“Historical manifestations of dandyism range from absolute precision in dress and tailoring to flamboyance and fabulousness in dress and style,” Miller wrote in the exhibit catalog. “Whether a dandy is subtle or spectacular, we recognize and respect the deliberateness of the dress, the self-conscious display, the reach for tailored perfection, and the sometimes subversive self-expression.”

The exhibit, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” draws on other sources beyond Miller’s book. It’s organized into 12 sections. Each symbolizes a characteristic of dandy style as defined by Zora Neale Hurston in her 1934 essay, “Characteristics of Negro Expression.”

See photos from the blue carpet.

Top pitching prospect Cade Horton will be considered for the opening in the rotation, though the Cubs have not made any decisions on what route they might take. They won’t need a pitcher for Imanaga’s turn until Saturday at the earliest, though that could be modified to a later date due to off days the next two Thursdays.

Right-hander Chris Flexen, currently in the bullpen, will also be in the conversation to start. He remains stretched out enough as the Cubs’ long reliever. But nobody in the Cubs’ system who could be in the mix has as much upside as Horton, the No. 7 pick in the 2022 MLB draft.

“He’s continuing to get better from start to start, and he’s been consistently good down there,” president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said of Horton’s Triple-A Iowa performance. “He’s built off a good spring training, but his last couple starts were better than the first couple starts down there. He’s been going six innings and throwing well, so he’s done his part in Triple A certainly, throwing the ball well.”

A Grade 2 subscapularis strain in his right shoulder limited Horton to 34 1/3 innings in 2024, and the right-hander didn’t pitch after May 29. He’s almost eclipsed that mark this year, sitting at 29 innings through six starts with Iowa.

Among the areas the Cubs wanted Horton to focus on this year was the consistency of throwing competitive pitches. Hoyer said they have seen progress in that area.

“Throwing non-competitive pitches in the big leagues puts you in bad counts pretty quickly, counts that you can probably pitch out of in Triple A easier than you can in the big leagues,” Hoyer said. “So this consistency of your pitches — not throwing one good, one bad — but making sure you’re consistent and therefore, like I said, avoiding free pitches.”

As the Cubs weigh what path they want to take to fill Imanaga’s innings, the organization must decide whether Horton’s continued development at Triple A is more valuable than bringing him up sooner rather than later to see how his stuff plays against better hitters. He’s thrown at least 76 pitches in his last four outings, the last two getting through six innings, but he hasn’t hit the 80-pitch mark yet this year.

Hoyer stated there isn’t hesitancy relating to Horton himself, rather the Cubs are making sure it’s the right time to bring up Horton.

“It’s easier to work on things in the minors and he didn’t pitch a lot last year,” Hoyer said. “I think if he had pitched all last season he may well have debuted by now. But if he had debuted, we’d have a better sense of what he is, whereas because he missed a lot of time last year that it’s been good to give him a foundation in Iowa.”

The power couple is expecting their third child, the rapper A$AP Rocky revealed.

“It feels amazing, you know,” gala co-chair A$AP Rocky told reporters who congratulated him Monday after outlets reported the couple was expecting their third child. “It’s time that we show the people what we was cooking up. And I’m glad everybody’s happy for us ’cause we definitely happy, you know.”

TMZ reported earlier Monday that Rihanna and the rapper were expecting their third child.

A representative for Rihanna didn’t immediately return The Associated Press’ request for comment.

Photos taken of the singer Monday walking in New York showed her with what appeared to be a baby bump.

Rihanna hasn’t yet walked the Met Gala carpet.

“Honestly, it’s a blessing nonetheless,” Rocky told the AP. “Because you know how like some people in other situations at times can be envious of other people. But we’ve been seeing love for the most part. And we real receptive to that and appreciate that, you know what I mean? That’s love. Love is love.”

The couple announced their last pregnancy in a similarly starry way: At the 2023 Super Bowl, Rihanna emerged on stage for her halftime performance with baby bump on full display. Their son Riot Rose was born later that year.

The couple’s first child, RZA, was born in May 2022.

