After apologizing for remarks made following Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault on Israel, CAA’s co-chief of the movement footage division Maha Dakhil is stepping away from her management function within the division. Moreover she’s resigning from the Century Metropolis-based agency’s inside company board.
Dakhil, whose shoppers embrace Tom Cruise, Natalie Portman, Reese Witherspoon, Anne Hathaway and extra, got here underneath scrutiny for an Instagram submit that had been extremely crucial of Israel. That submit was later deleted and the agent apologized for the remarks.
“I made a mistake with a repost in my Instagram story, which used hurtful language,” Dakhil said in an Instagram submit on Oct. 19. “Like so many people, I’ve been reeling with heartbreak. I delight myself on being on the aspect of humanity and peace. I’m so grateful to Jewish mates and colleagues who identified the implications and additional educated me. I instantly took the repost down. I’m sorry for the ache I’ve prompted.”
As phrase of the submit reverberated throughout city, consideration turned to what motion, if any, that the main company — which was topic to a number of headlines concerning the feedback — would soak up response. Whereas Dakhil is exiting as co-chief of the movement footage division, she is going to proceed to work with shoppers.
The shake-up displays the fraught social media setting within the weeks since Hamas’ terrorist assault on Israel, which killed greater than 1,400 Israelis, and the nation’s airstrike response in Gaza.
Whereas main studios — together with Disney, Paramount and Comcast — issued donations to humanitarian organizations after the assault and executives like Bob Iger and Shari Redstone condemned Hamas’ actions, there’s been a groundswell of activist consideration in components of Hollywood which have been extremely crucial of Israel’s response. After a petition circulated with 700 leisure trade names signing an open letter in assist of Israel, a bunch of no less than 57 stars put their title to a letter addressed to President Biden to name for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Extra to come back.
