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Nate Parker’s Former Penn State Classmates: We Believe He Is Innocent of Rape
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While the controversy over a revived rape case mares the opening of “The Birth of a Nation,” four of Nate Parker’s former Penn State classmates are vehemently backing the director. Lakeisha Wolf, Assata Richards, Lurie Daniel Favors and Brian Favors were student when Parker and his then-roommate Jean Celestin were charged with raping a woman in 1999, and have now written a lengthy statement to The Root. “We are both dismayed and disappointed at the gross and blatant misinformation campaign regarding the events that took place during that time period,” the foursome, who were students, staff and alumni during the subsequent trial, »
- Debbie Emery
Weinstein Co Hit With $4.8 Million Fraud Lawsuit From ‘One Chance’ Director
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David Frankel had “One Chance” to win over audiences with his movie, and he claims that The Weinstein Company ruined it for him. The director and his Luge Club Productions Inc. has amended a lawsuit against the New York-based studio, alleging fraud and negligent representation as well as breach of contract over the size and scope of the October 2014 release in North America. Frankel, whose credits include “The Devil Wears Prada” and “Marley and Me,” claims that he signed a written agreement with The Weinstein Co. in December 2010 for “One Chance” and at the time his fixed fee for directing. »
- Debbie Emery
Patricia Arquette Condemns ‘Widespread’ Rape Culture Amid Nate Parker Controversy
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As part of her ongoing campaign for gender equality, Patricia Arquette is shining a spotlight on “widespread” rape in American society that, in her opinion, exposes a broken system. “Why are states spending money to prosecute kids spray-painting a wall or a gram of weed, over catching a rapist?” the Oscar-winning actress told TheWrap. “There’s a real deep bias and it goes on throughout our whole judicial system.” When it comes to “The Birth of a Nation” director Nate Parker, who was acquitted of rape charges 17 years ago when he was a student at Penn State but who has. »
- Meriah Doty
An Ex-kkk Grand Wizard Tells Us How Donald Trump Dog-Whistles to Closet Racists
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Former Klux Klux Klan Grand Wizard Tom Metzger says Donald Trump’s recent decision to tap Breitbart Media’s Steve Bannon as his campaign CEO amounts to dog whistling that most people won’t hear, but that will appeal to “closeted racists.” “There aren’t that many white separatists out there but there are a lot of people who are closeted racists,” Metzger told TheWrap. “They don’t like to call themselves racist but they wouldn’t want their daughter to marry a black man.” Metzger, who has been described as “one of the most notorious living white supremacists in »
- Itay Hod
Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke Strip Down for Body Positive Lingerie Campaign
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Lena Dunham and Jemima Kirke are being applauded for stripping down to their underwear for a lingerie company’s Lonely Girls Project campaign. The “Girls” stars bared all in un-Photoshopped images of them wearing the Lonely brand in lace lingerie, hanging around in a bathroom. No big deal. The Lonely Label is a New Zealand-based clothing company whose mission is to promote positive body images through an “ongoing journal series featuring candid portraits of inspiring women in their own spaces wearing Lonely, their way,” according to their website. Also Read: Lena Dunham on Acting for a Male Director: 'It Sounds »
- Rasha Ali
Revolt CEO Keith Clinkscales Departs Company After Three Years
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Revolt CEO Keith Clinkscales has stepped down from his role at the company, TheWrap has learned. In a memo sent to staffers on Thursday, Clinkscales announced his departure from the music-themed network that was founded by Sean “Puffy” Combs, thanking his team and assuring them that the company remains on “exceptional footing.” Chief Operating Officer Derek Ferguson will temporarily take the reins while Revolt searches for Clinkscales’ replacement. Also Read: Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Revolt TV Names Derek Ferguson COO Clinkscales has served as CEO at Revolt since 2013, when he was appointed to the position by Combs, who is the company’s chairman. »
- Reid Nakamura
Fans: Mike Tirico Sidelining Is an ‘Absolute Crime’
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Enjoy Mike Tirico while you can, football fans, because once the regular season starts on Sept. 9 he’ll be sidelined. The Espn veteran commentator, who moved over to NBC earlier this year, is calling the “Thursday Night Football” preseason matchup tonight between the Atlanta Falcons and the Miami Dolphins. But he won’t be joining Cris Collinsworth in the analyst booth during the regular season because he wasn’t named in the network’s initial bid. That has sparked an outcry among fans who grew to love Tirico’s distinctive and enlightening play-calling when he shared duties with Jon Gruden »
- Debbie Emery
Are You Ready for the Las Vegas Raiders?