Rocky is one of the 2025 Met Gala co-chairs of the menswear-theme event tied to the museum’s “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. ” But his attendance at this year’s Met Gala wasn’t always a sure bet. That announcement came a couple months before the opening of his trial on firearms charges in Los Angeles. Rocky was ultimately found not guilty in mid-February.

At his trial, he showed his eye for fashion. He sported tailored suits and luxury labels throughout the proceedings. Yves Saint Laurent even put out press releases directing attention to his high-fashion court attire. He was clad in a pinstripe Saint Laurent suit for the verdict.

He’s collaborated with several designers and brands on shoes, sunglasses and clothing collections. In December, he was honored with the Cultural Innovator Award at the British Fashion Council’s Fashion Awards.

AP journalists Gary Gerard Hamilton, Maria Sherman and Mallika Sen contributed to this report.

The Quebec-based electric school bus maker found eager customers in Illinois school districts, which wanted to take advantage of generous federal grants, reduce pollution and give kids a cleaner, quieter ride to school.

But the bad news about Lion, which has been building for months, got worse Monday, with a court-appointed monitor saying there is a “very high” likelihood that the company will be liquidated, according to the Globe and Mail and other outlets.

“It’s a bit of a sad story, because it’s the right company with an interesting product,” said Yan Cimon, a professor of business strategy at the Université Laval in Québec City. He said Lion followed an ambitious path — including a bold expansion into the United States — and ultimately the company’s sales didn’t keep up.

“Had Lion been a bit more conservative, maybe they wouldn’t be where they are,” he said.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, a strong proponent of clean energy, attended the opening of Lion’s now-shuttered Illinois plant in 2023, along with both Illinois senators.

“Illinois has made tremendous strides turning the state into a manufacturing hub for electric vehicles,” the governor’s press secretary, Alex Gough, said Monday in a written statement.

“Governor Pritzker remains committed to maintaining an ecosystem where EV companies and their employees are able to thrive,” the statement said. “Just this morning, (electric vehicle-maker) Rivian made a major commitment to their growth in Illinois by bringing a supplier park to Normal.”

Rivian is constructing a new 1.2 million-square-foot supplier park in Normal, according to a news release from the company. As part of that, Rivian will invest nearly $120 million, which will enable the company to develop the supplier park and create nearly 100 new direct jobs.

Lion announced in December that it was suspending operations at its Illinois plant and temporarily laying off approximately 400 workers in Canada and the United States.

Then last week the company suffered another major setback when Quebec announced it would not invest $24 million in an effort to relaunch the company, according to the Globe and Mail.

“It does not bode well for Lion,” Cimon said. “It may be worth more if it’s dismembered and its assets are sold individually than if the company is kept whole.”

Workingman Capital, a company that helps sell or liquidate manufacturing assets, is listing an equipment auction at its website for a “Lion-Electric Chicago Facility,” at the address of Lion’s Illinois plant.

Susan Mudd, a senior policy advocate at the Environmental Law and Policy Center, said Lion’s apparent failure is very unfortunate, but she sees it as a small step back rather than a reflection of broader trends.

“It doesn’t mean that electric school buses themselves are the problem. A particular company expanded in too many ways, too fast,” she said.

She pointed to new players in the electric school bus business, such as GreenPower in West Virginia, and she noted that big legacy school bus companies such as Bluebird, which sell both electric and diesel buses, have a “huge advantage” over newer, electric-only companies like Lion.

Electric buses are still “where the future is going,” Cimon said.

“The long-term trends are there,” he said. “The whole world is moving toward electric. You see it in China. You see it in Europe. Europeans are really interested in electric. There are other North American companies that look toward electric. So in that sense, it will come.”

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“In spring training he was taking a lot of pitches and at the big-league level, you can’t get behind a lot,” Sox hitting coach Marcus Thames said on Sunday at Rate Field. “But he took that down to Charlotte and applied it in his game and his approach has been solid since he’s been here. He knows what he’s doing, knows what he’s trying to do.”

Meidroth led off Friday’s game against the Houston Astros with a single. He later scored on a double by Edgar Quero.

Meidroth had another single and scored again in the first inning of Saturday’s contest.

