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Netflix defends Dave Chappelle following backlash from his special The Closer

Comedian Dave Chappelle may be drawing criticism from a few different entities following the controversy surrounding his newest comedy special, The Closer, but Netflix, who is housing the special, has made it very clear that they are standing by him...

Posted 5 years ago

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Anthony Bourdain deepfake voice in documentary sparks controversy

Posted 5 years ago

When explaining how he was able to capture the spirit of Anthony Bourdain in his haunting new documentary, filmmaker Morgan Neville said he felt it was vital to have the whole film in the voice of the acclaimed chef, who...

Armie Hammer dropped by agency & publicist amid social media scandal

Posted 5 years ago

Armie Hammer's 2021 is not off to a great start. Hammer's problems arose when DM's and audio messages, allegedly from the actor, were leaked on social media which detailed rape fantasies and an appetite for cannibalism with his sexual partners....

Cuties: Controversial film makes Oscar shortlist for International award

Posted 5 years ago

France’s Oscar selection committee today announced a shortlist of five films that are up for the country's official submission to the International Feature Film category at the 2021 Academy Awards. That list includes the Sundance award-winning drama CUTIES, which at the...

Cuties director received death threats over Netflix’s sexualized poster

Posted 6 years ago

No one denies that Netflix's promotional poster for the film CUTIES was incredibly misguided. Blame has been put on Netflix themselves and their marketing division because no one can really understand how such a sexualized image of the film's young...

Netflix apologizes for Cuties poster that many thought sexualized children

Posted 6 years ago

Netflix found itself on the rare end of negative criticism and now they're issuing a swift mea culpa. The backlash emerged when the streamer released the key art for their forthcoming release, CUTIES, and the image was deemed inappropriate by...

Andy Serkis comments on the Scarlett Johansson Rub & Tug controversy

Posted 7 years ago

Scarlett Johansson courted controversy back in July when she signed on to star in RUB & TUG, a Rupert Sanders film which would tell the true story of Dante "Tex" Gill, a transgender man who flourished in a male-dominated business...

First Look: David Harbour as Hellboy!

Posted 9 years ago

Holy sh*t! Well, this is a great surprise now, isn't it? As you can see below we have just been given our first look at STRANGER THINGS' David Harbour as the new HELLBOY in Neil Marshall's upcoming reboot. And he...

Hellboy reboot loses Ed Skrein after whitewashing controversy

Posted 9 years ago

It was only last week that we passed along the news that DEADPOOL's Ed Skrein was lined-up to join director Neil Marshall's upcoming HELLBOY reboot, starring STRANGERS THING's David Harbour. Well, it looks like Skrein has chosen to drop out...

Black America is an alternate history show from Boondocks creator

Posted 9 years ago

So it looks like Amazon Prime is doing another alternate-history show, this time from creator of popular Adult Swim show THE BOONDOCKS Aaron McGruder and producer Will Packer (STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON) called BLACK AMERICA. Here's the synopsis, according to Deadline:...

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