AMC refuse to pull Mad Men blackface episode to preserve ‘historical authenticity’

Gwen Stefani picks up some coffee as she arrives at the studio in Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon (July 22).

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge on Wednesday handed a significant win to AMC Networks in its long-running battle over profits from “The Walking Dead.”Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel J. Buckley held that the cable network was entitled to define “modified adjusted gross receipts” under the terms of its contracts with profit participants.Comic creator Robert Kirkman filed the suit in 2017, along with producers Gale Anne Hurd, Glen Mazzara and David Alpert.

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV CriticIn a decision that may send shudders up the spine of Frank Darabont and CAA’s long fought $300 million The Walking Dead profit participation war with AMC, the cabler just won a major battle that could prove a death knell to Robert Kirkman’s own legal actions.After a delay of several months due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic essentially shutting down the courts, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge today finally laid down the law on TWD creator

Charlize Theron will be hosting a drive-in movie screening for her film, Mad Max: Fury Road.

David Robb Labor EditorThe national board of SAG-AFTRA on Monday reprimanded Los Angeles Local president Patricia Richardson for refusing to remove a member of the local’s Sexual Harassment Committee, even though the board says she had received “detailed complaints from women who had been subject to or witness to sexual harassment, abuse and assault” by the committee member.The board resolution does not identify the committee member, but Deadline has learned from multiple sources that it’s actor

HBO Max, under its WarnerMax movie label, will develop a film adaptation of romantic comedy novel When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri. Perri will adapt her novel into a screenplay.

Sir Richard Starkey, celebrated the milestone on Tuesday and some famous names were quick to share some sweet words in his honor.Sir Paul McCartney, the Beatles singer who last reunited with Starr during his July 2019 Los Angeles concert, shared a pic of his former bandmate grinning from ear to ear to celebrate the day.«Happy birthday SIR RICHARD alias RINGO,» McCartney, 78, wrote. «Have a great day my long time buddy!»Yoko Ono, who was famously married to Beatles singer John Lennon before his

Tom Grater International Film ReporterCast is rounding out on counterfeiting comedy Queenpins ahead of a planned shoot in Los Angeles later this year, with Vince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser joining Leslie Jones and Kristen Bell in the pic.Emmy-nominated husband and wife team Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (Beneath The Harvest Sky) are writing and directing the movie, which is inspired by the true story of the largest coupon counterfeit in the history of the U.S..

Dave McNary Film ReporterVince Vaughn and Paul Walter Hauser have been cast alongside Kristen Bell and Leslie Jones in the caper comedy “Queenpins.”Independent financier Align has joined AGC Studios, Aloe Entertainment and Marquee Entertainment to provide financing and co-produce. Pre-production will begin in late summer in Los Angeles.“Queenpins” is written and will be directed by husband-wife team Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly (“Beneath The Harvest Sky”) from their own script.

AMC’s Mad Men will appear across all streaming platforms later in the month, even an episode in which a character wears blackface. This Wednesday, Lionsgate dropped a statement in which they explained their decision not to eliminate one of Season 3’s episodes, “My Old Kentucky Home,” despite the recent removal of similar episodes from other series like Scrubs, Community, and 30 Rock.

AMC bosses won’t be pulling a controversial episode of Mad Men, featuring blackface from the network, in an effort to maintain “historical authenticity”.According to the Los Angeles Times, the episode in question – season three’s My Old Kentucky Home – will be shown in its entirety, along with trigger warning ahead of the program, warning it contains “disturbing images related to race in America”.“One of the characters is shown in blackface as part of an episode that shows how commonplace racism

Mad Men will keep an episode featuring a character in blackface, instead opting to attach a disclaimer when the series returns to streaming services this month.Episode three of the AMC period drama’s third season, ‘My Old Kentucky Home’, sees the character Roger Sterling, played by John Slattery, wear blackface to sing the anti-slavery ballad ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ to woo his wife Jane at a party, played by Peyton List.Most other characters laugh at Sterling’s performance, though Don Draper (Jon