“He does well with his scouting reports and stuff like that, and he’ll come back to the dugout and say, ‘the ball isn’t doing this or doing that,’” Thames said. “Wise (beyond) his years. He’s doing a great job.”

Meidroth had a .275 average and a .408 on-base percentage entering Monday’s opener of the road series against the Kansas City Royals. He had reached base safely in 11 of his first 12 games with a plate appearance, including reaching twice in all four games since being reinstated from the injured list on Thursday. He began Monday’s game with a single to center.

Meidroth, who was called up on April 11, said the words from the coaches have resonated.

“They’ve got all the confidence in the world in me and that makes life a lot easier,” Meidroth told the Tribune before Monday’s game at Kauffman Stadium. “A big part of hitting is confidence. Just getting in there and talking, what’s the plan today and go out there and trust myself to get stuff done.”

Meidroth is one of the recently called-up players who is making an impact. Quero is another.

The catcher, who had the go-ahead hit in the sixth inning of Sunday’s rain-shortened 5-4 win against the Astros, entered Monday with a .340 batting average and .446 on-base percentage.

“It’s good when you have guys who are going to put the ball in play,” Thames said. “Nothing can happen if the ball doesn’t go forward, so it’s good for these guys to come up and inject some of that, you know, not swing-and-miss stuff in the lineup. It’s been good, man.

“Hopefully, it can continue to be contagious, and the offense can get rolling a bit more.”

Thames was the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Angels when Quero was coming through their minor-league system. The Sox acquired the catcher as part of a trade that sent pitchers Lucas Giolito and Reynaldo López to the Angels in 2023. He made his big-league debut on April 17.

“He’s always been the same, his heartbeat is so slow and nothing speeds up on him,” Thames said. “And he’s kind of like Meidroth, pretty wise (beyond) his years. And he’s going to give you a good (at-bat). He’s not going to chase much. He knows the zone, he’s not going to try to do too much. And he makes adjustments right away off the pitcher.

“He was doing that in Double A, Triple A and even now out here.”

That steadiness was on display in the sixth inning at-bat that resulted in the go-ahead RBI single on Sunday.

“I’ve been in these moments a couple times in my career, in the minor leagues,” Quero said after Sunday’s game. “I like to be in those moments. Sometimes I’m going to be good, sometimes I’m going to maybe not do the job. But I’m not scared of being in those moments. I like those moments.”

Manager Will Venable has been impressed with the approach from Meidroth and Quero.

“There’s real substance to what they’re doing to where you know that, obviously, there’s going to be days where you’re not feeling great, you’re banged up and your swing isn’t right. But the way they go about it, it’s the substance, that thing, the quality of their approach that you expect to be there every day,” Venable said on Monday. “That type of skill set is something that can really stay consistent throughout the year. It’s just nice to have in your lineup every day.”

Injury updates

Andrew Benintendi was not in the starting lineup for Monday’s game as he continues to recover from left calf tightness. The left fielder exited Sunday’s game in the sixth inning.

“(He’s) better today, but still day to day,” Venable said. “We’ll give him the day today and then see where we’re at tomorrow.”

Pitcher Jesse Scholtens is beginning a rehab assignment on Tuesday with High-A Winston-Salem. The right-hander is making his way back after undergoing Tommy John surgery in March 2024.

The El Segundo, California-based company said the increases are necessary even though it is speeding up its plans to diversify its manufacturing base away from China. Trump imposed a 145% tariff on most Chinese-made products.

Company executives told analysts on a conference call that China currently accounts for 40% of Mattel’s global production. The company plans to move roughly 500 products this year from manufacturers in China to sources in other countries, compared to 280 products last year.

For some highly sought after toys, Mattel said it would enlist factories in more than one country. To prevent possible shortages, the company said it was focusing on getting products to stores without interruptions.

The company said that even with price increases it expects 40% to 50% of its toys will cost customers $20 or less.

“The diversified and flexible supply chain in global commercial organizations are clear advantages to Mattel in this period of uncertainty,” CEO and Chairman Ynon Kreiz told analysts.

