paramount

A collective of more than 170 prominent Jewish artists and academics – including Todd Haynes, Joel Coen, Miranda July, Hannah Einbinder, Wallace Shawn and Naomi Klein – have signed an open letter supporting Mark Ruffalo.

The actor had been accused of invoking antisemitic tropes after he criticized Paramount Skydance, the media company owned by David Ellison, a Donald Trump ally. Ruffalo had spoken out about the $111bn merger with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD).

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Todd Haynes (PERSON) Wallace Shawn (PERSON) Mark Ruffalo (PERSON) Jewish (ORG) Joel Coen (PERSON) Hannah Einbinder (PERSON) Miranda July (PERSON) Naomi Klein (PERSON) Paramount Skydance (ORG) David Ellison (PERSON) Donald Trump (PERSON) Ruffalo (PERSON) Warner Bros Discovery (ORG)
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