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Georgia is starting to lose Hollywood business over its latest controversial legislation.

Ever since Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, 57, signed the controversial voting bill SB 202 – backed by Republicans and passed in the statehouse on a party-line vote – into law on Mar. 25, there’s been a massive outcry about how it could likely suppress Black voters.

As Hollywood continues to roll out its condemnations of Georgia's new election law, the Directors Guild of America has unleashed one of the strongest critiques yet.

EXCLUSIVE: Leaders of the Directors Guild of America have sent a direct appeal to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, urging him to withdraw his support for the state’s restrictive new voting law, saying it “threatens to undermine the pillar of our democracy – the right to vote.” The 18,000-member guild has more than 400 members who reside in the state, which is one of the main centers for film and TV production.

Addressing the new voting law in Georgia, SAG-AFTRA said today, “We oppose any effort to suppress the constitutional rights of Americans, including our members.”

After Gov. Brian Kemp signed Georgia’s new voting legislation into law, some in Hollywood are calling for a boycott of the state’s bustling film and TV industry.  The bill standardizes voting hours in the state from 9 a.m.

Tyler Perry is speaking out about the new voting legislation that was signed into law by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp last week.  Perry, who runs a massive television and movie studio in Atlanta, issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter decrying to new legislation, arguing it is "unconstitutional" and calling on the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into what he calls a "voter suppression law."  The bill standardizes voting hours in the state from 9 a.m.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp drew protests Thursday as he signed into law a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.

Tyler Perry, who owns the massive Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta and is one of the Georgia’s biggest employers of film and TV workers, is speaking out about the state’s recently passed, restrictive voter law, calling it an “unconstitutional” and one that “harkens to the Jim Crow era.”

video shows Cannon knocking on the door to Kemp’s office, and a state trooper comes over to tell her to stop knocking on the door.

Georgia is facing calls for a potential boycott from Hollywood, this time over a new controversial voting bill that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed March 25.

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams plays a central role in the documentary All In: The Fight for Democracy, directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés, but the film from Amazon Studios shouldn’t be construed as “The Stacey Abrams Story.”

President Trump took aim at Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for opposing his challenge to 2020 election results on Monday even as he called on voters to turn out in record numbers to support Republican Senate candidates in the state’s critical runoff election.

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp doubled down on his pledge to ensure ballot security ahead of the Jan.

As the coronavirus pandemic swept the nation this spring, state and local governments were tasked with devising restrictions and regulations to help protect their residents as scientists worked tirelessly to create a vaccine.  Stuck between a rock and a hard place, some governors like Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and South Dakota's Gov.

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor is again telling lawmakers that he won’t call a special session to overturn Georgia’s election results and appoint 16 presidential electors who would support Republican President Donald Trump instead of Democratic president-elect Joe Biden. Republican Brian Kemp issued a joint statement Sunday with Republican Lt.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, pushed back on President Trump’s demands for “signature verification” in an attempt to overturn the state's election results, saying he has called for such an audit three times.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican, pushed back on President Trump’s demands for a “signature verification” in an attempt to overturn the state’s elections results, saying he has called for such an audit three times.

A young field staffer working on Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s campaign has died in a car crash.

President Trump called on Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to override Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on matching signatures during the state's recount, in a tweet Monday.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp certified the state's presidential election results Friday in favor of President-elect Joe Biden -- but called for an audit of the votes.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp certified the state's presidential election results Friday in favor of President-elect Joe Biden -- but called for another audit of the votes.

At least two prominent Democrats with ties to Georgia have reportedly said they think that Stacey Abrams will make another run for governor after losing to Republican Brian Kemp in 2018.

Ron Perlman has flipped on his stance about Hollywood productions taking place in Georgia. The 70-year-old actor explained on Twitter on Friday that he'd avoided working in Georgia, in protest of their current governor, Brian Kemp, a Republican.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorFormer Georgia gubernatorial candidate and voter activist Stacey Abrams doesn’t want to see what happened in 2018 happen again in 2020.Abrams lost the Georgia election to Brian Kemp amid widespread accusations that Kemp’s campaign had engaged in voter suppression.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorIn a focused media blast, former R.E.M.

Run The Jewels’ Killer Mike has responded to criticism he received for meeting with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp.The Republican Governor was elected to the position in 2018, taking office in 2019. However, he has been accused of voter fraud and suppression, with some claiming he “stole” the election from his opponent Stacey Abrams.

Also Read: Stacey Abrams Asks Hollywood Not to Pull Georgia TV, Film Production to Protest Her LossStacey Abrams is one of the producers of the film, which is organized around her run for governor against Brian Kemp – who, as Georgia’s sitting secretary of state, also oversaw the election in which he narrowly defeated her amid numerous examples of the closing of polling places and the purging of voter rolls.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorAn amendment to a Georgia law will streamline the process of applying film and television tax credits in the state as officials said current rules have been outstripped by the explosion production in the state over the past decade.Gov. Brian Kemp last week approved changes to the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment Incentive Act that require mandatory audits by productions before applying for the 30% tax credit the state’s offered since 2008.