Citing the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the president’s trade policies, however, Mattel withdrew its annual earnings forecast on Monday. The company said it would be “difficult to predict” consumer spending and the company’s U.S. sales for the remainder of the year without more information.

Mattel reported larger-than expected first-quarter sales but also a wider loss. Mattel said sales rose 2% to $827 million for the quarter that ended March 31.

The company’s loss expanded to $40.3 million, or 12 cents per share, in the quarter. That compares with a loss of $28.3 million, or 8 cents per share, in the year-ago period.

Analysts expected a loss of 10 cents on sales of $786.1 million for the first quarter, according to FactSet.

Mattel’s shares were down less than 1% in after markets trading.

Justice Department attorneys stayed the legal course charted by Biden administration, though they didn’t directly weigh in on the underlying issue of access to the drug that’s part of the nation’s most common method of abortion.

Rather, the government argued the states don’t have the legal right, or standing, to sue.

“The states are free to pursue their claims in a district where venue is proper, but the states’ claims before this court must be dismissed or transferred pursuant to the venue statute’s mandatory command,” federal government attorneys wrote.

The lawsuit from Idaho, Kansas and Missouri argues that Food and Drug Administration should roll back access to mifepristone. They filed their complaint after the Supreme Court preserved access to mifepristone last year. They want the FDA to prohibit telehealth prescriptions for mifepristone, require three in-office visits and restrict the point in a pregnancy when it can be used.

The case is being considered by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Texas, a Trump nominee who once ruled in favor of halting approval for the drug.

Kacsmaryk’s original ruling came in a lawsuit filed by anti-abortion groups. It was narrowed by an appeals court before being tossed out by the Supreme Court, which found the plaintiffs lacked the legal right to sue.

The three states later moved to revive the case, arguing they did have legal standing because access to the drug undermined their abortion laws.

But the Department of Justice attorneys said the states can’t just piggyback on the earlier lawsuit as a way to keep the case in Texas.

Nothing is stopping the states from filing the lawsuit someplace else, attorney Daniel Schwei wrote, but the venue has to have some connection to the claims being made.

Besides, Schwei wrote, the states are challenging actions the FDA took in 2016, when it first loosened restrictions on mifeprostone. That’s well past the six-year time limit to sue, he said.

Abortion is banned at all stages of pregnancy in Idaho. Missouri had a strict ban, but clinics recently began offering abortions again after voters approved a new constitutional amendment for reproductive rights. Abortion is generally legal up to 22 weeks in Kansas, where voters rejected an anti-abortion ballot measure in 2022, though the state does have age restrictions.

Trump told Time magazine in December he would not restrict access to abortion medication. On the campaign trail, said abortion is an issue for the states and stressed that he appointed justices to the Supreme Court who were in the majority when striking down the national right to abortion in 2022.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s stance on abortion seems to have shifted at times, drawing criticism from both abortion rights advocates and anti-abortion forces. During his first confirmation hearing in January, he repeatedly said, “I have always believed abortion is a tragedy,” when pressed about his views.

Mifepristone is usually used in combination with a second drug for medication abortion, which has accounted for more than three-fifths of all abortions in the U.S. since the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.

The pick itself is more of a mystery.

“Third overall is a pretty damn good place to acquire more talent, and we’ll add it to a really strong prospect pool,” Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson said after the draft lottery.

Defenseman Matthew Schaefer of the Ontario Hockey League’s Erie Otters ranks No. 1 on NHL Central Scouting’s list of North American skaters, and he’s the consensus projected top pick. But three or four other prospects also are legitimate contenders.

The Hawks had a 13.5% chance of winning the No. 1 pick after finishing with the league’s second-worst record (25-46-11), and they couldn’t drop lower than fourth because of lottery rules.

The last-place San Jose Sharks (20-50-12) had the best odds of winning the top pick at 25.5%, but the lottery balls lined up for the New York Islanders, who won the first of two draws to earn the No. 1 pick.

The Islanders had just the 10th-best odds at 3.5% to win the first draw. As lottery balls popped up one by one during a live broadcast — 7, 11, 12 — the Hawks needed the fourth and final ball to be marked 9 or 14. Instead, the 13 ball rose up the chute for the Islanders.

