I'm of the 'so-bad-it's-good' opinion.NAd it dec feature a young smoking-hot Elke Summer:
Posted on 03/12/2023 7:42:08 AM PDT by Rummyfan
One of the best stories from the last twenty years Hollywood history was the 2014 cyberhacking of Sony's computer network. It was credited to the "Guardians of Peace" but apparently done by North Korea in retaliation for the studio making The Interview, Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen's black comedy that ends with Kim Jong-Un blowing up with his helicopter. It was part of a pressure campaign by the totalitarian state that at least partially worked, as Rogen and Goldberg were forced to re-edit their film's ending, while major theatre chains pulled out of screening the picture.
But that was when we were all talking about North Korea; today the Sony hack is remembered for its collateral damage. As told in Best Pick: A Journey Through Film History and the Academy Awards, the most lasting damage might have been the leaked private email conversations between Hollywood players. As recalled in the book, written by John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky, co-hosts of a podcast devoted to the Oscars:
The data dumps that followed revealed damning e-mail exchanges (including one where producer Scott Rudin refers to Angelina Jolie as a 'minimally talented spoiled brat'), sensitive trade secrets and plans for various upcoming projects – but most apparent from the e-mails was Hollywood's problem with race. In one exchange, Sony executive producer Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudin go through a list of films they think President Obama has enjoyed, joking that they were likely Lee Daniels' The Butler, Django Unchained and Ride Along.
As film critic David Thomson said about the leaked emails, "I don't think there's anything unduly shocking about it. It just shows that Hollywood is a hotbed of gossip, spite, malice – all the good stuff, you know?"
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I'm of the 'so-bad-it's-good' opinion.NAd it dec feature a young smoking-hot Elke Summer:
Just like any other business / industry!
Anyone know the name of the movie Boyd starred in about the psychiatrist working with a young girl who ends up stabbing him?
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