Sarah Silverman, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Rapaport are among those in Hollywood and the larger entertainment and media industry responding to a recent tweet from Kanye West repeatedly labeled antisemitic by the American Defamation League and others.

In a tweet featuring West’s now-removed Twitter statement, which he posted Saturday night (Oct. 8), Curtis told the rapper that his “words hurt and incite violence.”

“The holiest day in Judaism was last week. Words matter. A threat to Jewish people ended once in a genocide,” she wrote. “You are a father. Please stop.”

Comedian Sarah Silverman addressed what she describes as silence from those outside the Jewish community following West’s statements. “Kanye threatened the Jews yesterday on twitter and it’s not even trending,” she wrote. “Why do mostly only Jews speak up against Jewish hate? The silence is so loud.”

Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport addressed his previous defenses of West during his public spat with Pete Davidson while calling the rapper a “creep” and arguing that he’s pushing the same rhetoric as U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green and those who attended the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.

The Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance denounced the rapper’s comments as “hurtful, offensive and wrong. They perpetuate stereotypes that have been the basis for discrimination and violence against Jews for thousands of years. Words like this tear at the fabric of the Black-Jewish relationship. The Black and Jewish communities must stand together through incidents like this to make clear that trafficking in hateful stereotypes is unacceptable — and that the words of one entertainer do not reflect the views of an entire community.”

Meanwhile, the Creative Community for Peace also condemned his remarks. “In the past week, Ye has spread some of the most vile and age-old stereotypes about Jews to his hundreds of millions of followers,” the organization said. “There should be no place for this kind of hate in our public discourse. We support every entertainer’s right to free speech, but no one has a free pass to target and demonize a minority group with such malice. We are gravely concerned about the impact of Ye’s statements — and how they will affect his fans, particularly young people. At the same time, we hope this can be a moment that ultimately creates better awareness about the dangers of antisemitism for Ye, his fans, and other entertainers. We remain open to dialogue with him about how harmful and fallacious his comments are.”

The comments follow Twitter removing Ye’s tweet on Saturday for violating the platform’s rules after the rapper wrote that he was going to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.”

“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” he ended the tweet.

Under Twitter’s rules, hateful conduct, or the promotion of violence against, threats or harassment of other people on the basis of several identity-related factors, including race, ethnicity, national origin and religious affiliation, is prohibited in tweets, but also images and handles.

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Twitter for comment on West’s violation.

The comment followed Meta’s removal of Instagram posts by West for violating that platform’s policies after he posted text messages between him and fellow rapper P. Diddy claiming he would “show the Jews that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.”

A spokesperson with Meta confirmed to THR that the company had deleted content from the @kanyewest handle, the rapper’s official Instagram account. While it’s still visible, the account has been restricted. Meta applies its restriction policy following users’ repeated violations and can temporarily prevent them from sharing posts, writing comments or sending direct messages.

While it’s not clear which rule the tweet or Instagram post violated, they — published around the same time as West’s controversial Tucker Carlson interview — have been labeled bigoted and antisemitic by a number of entities beyond Hollywood, including the ADL, which addressed West’s comments on two separate occasions this past week.

“Power. Disloyalty. Greed. Deicide. Blood. Denial. Anti-Zionism. All of these are antisemitic tropes,” the ADL’s Sunday statement reads. “Many of these myths have influenced @KanyeWest’s comments recently, and it’s dangerous.”

On Friday, the American Defamation League also responded to earlier comments made by the rapper and his decision to wear a White Lives Matter shirt.

“The behavior exhibited this week by @kanyewest is deeply troubling, dangerous, and antisemitic, period. There is no excuse for his propagating of white supremacist slogans and classic #antisemitism about Jewish power, especially with the platform he has,” the organization tweeted on Oct. 7. 

Updated 5:24 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9: Added statements from the Black-Jewish Entertainment Alliance and the Creative Community for Peace.

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

Shakira and Ozuna have teamed up for a new song, “Monotonía.”

“Monotonía” will be released on Oct. 19, the singer revealed on Sunday (Oct. 9) on her official social media accounts, where she posted a brief sound clip and an image of the song title atop a heart being stabbed with a dagger.

“Un pequeño rey con una súper reina,” Ozuna commented on Shakira’s Instagram post Sunday afternoon.