The second draw also defied the odds, as the Utah Hockey Club — which entered the evening with the third-worst chances among the 16 lottery teams — won with a combination of 1-5-12-3. The Hawks needed 1-5-10-12 to secure the No. 2 pick.

Utah received the No. 4 pick after moving up the maximum 10 spots. The Sharks and Hawks then were slotted into the second and third picks, respectively.

“My philosophy is we do like to go best player available, but sometimes the discussions are so close where you have to break that somehow.”—Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson on targeting needs in the NHL draft

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“I thought it was kind of exciting,” Davidson said. “The last couple years haven’t been necessarily like chalk, but teams close to the top of the odds have moved up or stayed the same, so it was kind of exciting from that standpoint.

“Third overall, we’re going to get a great player. I’m excited to head into meetings next week with our amateur group and start the process of nailing down where we want to line up the board and what it looks like.”

The lottery, broadcast from NHL Network’s studio in Secaucus, N.J., set the order for the first 16 picks. The draft takes place June 27 and 28 at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

If there was a year when dropping out of the top two wouldn’t be a downer for the second-worst team, it might be this year. There’s no generational type such as Connor Bedard or Macklin Celebrini on a tier by himself.

Central Scouting director Dan Marr said this year’s draft is more “traditional” than recent years, with the top-ranked prospect, Schaefer, having only a slight edge on other contenders.

“There’s three or four players in the mix that you’ll be very happy to get any one of them,” Marr said. “Schaefer’s the real deal. Schaefer is the best defenseman in the draft class by a country mile. (He) plays a style that’s going to translate well to the NHL.”

In addition to Schaefer, Marr name-checked center Michael Misa of the OHL’s Saginaw Spirit and Boston College center James Hagens as potential top picks, and he called winger Porter Martone of the OHL’s Brampton Steelheads a top-four pick.

“Hagens and Misa, whoever’s picking No. 1, if they take (either of) them No. 1, I don’t think anybody’s going to bat an eye,” Marr said before the lottery.

Anton Frondell, a forward for Djurgården in Sweden’s second division, overtook teammate Victor Eklund for the top spot in the final international rankings, so he’s a strong contender as well.

Davidson said it’s too early to comment on who he believes are the top contenders.

Save for the CHL’s Memorial Cup, the scouting calendar is pretty much complete.

Davidson said regional scouts will loosely form their rankings and tiers, and “crossover scouts” will chime in on those lists.

“The thing about the draft is there’s always a lot of public discourse and then I feel like there’s always those people who suggest their surprise picks,” Davidson said. “That’s just people seeing the board differently. That’s what makes the draft exciting.

“I think ours versus any other team’s (grouping) is going to be different and is going to be different from the public. It’s exciting to get behind the curtain and really hammer away at what those tiers are, or (what) the rankings are for the Blackhawks and what our staff believes and how we see things lining up.

“Excited to do that, but we’re not quite at that point yet.”

However, Davidson conceded that the Hawks’ draft room might take a more targeted approach to address specific roster needs.

“My philosophy is we do like to go best player available, but sometimes the discussions are so close where you have to break that somehow.

“Is it position? Is it the style of play? Is it what we’ve got already (on the roster) versus what one of these players provide? There’s a number of different things because sometimes you can’t go position because they play the same position. There’s different things that will eventually have to break that tie.”

With every other team getting ready to thoroughly dissect the same top prospects — if they haven’t already — Marr discussed several of the top prospects with the Tribune earlier this year.

1. Matthew Schaefer, defenseman

He broke his collarbone while playing for Canada in the World Junior Championship in late December but still posted seven goals and 15 assists — 1.29 points per game — in 17 games for Erie.

“He’s 17 years old, so he’s got a lot to learn about how to play the game and how to have success at the next level,” Marr said. “But he has all the tools and the attributes to where he’s a very appealing prospect.”

Though Schaefer has been compared to the Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar, “for us, he’s more along the lines of Zach Werenski,” Marr said. “They’re both puck carriers, they’re both guys that can dominate the play when they have the puck on their stick, impact the play. Smart, skilled, a pretty complete package.

