The Oscars' Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has announced immediate plans to alter an exhibition that was recently criticized as perpetuating Jewish stereotypes. In a statement provided to Entertainment Weekly, a representative for the Academy Museum — owned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that bestows annual Oscars — revealed that the Academy has "heard the concerns from members of the Jewish community" regarding Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital. Read More...
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has upheld its fines against the producers of Midnight Rider, the biopic about Southern rocker Gregg Allman that suspended production last year after a train accident left one crew member dead and eight others injured. Sarah Jones, a 27-year-old camera assistant, was killed while trying to escape an oncoming freight train near Jesup, Georgia, on Feb. 20, 2014, while filming a scene on a live track without proper permission. Read More...
In 2010, AMC released The Walking Dead, a zombie show based on the comic book series of the same name by Robert Kirkman. The series became the network's highest-rated program ever and proved that zombies could work just as well on television as they could on the big screen. While TWD ended in November 2022, zombies haven't left television by any means, from spin-offs like Fear the Walking Dead to newer shows like HBO's The Last of Us. Read More...
