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Adam Sandler’s ‘Pixels’ Fizzle Highlights Sony Pictures’ Identity Crisis
Until the studio develops a clear sense of where it stands in Hollywood, it will remain “the studio that got hacked”
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11 Sony Hack Shockers From Explosive Fortune Magazine Cover
New report details lack of security and failure to respond to known threat
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Ben Affleck Slavery Controversy Causes PBS to Delay ‘Finding Your Roots’
Actor convinced series’ producers to omit reference to ancestor who owned slaves
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Sony Hack Documentary in the Works; Will Propose Alternative Theories to North Korea
The project is being produced by “The Square” filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer, plus Mike Lerner
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Robert Lawson Named Communications Chief at Sony Pictures
Newly installed EVP will report to Michael Lynton, replaces former PR head Charlie Sipkins
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WikiLeaks Adds Thousands of Hacked Sony Emails
The new hacks come after massive leaks in April placed Ben Affleck and PBS under fire
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Hollywood Executive Pay 2014: Mark Zuckerberg Dips, Marissa Mayer Up (Updating)
Discovery Communications President and CEO David Zaslav brought home $156.08 million, while the Lionsgate CEO’s comp was $63.6 million last year, but other media moguls made more too
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Ben Affleck Reveals Name of Slave-Owning Ancestor
Actor takes to social media to say a male relative on his mother’s side owned slaves in Georgia
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PBS Ombudsman Says Emails Show Ben Affleck Slave-Owning Whitewash Is ‘Open and Shut Case’
“There’s a certain danger, I think, in producing these kinds of documentary programs without any journalists involved,” Michael Getler tells TheWrap
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Ben Affleck Apologizes for PBS Slavery Censorship: ‘I Was Embarrassed’
“I didn’t want any television show about my family to include a guy who owned slaves,” Affleck writes on Facebook
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PBS to Investigate Ben Affleck Slave-Owning Ancestry Whitewash
“We have been moving forward deliberately yet swiftly to conduct this review,” PBS says
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MPAA’s Chris Dodd, NATO’s John Fithian Say Sony Feud Is Over
CinemaCon 2015: Theatrical association’s Fithian and Sony’s Michael Lynton don’t consider “The Interview” release as “precedent for anything”
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How PBS Censorship of Ben Affleck’s Slave-Owning Ancestors Could Damage the Network
“It’s outrageous that PBS censored such vital information from its program,” journalism professor tells TheWrap
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Ben Affleck, PBS Under Fire for Trying to Hide Star’s Slave-Owning Ancestor
Oscar winner asked network to censor “Finding Your Roots” segment, leaked Sony emails reveal
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10 Revelations From WikiLeaks’ Sony Hack Emails
More drama with David O. Russell, Angelina Jolie, Amy Pascal’s Expenses and wish list of replacements for fired PR exec Charlie Sipkins