“Another (comp) is Noah Dobson. … These are guys, they go right into the NHL, they play big minutes, big situations, and they contribute.”

2. Michael Misa, forward

Misa’s 134 points (62 goals) last season tied John Tavares and trailed only Hawks great Patrick Kane (145) in OHL history. He was granted “exceptional player” status to enter the OHL early in 2022 and served as the Spirit’s captain last season. He also helped them win the 2023-24 Memorial Cup.

“When we look at Misa, we’re saying the career that he’s going to have, the type of player that he is, the character, the whole thing, he’s in the category with Steven Stamkos and Sebastian Aho,” Marr said. “Misa is a little bit more cerebral (than Hagens), but the quickness that he executes the play, it’s very impressive. He can see the ice and execute the play.

“He’s doing it at an NHL level now. But he’s not playing with NHL players, so you’re not always seeing that finished product out of it.”

3. James Hagens, forward

Hagens has a nice resume already, winning gold with the U.S. (along with Hawks prospect Oliver Moore) at this year’s World Juniors. His 187 career points rank fifth in U.S. National Team Development Program history.

“He plays a pro game — right now,” Marr said. “But he’s going to be coming into the league like a Logan Cooley or Clayton Keller. That’s not the trajectory that he’s on. He’s just that gifted offensive player.

“He sees the ice where he automatically is in the right place at the right time. He might be the best player of being in the right place at the right time. But by the time the puck is on stick, he already knows what he’s going to do — and it’s not on his stick long.

“But if he’s got the chance, he knows how to get open, get to the net, and he’s got a finishing touch.”

4. Porter Martone, forward

He has good size for a winger at 6-foot-2¾ and 208 pounds. Martone recorded 37 goals and 61 assists in 57 games last season for Brampton.

“He views himself as a Matthew Tkachuk,” Marr said, “but we think he’s a little bit more similar to Brady (Tkachuk) and Mark Stone, just because he’s the best player taking the puck to the net and scoring this year. He’s just that power forward.

“If (a team needs) that Tkachuck-type guy, they’re going to lean toward Martone if they’ve already got some more skilled, high-IQ-type players in their lineup. … But I’m not going to short-change Porter Martone on his skills or his (hockey) sense. He’s a very motivated guy. He just doesn’t have the speed and quickness that these other two (Hagens and Misa) have right now.”

Over the weekend, Trump accused other countries of “stealing the movie-making capabilities” of the U.S. and said that he had authorized the Commerce Department and the U.S. Trade Representative to immediately begin the process of implementing this new import tax on all foreign-made films. But further specifics or dates weren’t provided. And the White House confirmed that no final decisions had been made as of Monday.

Trump later said that he would meet with industry executives about the proposal but a lot remains unclear about how an import tax on complex, international productions could even be implemented.

If imposed, experts warn that such a tariff would dramatically hike the costs of making movies today. That uncertainty could put filmmakers in limbo, much like other industries that have recently been caught in the crosshairs of today’s ongoing trade wars.

Unlike other sectors that have recently been targeted by tariffs, however, movies go beyond physical goods, bringing larger intellectual property ramifications into question. Here’s what we know.

Why is Trump threatening this steep movie tariff?

Trump is citing national security concerns, a justification he’s similarly used to impose import taxes on certain countries and a range of sector-specific goods.

In a Sunday night post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump claimed that the American movie industry is “DYING to a very fast death” as other countries offer “all sorts of incentives” to draw filmmaking away from the U.S.

Trump has previously voiced concern about movie production moving overseas. And in recent years, U.S. film and television production has been hampered between setbacks from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hollywood guild strikes of 2023 and the recent wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Incentive programs have also long-influenced where movies are shot both abroad and within the U.S., with more production leaving California to states like Georgia and New Mexico — as well as countries like Canada.

But unlike other sectors targeted by Trump’s recently-imposed tariffs, the American film industry currently holds a trade deficit that’s in the U.S.’s favor.