Earlier this week, Shakira — who confirmed her split with Spanish soccer player Gerard Piqué a few months ago, and said recently that she was going through “the most difficult, darkest hours of my life” — had teased new lyrics on Instagram: “No fue culpa tuya/ Ni tampoco mía/ Fue culpa de la monotonía,” (“It wasn’t your fault/ Nor Mine/ It was the fault of monotony.”)

“Monotonía” will be the Colombian superstar’s follow-up to “Te Felicito” with Rauw Alejandro, which topped the Billboard Latin Airplay chart and also reached No. 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 chart. It peaked at No. 10 on the Hot Latin Songs chart.

See Shakira’s announcement below.

While it hasn’t been officially confirmed that Lady Gaga will play Harley Quinn in Todd Phillips’ Joker: Folie à Deux, it’s definitely possible — and Margot Robbie is fully onboard with that potential casting.

Robbie, who most recently played Quinn in 2021’s The Suicide Squad, has portrayed the former Arkham Asylum psychiatrist since 2016’s Suicide Squad and said she’d be “so happy” if Gaga took on the role in the Joker sequel.

“It makes me so happy because I said from the very beginning is all I want is for Harley Quinn to be one of those characters, the way, like, Macbeth or Batman always gets passed, you know, from great actor to great actor,” Robbie said during a recent interview with MTV News.

She continued, “It’s kind of like someone gets to do their Batman, or someone gets to do their Macbeth or someone, you know? And I feel like in not so many cases are there female characters.” Robbie explained that one of the few female characters that has gotten passed on to other actors is Queen Elizabeth I, but there aren’t many beyond that.

“It’s such an honor to have built a foundation strong enough that Harley can now be one of those characters that other actors get to have a go at playing,” Robbie said of Gaga potentially portraying Quinn. “I think she’ll do something incredible with it.”

Gaga hasn’t yet been confirmed to be playing Quinn in Joker 2 opposite Joaquin Phoenix’s Clown Prince of Crime. But the supervillain is known for his on-and-off abusive relationship with Quinn, his former psychiatrist who falls in love with him and becomes his partner in crime.

If Gaga is to take on the role in Phillips’ sequel, her version of the character would exist in a different DC Universe than Robbie’s does, leaving space for both actresses to play the psychiatrist-turned-criminal in separate films.

Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener and Jacob Lofland round out the cast of Joker: Folie à Deux, which is set to hit theaters on Oct. 4, 2024. 

This article originally appeared on The Hollywood Reporter.

“The only thing I want to do is create platforms for people who have something to say.”

So noted Charlamagne Tha God while accepting the Living Legends Foundation’s Jerry Boulding Radio Executive Award. The co-host of WWPR (Power 105) New York’s syndicated show The Breakfast Club, multimedia entrepreneur and best-selling author was the first of eight honorees saluted at the foundation’s 30^th anniversary awards gala, held Friday evening (Oct. 7) at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood.

Crediting various mentors in his career, such as iHeartMedia’s Thea Mitchem and Bob Pittman, Frankie Crocker and Tom Joyner, plus his wife (“Strong men are secure enough to get out of the way and let strong women lead” he said, followed by hearty applause), Charlamagne implored the audience to “ask yourself every day who have you helped or empowered to help people be the best versions of themselves.” That sentiment echoed throughout the three-hour ceremony that saw Cash Money Records co-founders/co-CEOs Bryan “Birdman” Williams and Ronald “Slim” Williams presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

Before the presentation, producer Polow da Don paid homage to the brothers: “They represent and give voice to people in the trenches.” In a taped message, Baby and Slim thanked their various mentors as well, including former Universal Records GM/exec. vp Jean Riggins, who gave Cash Money its start. “She took a liking to us, stuck with us and taught us how to work the system,” related Baby. “Our long journey is still going. We’re going to keep pushing because we like to change lives.”

One of the evening’s more emotional moments occurred when Sharon Heyward received the A.D. Washington Chairman’s Award for a groundbreaking career, whose highlights include tenures as Virgin Records’ head of urban promotion and later senior vp/GM of its urban division, president of production duo Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis’ Perspective Records and founder of marketing/consulting firm Sharon Heyward Enterprises (SHE).

