PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A University of Pennsylvania fraternity has been suspended pending an investigation into a holiday card showing the mostly white group posing with what it says was a Beyoncé sex doll. Phi Delta Theta’s national leadership halted its Penn chapter this week amid concerns the image – criticized as racist and misogynistic – […]
U.S. officials have determined that hackers working for North Korea are behind the Sony Pictures Entertainment attack, multiple news outlets reported Wednesday. According to NBC, the hack originated outside of North Korea, but appears to have been carried out by individuals working for the North Korean government. Sony began working with law enforcement earlier this […]
On Wednesday, Sony Pictures officially canceled plans to release “The Interview” on Dec. 25, shortly after the nation’s five biggest theater chains announced they would not show the film. The seemingly unprecedented cancellation comes even after officials from the Department of Homeland Security emphasized that there is “no credible intelligence to indicate an active plot […]
Four months after Robin Williams took his own life, his oldest son is speaking out about the terrible loss his family has endured.
According to Deadline.com, plans for a “paranoid thriller” set in North Korea and starring Steve Carell have been scrapped in the wake of a cyber attack against Sony Pictures that eventually led to the postponement of “The Interview.” A source close to the project confirmed that production company New Regency had stopped development on the […]
President Barack Obama says that threats by the hackers responsible for the attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment shouldn’t deter Americans from going to movie theaters over the holidays. In an interview with ABC News airing Wednesday, Obama said his administration is taking the breach seriously, but that moviegoers should feel safe. “Well, the cyberattack is […]
BOSTON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation released a warning on Tuesday, advising theaters and other businesses associated with Sony Corp’s Hollywood studio’s film “The Interview” that they could be targeted in cyberattacks. The private document, which was obtained by Reuters, said that “anyone associated with the production, distribution and promotion” […]
By this point, I think my assessment of “The 100” is pretty clear. I’ve written a number of pieces about the show, in its first and second season, praising its pace, its cast and its commitment to its premise about survival in an unforgiving, post-apocalyptic world. Strangely enough, despite being one of the critics spreading […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The blow that the hacking attack has dealt Sony is spreading beyond the entertainment corporation itself to theater chains and movie goers alike. And the financial toll is adding up too. Threats of violence against movie theaters. The New York premiere of “The Interview” canceled. Leaks of thousands more private emails. […]
Step back from that mouse, my friend. Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon’s latest trip to summer camp means your days of mindlessly surfing the Internet are over. This time around, the best friends forever talk about crushes, beards and they just can’t get enough of that Third Eye Blind song, “Jumper.” Aside from Mr. Fletcher’s […]