In movie theaters, American-produced movies overwhelmingly dominate the domestic marketplace. Data from the Motion Picture Association also shows that American films made $22.6 billion in exports and $15.3 billion in trade surplus in 2023 — with a recent report noting that these films “generated a positive balance of trade in every major market in the world” for the U.S.

Last year, international markets accounted for over 70% of Hollywood’s total box office revenue, notes Heeyon Kim, an assistant professor of strategy at Cornell University. She warns that tariffs and potential retaliation from other countries impacting this industry could result in billions of dollars in lost earnings and thousands of jobs.

“To me, (this) makes just no sense,” she said, adding that such tariffs could “undermine otherwise a thriving part of the U.S. economy.”

The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which represents behind-the-scenes entertainment workers across the U.S. and Canada, said in a statement Monday that Trump had “correctly recognized” the “urgent threat from international competition” that the American film and television industry faces today. But the union said it instead recommended the administration implement a federal production tax incentive and other provisions to “level the playing field” while not harming the industry overall.

How could a tax on foreign-made movies work?

That’s anyone’s guess.

“Traditional tariffs apply to physical imports crossing borders, but film production primarily involves digital services — shooting, editing and post-production work that happens electronically,” notes Ann Koppuzha, a lawyer and business law lecturer at Santa Clara University’s Leavey School of Business.

Koppuzha said that film production is more like an applied service that can be taxed, not tariffed. But taxes require Congressional approval, which could be a challenge even with a Republican majority.

Making a movie is also an incredibly complex — and international — process. It’s common for both large and small films to include production in the U.S. and in other countries. Big-budget movies like the upcoming “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” for instance, are shot around the world.

U.S. studios frequently shoot abroad because tax incentives can aid production costs. But a blanket tariff across the board could discourage that or limit options, Kim said — hurting both Hollywood films and the global industry that helps create them.

“When you make these sort of blanket rules, you’re missing some of the nuance of how production works,” added Steven Schiffman, a longtime industry veteran and adjunct professor at Georgetown University. “Sometimes you just need to go to the location, because frankly it’s way too expensive just to try to create in a soundstage”

Schiffman points to popular titles filmed outside the U.S. — such as Warner Bros’ “Harry Potter” series, which was almost entirely shot in the U.K. “The cost to have done that would have like literally double to produce those movies under this proposed tariff,” he said.

Could movie tariffs have repercussions on other intellectual property?

Overall, experts warn that the prospect of tariffing foreign-made movies ventures into uncharted waters.

“There’s simply no precedent or sense for applying tariffs to these types of creative services,” Koppuzha said. And while the Trump administration could extend similar threats to other forms of intellectual property, like music, “they’d encounter the same practical hurdles.”

But if successful, some also warn of potential retaliation. Kim points to “quotas” that some countries have had to help boost their domestic films by ensuring they get a portion of theater screens, for example. Many have reduced or suspended such quotas over the years in the name of open trade — but if the U.S. places a sweeping tariff on all foreign-made films, these kinds of quotas could come back, “which would hurt Hollywood film or any of the U.S.-made intellectual property,” Kim said.

And while U.S. dominance in film means “there are fewer substitutes” for retaliation, Schiffman notes that other forms of entertainment — like game development — could see related impacts down the road.

Others stress the potential consequences of hampering international collaboration overall.

“Creative content distribution requires thoughtful economic approaches that recognize how modern storytelling flows across borders,” notes Frank Albarella, U.S. media and telecommunications sector leader at KPMG. “The question hanging over every screen: Might we better nurture American storytelling through smart, targeted incentives, or could we inadvertently force audiences to pay more for what could become a narrower creative landscape?”

AP Writers Jake Coyle and Jill Colvin in New York, Aamer Madhani in Palm Beach, Florida and Darlene Superville in Washington contributed to this report.

Richard Donta Cotton, 32, appeared before Judge William Gamboney about 12:30 p.m. at the courthouse on multiple gun felony charges, according to court records.

After Gamboney made his decision, Cotton “ran from the courtroom and exited the courthouse,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.

A warrant was issued for his arrest.

Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff’s police at 847-635-1188 or dial 911.