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Jeff Bezos slammed for firing 300 employees — while spending $40 million on Melania Trump's film
The Amazon boss laid off a third of The Washington Post employees, including reporters on duty.
Is Melania Trump's new film a documentary? Fan service? Or propaganda?The Amazon funded $40 million-$75 million film, follows the first lady as she prepares for her husband's second inauguration. But,
Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel enjoyed spit-roasting the doc's trumped-up numbers on Wednesday night
Amazon is reportedly sinking $75 million to their Melania Trump film rather than the initially reported $40 million that was paid for the distribution rights.
Amazon is somehow celebrating Melania‘s opening box office numbers as a success, even though the movie is still down nearly $68 million. Melania earned roughly $7 million on opening weekend, a feat for the documentary genre,
“Melania Trump – born Melanija Knavs – has led an undeniably fascinating life,” said Nick Hilton in The Independent. Raised in a housing complex in what is now Slovenia, she started modelling in her teens, and in the 1990s landed up in the US, where she eventually met Donald Trump.
Experts raised concerns about conflicts of interest about the film being funded by Amazon, which receives federal contracts.
Comedian Laura Benanti reprised her role as the president’s wife, appearing on Wednesday night’s episode to defend Amazon MGM’s Melania. The $75 million documentary opened worldwide last Friday, but has been panned by critics and seen its claims of box office success questioned.