Netflix is strongly contesting the insistence today of a now fired staffer that they did not leak confidential financial information about #DaveChappelle and others to the press — very strongly deadline.com/2021/10/dave-c…
“While we would never normally talk about an investigation like this, these claims are not supported by the facts,” a spokesperson for the streamer told Deadline (Cont.) deadline.com/2021/10/dave-c…
“This employee admitted sharing confidential information externally from their Netflix email on several occasions,” the Netflix spokesperson went on (Cont.) deadline.com/2021/10/dave-c…
“Also, they were the only employee to access detailed, sensitive data on four titles that later appeared in the press.”
Alec Baldwin “Discharged” Prop Gun That Killed ‘Rust’ Cinematographer & Injured Director deadline.com/2021/10/alec-b…
Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins died not long after being transported to a hospital in Albuequereque. Here’s the full statement from the Santa Fe Sheriff’s department: deadline.com/2021/10/alec-b…
"This investigation remains open and active. No charges have been filed in regard to this incident. Witnesses continue to be interviewed by detectives," according to the Santa Fe Sheriff's department bit.ly/3vzsd53
Female Crewmember Dies After Prop Gun Misfire On New Mexico Set Of Alec Baldwin Film ‘Rust’ deadline.com/2021/10/female…
Deadline previously heard from sources that a principal castmember cocked a gun during a rehearsal, unaware if there were live rounds in it, hitting two people, a man and a woman deadline.com/2021/10/female…
THIS STORY HAS BEEN UPDATED:
Director of Photography Halyna Hutchins died not long after being transported to a hospital in Albuquerque. Alec Baldwin “discharged” prop gun.
Please see the following thread for the current situation on the matter:
B. Pagels-Minor, the Netflix employee fired last week from the streamer for allegedly leaking financial information to the media about Chappelle’s comedy special, was among those participating in the rally deadline.com/2021/10/dave-c…
Pagels-Minor told Deadline on the sidelines of the rally that they did not leak information to the media. “I compiled a series of data, I’m a data person, and I shared it with a lot of people internally,” Pagels-Minor said (Cont.) deadline.com/2021/10/dave-c…
“If they’re going to fire me, they’re going to have to fire a lot of people,” the former staffer added, noting that they were never directly informed as part of their employment contract about what they could and could not distribute deadline.com/2021/10/dave-c…
Norm Macdonald’s longtime producing partner and dear friend Lori Jo Hoekstra was with him this morning when he passed (Cont.) deadline.com/2021/09/norm-m…
We're told Macdonald has been privately battling cancer for nearly a decade and was determined to keep his health struggles personal - away from family, friends and fans (Cont.) deadline.com/2021/09/norm-m…
Scarlett Johansson filed a lawsuit on Thursday against The Walt Disney Co., claiming that the studio breached her contract by releasing #BlackWidow on Disney+ at the same time it was released in theaters deadline.com/2021/07/scarle…
The breach of contract lawsuit (read it below) was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment bit.ly/3lb0t3O
"This will surely not be the last case where Hollywood talent stands up to Disney and makes it clear that, whatever the company may pretend, it has a legal obligation to honor its contracts,” John Berlinski, Johansson’s attorney, said in a statement bit.ly/3lb0t3O
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