Hollywood & Highland, the retail and theater complex that also serves as home to the annual Academy Awards, has reportedly removed the statues of large white elephants that have presided over the venue for two decades due to concerns that they are racist.
Teen Vogue took to Twitter and claimed “Racism and patriotism go hand in hand” by sharing an earlier article, which argues many of America’s prominent anthems are rooted in racism.
Universal/DreamWorks’ The Girl on the Train led all new releases at the box office with a near-$25 million haul as Nate Parker’s slave epic The Birth of a Nation faltered under the weight of its own controversy this weekend.
Fox Searchlight has teamed with several independent movie theater chains on a voter registration initiative that will sign up voters in theater lobbies ahead of screenings of the Nat Turner slave rebellion drama The Birth of a Nation.
Entertainment journalists produced a shocking new allegation against filmmaker Nate Parker Monday night in their retrial of his 1999 rape case. Parker, they insinuated, was responsible for the suicide of a woman who accused him of sexual assault — apparently because she was so distraught that the justice system concluded he was not guilty.
Fox Searchlight has dramatically altered its promotional campaign for upcoming film The Birth of a Nation, because it fears that journalists will re-litigate a 17-year-old rape case where star-writer-director Nate Parker was acquitted of all charges.
As Nate Parker prepares for the wide release of his highly-anticipated breakout slave rebellion drama The Birth of a Nation, an old rape case brought against him 17 years ago while he was a student at Penn State could complicate Fox Searchlight’s ambitious plans for the film, which is already expected to be a major contender at next year’s Academy Awards.
HOUSTON, Texas — Dinesh D’Souza’s new movie, “Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party,” is besting this year’s competition in the political documentary category. A little known fact though, is that his wife Debbie sings the film’s prelude and “God Bless America.”
Fox Searchlight released the latest promotional poster for its upcoming slave drama The Birth of a Nation on Friday that features the movie’s main character, slave rebellion leader Nat Turner (as played by Nate Parker), being hung with a noose fashioned from an American flag.
The Birth of a Nation — the slave rebellion drama that electrified Sundance earlier this year — got its first full trailer on Tuesday.
