NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood “bigger, better and stronger” and has cast Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as stars of what he is calling his “Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place, Hollywood, California.”

President-elect Donald Trump has announced the appointment of actors Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as ambassadors to help make Hollywood "bigger, better and stronger". View on euronews

President-elect Donald Trump has named Rocky Balboa, Mad Max and urban cowboy Joe Buck as his “Ambassadors to Hollywood.”

Appointing Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester Stallone isn’t just stupid. He’s also taunting an industry suffering from the Los Angeles wildfires.

President-elect Donald Trump has named actor Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight as his "special envoys" to Hollywood.

The president-elect announced on his social media site this week that the three actors would be his eyes and ears to the movie making town.

As Los Angelenos cast about for heroes, the about-to-become 47th president is dispatching Messrs. Gibson, Stallone, and Voight to “serve as Special Envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to Foreign Countries, BACK — BIGGER, BETTER, AND STRONGER THAN EVER BEFORE!”

Donald Trump has announced about 100 nominations to his administration that require Senate confirmation, from cabinet secretaries to ambassadors to foreign countries, but on Thursday the President-elect announced the “nomination” of three more “ambassadors” — to Hollywood.

Special envoys are typically chosen to respond to troubled hotspots like the Middle East, not California Donald Trump wants to make Hollywood "bigger, better and stronger" and has cast Mel Gibson, Jon Voight and Sylvester Stallone as stars of what he is calling his "Special Ambassadors to a great but very troubled place,

Stallone, Gibson and Voight are all outspoken fans of the president-elect, unlike the majority of Hollywood celebrities.

It is currently unclear what the actors will actually be doing or the type of changes that Trump wants to make. “It is my honor to announce Jon Voight, Mel Gibson, and Sylvester

Days before taking his oath of office, President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is appointing actors Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone and Jon Voight as special ambassadors to Hollywood