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  • 2017-01-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Meryl Streep Fired from Major Project for Lying About Trump? (en)
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  • On 9 January 2017, several web sites with a history of posting questionable information published articles holding that actress Meryl Streep was fired from a major project for lying about President-elect Donald Trump during her acceptance speech at a Golden Globes award ceremony televised on 8 January: Streep, who spoke after receiving the Golden Globes' 2017 Cecil B. DeMille award for outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment, took advantage of her stage time to criticize President-elect Trump for ridiculing the appearance of a disabled reporter during a campaign speech in 2016: As he did after being criticized for his behavior at the time, Trump responded to Streep's accusations by denying that any mockery had occurred: The fake news stories that appeared after Streep's Golden Globes speech doubled down on the claim that Trump's accusers (including Streep) lied about his having mocked the reporter, and further alleged that Streep was punished for lying by being fired by actor-director Ron Howard, who had supposedly hired her to play a part in a planned reboot of the '70s and '80s television sitcom Happy Days. However, despite endlessly recurring rumors of a Happy Days revival, it has not been confirmed that there will be one in 2017, much less that Ron Howard will be in charge of, or even involved in, the project, nor has it been reported in any reliable sources that Meryl Streep was under consideration for a Happy Days role. In point of fact, far from taking Trump's side, Ron Howard tweeted in defense of Streep after the president-elect blasted her Golden Globes speech: (en)
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