Her longtime industry colleagues and friends David C. Linton and Ray Harris, LLF’s president and chairman emeritus, respectively, presented the award to Heyward, who currently owns and operates industry mentorship firm The Solutionist LLC. “I’m a hard-nosed, straight-no-chaser girl,” said a visibly emotional Heyward as she accepted the evening’s last award. “One of the biggest legacies of my career are the mentees and others telling me how much I’ve helped in their careers.” She also took naysayers to task for dismissing the industry’s older generation as “dusty.”

“That shows no respect for the legacy that’s been given to you,” she added. “We need to have respect for each other; to reach back and bring forward.” Joined onstage by her daughter Monique, who also works in the music industry, Heyward played snippets of the Impressions’ hits “Keep on Pushing” and “I’m So Proud” before concluding, “The record business is no joke for women. I didn’t want my daughter Monique in this but I’m so proud of her … and [to the audience] thank you for letting me be a mentor to some of you.”

The LLF also paid tribute to five additional honorees:

Media Icon Award – Curtis Symonds, founding partner/president & CEO of 24-hour streaming network HBCUGO TV

Music Executive Award – Geo Bivins, industry veteran (Jive Records, Capitol and RCA); now president/founder of record label consulting firm Port Perry Entertainment

Digital Executive Award – Tuma Basa, director of Black music & culture, YouTube

Mike Bernardo Female Executive Award – Johnnie Walker, first female senior vp/promotion for Def Jam Recordings; now founder/CEO of the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment Inc. (NABFEME)

Founders Award – Henry “Hank” Caldwell, veteran industry senior executive (WEA, Cotillion, Atlantic, SOLAR Records, Epic and Death Row Records)

Hosted by syndicated radio personality DeDe McGuire (DeDe in the Morning) with musical interludes helmed by DJ Battlecat, the evening marked the Living Legends Foundation’s first in-person awards ceremony in three years owing to the pandemic. Among the distinguished guests and presenters on hand for what ultimately transitioned into a huge industry family reunion were Epic Records chairwoman/CEO Sylvia Rhone, artists P.J. Morton and Johnny Gill (Caldwell’s presenter) and talk show host/author Tavis Smiley.

“We are stronger when we all work together,” said LLF’s Linton during his opening remarks following the invocation by Rev. Marilyn Batchelor. “Our mission is to keep moving the culture forward. Tonight is your night!”

Kanye West is back on Twitter after being restricted by Instagram.

The 45-year-old rapper and fashion mogul, who now goes by Ye, returned to Twitter after a nearly two-year absence on Friday (Oct. 7) to call out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for placing a hold on his Instagram account.

Ye was recently restricted by the Meta-owned social media platform after he made posts that some groups are considering “anti-Jewish,” NBC News reports. Instagram deleted content from Ye’s page and placed a restriction on his account because he violated the company’s rules and guidelines, a Meta spokesperson told the news outlet.

“Look at this Mark,” Ye captioned his tweet on Friday, which included a snapshot of himself standing alongside Zuckerberg. “How you gone kick me off instagram. You used to be my n—-.”

Billboard has reached out to Meta for further comment.

Meta did not specify to NBC News what content was removed from Ye’s Instagram page, or explain what content violated its rules. But the company’s decision arrives after a now-deleted post from Friday in which Ye shared a screenshot of a text message exchange with Sean “Diddy” Combs, which included the caption “Jesus is Jew.”

“This ain’t a game,” Ye wrote in the text to Diddy. “Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me. I told you this was war. Now gone get you some business.”

The combative back-and-forth between the hip-hop icons stemmed from Ye’s decision to wear a “White Lives Matter” shirt during his Yeezy Season 9 fashion show. Earlier in the week, Diddy also shared an Instagram video about the controversial tee.

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) took to social media on Friday to speak out against Ye’s recent remarks, which they called “anti-Jewish.” “These posts are dangerous,” the anti-hate group captioned a video on Instagram. The clip states that the Ye was using “anti-Semitic tropes like greed and control,” alluding to the rapper’s interview with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and his Instagram post.

On Friday, Ye also tweeted a photo of a black baseball cap with with the year “2024” emblazoned in white letters across the bill, echoing his last post from November 2020, when the rapper ran for president of the United States. “KANYE 2024,” reads the nearly two-year-old tweet, which features Ye’s silhouette amid an election map.