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Film Academy To Replace Hattie McDaniel’s ‘Gone With The Wind’ Oscar; Howard University To Get Statuette
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy Museum said today that they will gift a replacement of Hattie McDaniel's 1939 Best Supporting Actress Academy Award forGone with the Wind to the Howard University Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts.The school will host a…
‘Gone With The Wind’ To Get Trigger Warning For “Hurtful Or Harmful” Aspects Of 19th-Century Slavery
Gone With the Wind will now come with a trigger warning for those affected by descriptions of 19th century slavery in the Deep South. The Daily Telegraph in the UK reports that publisher Pan Macmillan has decided readers could find depictions of the era "hurtful or indeed harmful," and is…
Mickey Kuhn Dies: Last Surviving ‘Gone With The Wind’ Cast Member Was 90
Mickey Kuhn, the last surviving credited cast member of the 1939 film classicGone With The Wind, died Sunday at a hospice facility in Naples, FL. He was 90.His death was announced in aFacebook post by friend George Terrell.A prolific child actor of the 1930s and ’40s, Kuhn is best…
Peter Bart: How To Survive In Hollywood? Vintage Stars Reveal Rules Of Combat In Hefty New AFI Book
The rules of survival in Hollywood have always fascinated me. "Consistency is the key – always present yourself to studios as a total bitch," Bette Davis once confided. "Never delude yourself into thinking that a star can become a loyal personal friend," advised Billy Wilder. "Since studios always lie, a…
TCM Puts Classic Films ‘Breakfast At Tiffany’s’, ‘Tarzan’, ‘Psycho’, ‘GWTW’ And More Under Microscope For Offensive Content
It seems we are living through a phase of so-called “cancel culture” these days. Just this week, Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced it will no longer publish six lesser-known books by the famed children’s author due to offensive and racist depictions. Mr. Potato Head is now non-gender. Some episodes ofThe Muppet Sho…
Jimmy Fallon Spoofs HBO Max’s ‘Blazing Saddles’, ‘Gone With The Wind’ Social Context Intros
Jimmy Fallon responded to HBO Max’s addition of proper social notices with a film intro of his own.On Monday’s episode ofThe Tonight Show, Fallon dressed up as Cherished Cinema Classic (spoof of TCM) host Clyde Darwell to introducePassion on the Prairie, a fake 1940s Hollywood film. Much like Jacqueline…
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Whoopi Goldberg On ‘Ghost’ At 30, ‘Gone With The Wind’s’ Racism & How The Academy Board Governor Is Helping Drive AMPAS Toward Diversity
EXCLUSIVE:Believe it or not the 1990 Oscar-winning box office blockbusterGhost celebrates its 30th anniversary this month, and to mark that milestone Paramount Home Entertainment’s Paramount Presents label releases a new limited edition collectible Blu-ray on Tuesday which has been remastered from a 4K film…
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Peter Bart: Will Hollywood Icons Topple Like Confederate Statues In Current Cancel Culture?
Could Walt Disney be next? Really?Let me explain: Most industry people I know were drawn to Hollywood by the prospect of creating things, not cancelling things. Now the dialogue has shifted, whether about airports (John Wayne), statues (Teddy Roosevelt) or movies (Gone With the Wind).Could logos be next? Walt…
‘Gone With The Wind’ Returns To HBO Max With Contextual Spotlight On Film’s Denial Of Slavery’s Horrors & Black Characters
A day after WarnerMedia's Sandra Deweypromised a virtual Cannes thatGone With the Wind would be back on HBO Max "very soon," the controversial 1939 film has indeed returned – with some poignant historical context "about the film's handling of the topic of slavery, and its treatment of Black characters."Pulled…
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After His Op-Ed Got ‘Gone With The Wind’ Pulled From HBO Max, John Ridley Ponders Permanent Hollywood Change As ABC Re-Airs His L.A. Riots Docu ‘Let It Fall’ – Deadline Q&A
EXCLUSIVE: Writer-director John Ridley has been writing and directing film and TV projects about racial conflict his whole career. And despite winning the Oscar for scripting12 Years a Slave, he has always found it a tough sell, the idea of forcing people to confront their own feelings about race and prejudice…
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Pulling ‘Gone With The Wind’ Was A “No-Brainer”, But It Will Return To HBO Max Because “We Can’t Censor” It, WarnerMedia’s Bob Greenblatt Tells SiriusXM
Bob Greenblatt, WarnerMedia’s entertainment and direct-to-consumer chairman, called the decision to temporarily pullGone With the Wind “a no-brainer” but said it will be restored because “we can’t censor these films.”The executive made the comments Thursday in an interview on Sirius XM with Jess Cagle, the…
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Actor-Rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris, Kevin Hart Producing Partner Jeff Clanagan Hit Hollywood Diversity Efforts, ‘Gone With The Wind’
Actor and rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris and Jeff Clanagan, Kevin Hart’s business partner, represented the entertainment perspective in a virtual panel Thursday examining issues across society and culture raised by the George Floyd protests.“There is no perfect revolution,” Harris said. But even if ultimate outcomes…
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