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Oakland may soon be without its football team as the Raiders organization has applied for a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the name “Las Vegas Raiders,” according to Forbes. Adding fuel to the speculation that owner Mark Davis is committed to relocating the team that was once in Los Angeles, the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee also released a report that features renderings of a proposed Raiders stadium (above) in Sin City. The stadium is estimated to cost $1.4 billion and the effort is led by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, the CEO and chairman of Sands. »
- Debbie Emery
‘American Horror Story’ Gets Corny With Latest Promo (Video)
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“American Horror Story” is wishing fans out to the cornfield with its latest promo. The FX series, which heads into its sixth season on September 14, has been heavy on tease and almost nonexistent with actual explanation in its latest round of promos, as exemplified by the “?” sign that’s been prominently displayed throughout them. One promo dropped heavy hints that all of the seasons are somehow connected. Also Read: 'American Horror Story' Season 6 New Teaser: A Monster Emerges (Video) But then, FX boss John Landgraf has stated that some of the trailers were purposefully created to mislead viewers. And now we have. »
- Tim Kenneally
Kelly Ripa’s Season 29 Guest Co-Hosts: Who Has Best Odds for Permanent Gig? (Photos)
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Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan spent four seasons together on “Live.” But ABC announced this spring it would move Strahan to “Good Morning America.” ABC spent the summer trying out guest hosts, with six – presumably finalists? – sharing the love seat in early September. Who has the best odds to turn a guest host stint into a regular job? We take a look. Michael Weatherly The actor is sitting in with Ripa on Sept. 13. But there is no way he’s going to be a regular daily host – not this year at least. He’s the star of “Bull,” CBS’ »
- Scott Collins
‘The Night Of': If Naz Didn’t Do It, Who Did? (Updated)
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We don’t think Naz killed Andrea on “The Night Of.” But if he didn’t, who did? Let’s look at the possible suspects. Naz Let’s get this out of the way. We guess it’s possible that “The Night Of” lead character Naz (Riz Ahmed) blacked out and killed Andrea. But he seemed truly shocked and horrified to find her dead, and like too nice a guy to do something so horrible. Or at least that’s what the show wants us to think. Andrea Again, we have to raise this possibility just to dismiss it. If Andrea killed herself, »
- Tim Molloy
Frances Bean Cobain’s Ex Wants $25,000 a Month in Spousal Support
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Frances Bean Cobain’s soon-to-be-ex husband is asking for a whopper of an allowance, as the estranged couple moves further down the road to divorce. In court papers obtained by TheWrap, musician Isaiah Silva, who wed Kurt Cobain’s daughter in June 2014, asks for $25,000 in monthly spousal support. In a declaration, the Eeries frontman claimed that he’s just a broke musician, while Cobain is the heir to a vast fortune. Also Read: Frances Bean Cobain Seeks to Protect Nirvana Frontman's $450 Million Fortune in Divorce Filing “he has net assets well in excess of $100 million. I am a musician with little income. »
- Tim Kenneally
ShortList 2016: Finalists Talk About Selling Wedding Rings to Pay for Projects (Video)
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No matter the length of your finished product, there’s nothing easy — or cheap — about making a movie. That was the lesson the finalists in TheWrap’s fifth annual ShortList Film Festival shared at an awards ceremony Wednesday night at YouTube Space La. Jim Cummings discussed the lengths to which he went to raise money for his short, “Thunder Road,” the winner of the Creators League Prize. At one point, he said, he even sold the wedding rings from his recently dissolved marriage to help fund the project. Also Read: 'Slingshot,' 'Maman(s)' and 'Thunder Road' »
- Thom Geier
Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs Says ‘People Need to See’ Nate Parker’s ‘Birth of a Nation’ (Video)
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Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs said that the personal history of Nate Parker should not dissuade people from seeing the first-time director’s acclaimed new drama “The Birth of a Nation.” “The important thing is for people to see it and enjoy the film, be impressed by the film,” she told TMZ on Thursday. “People need to see this movie… Just by the conversation that has gone on at Sundance, it’s clearly a movie that filmgoers should go and see.” On Tuesday, the American Film Institute’s Conservatory canceled a screening of the »
- Beatrice Verhoeven
Sam Mendes Is in Early Discussions to Direct Live-Action ‘James and the Giant Peach’
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Sam Mendes, who helmed the last two James Bond films, is in very early talks to direct Disney’s upcoming live-action “James and the Giant Peach,” a source with knowledge of the film confirmed to TheWrap. Nick Hornby is also in early talks to write the screenplay. Disney released an animated version of the 1961 Roald Dahl novel back in 1996, and it made $28.9 million at the box office. That movie was live action for the first 20 minutes, and then it transitioned into stop-motion animation while the title character is inside the peach. Susan Sarandon starred as the main voice »
- Matt Pressberg
The Year Disney Almost Died — and How It Survived to Thrive
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The Walt Disney of 1941 would be stunned by the success of modern-day Disney: It is in the midst of its best year ever, about to break the $2.4 billion domestic box office record Universal set last year. It will have the biggest market share of any studio in the modern age. The success is all the more impressive considering Disney’s humble roots. In 1920, Walt Disney, then a young animator, moved out to Los Angeles with scarcely a penny to his name after his animation startup in Kansas City, Laugh-o-grams, went belly up. He had an early hit with “Snow White and the Seven. »
- Meriah Doty
13 Shows to Binge-Watch Before Labor Day: ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Halt and Catch Fire,’ ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ (Photos)
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Society at large persists in insisting that summer ends after Labor Day, so while temperatures will continue to be borderline unbearable through October, that means there’s a little more than a week and a half left to get on board the “Stranger Things” train. These shows won’t be disappearing anytime soon, but your free time just might be, so best shut yourself away in a dark, air-conditioned room and binge on. “Stranger Things” (season 1 on Netflix) There’s no reason to not have watched this ’80s horror-adventure pastiche, unless you’ve been in the upside-down. (You’ll get the reference when you watch. »
- Oriana Schwindt
‘Friday the 13th’ Screenwriter, Producers Tussle Over Rights to Movie in New Lawsuit
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The screenwriter of the iconic 1980 horror film “Friday the 13th” is seeking to reclaim the rights to the movie. On Wednesday, the film’s producers fired back with a lawsuit in a Connecticut federal court, calling writer Victor Miller’s actions “a transparently disingenuous money grab.” Earlier this year — 36 years after the movie hit theaters — screenwriter Miller sent out termination notices, seeking to claim the rights to the movie he wrote as a work-for-hire. This week, current rights holder Horror Inc., along with the Manny Company — which hired and signed an employment agreement with Miller — filed their suit, claiming that. »
- Matt Pressberg
Entertainment Industry Attorney Charged With Child Sex Crimes
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An entertainment industry attorney has been charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Thursday. Benjamin Lawson Adams, 31, faces charges of lewd acts upon a child, oral copulation of a person under 16, two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object and one count of sodomy of a person under 16. Adams has pleaded not guilty to the sex crimes charges. He is scheduled to returned to court Sept. 27. Also Read: 'Law & Order' Director Jace Alexander Sentenced to 10 Years Probation in Child Porn Case Adams is accused of sexually assaulting »
- Tim Kenneally
Ryan Lochte Officially Charged by Rio Police for Making False Robbery Report
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Ryan Lochte will face charges in Brazil over his claim that he was robbed during the recent Rio Olympics. Per the Associated Press, Lochte was charged today with making false report of robbery. He claimed that he and three fellow U.S. swimmers competing in the Olympics were robbed at gunpoint. But local authorities soon countered that the athletes had actually been stopped by armed security guards and accused of vandalizing a gas station restroom. Lochte left Brazil early, but his three teammates–James Feigen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack »
- Joe Otterson
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