Dave Chappelle threatens to pull Ohio investments over potential nearby housing development

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRishi Malhotra has been tapped to lead Luminary as the subscription audio platform’s new CEO. In his new role, Malhotra, the founder and former CEO of the Indian online music streaming service JioSaavn, will reposition the company around a few key areas of content, bolstering Luminary’s sports, music and comedy programming.Malhotra replaces Simon Sutton, the former HBO president who joined the company two and a half years ago.

Woodland trees at the centre of a community campaign against a Dumbarton housing development look set to be given protected status.

A pair of burglars branded 'active and experienced' by police have been jailed over a series of house raids.

Work is now underway to build more than 200 homes, shops and green spaces in Bolton town centre.

Proud of her parenting! Hilary Duff is taking a stand against mom-shamers’ recent critiques.

Netflix has received criticism from users after commissioning a series of specials for Dave Chappelle.The comedian received a big backlash last year over his stand-up special The Closer, where he described himself as “team TERF” as he spoke on the controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling.LGBTQ rights group GLAAD said that his “brand has become synonymous with ridiculing trans people and other marginalised communities,” while many more also spoke out. Some Netflix employees also staged a virtual walkout in protest over his comments.However, last week it was confirmed that the comedian will front four new specials called Chappelle’s Home Team, which will each feature a different comedian introduced by Chappelle.Following this news, many people have spoken out on social media, one writing: “Oh man.

Despite Dave Chappelle’s controversial past with Netflix, the comedian is coming back for more.

Dave Chappelle‘s relationship with Netflix is expanding.

Selome Hailu Netflix announced that “Chappelle’s Home Team,” a series of stand-alone comedy specials featuring comics chosen by Dave Chappelle, who serves as executive producer. The series will debut on Feb.

Dave Chappelle will executive produce four new stand-alone comedy specials featuring comics personally selected by him as part of his Chappelle’s Home Team series for Netflix.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentDubai-based independent film distributor and producer Front Row Filmed Entertainment has acquired global rights – excluding theatrical, which is limited to the MENA region – for Lebanese drama “Death of a Virgin and the Sin of Not Living” that launched last year from Berlin’s Panorama section.Produced by Beirut-based Bee On Set Productions, “Death of a Virgin” marks director George Peter Barbari’s feature debut. It stars newcomers Etienne Assal, Adnan Khabbaz, Jean-Paul Franjieh and Elie Dankoura Saad.

A housing developer behind prominent schemes in Manchester city centre has collapsed, with the loss of about 40 jobs.

An Ohio developer says he is moving forward with construction on a controversial housing project in Dave Chappelle’s hometown of Yellow Springs following a heated village council meeting that saw the comic icon threaten to withdraw millions in planned investments in the community. "Construction should commence in early spring," George Oberer, the CEO of Oberer Homes, told Dayton Daily News, the major local newspaper. Chappelle received criticism earlier this week after the paper reported his opposition to the developer’s plan – which sought to add dozens of multiple-family homes to the village, which in 2019 had less than 4,000 residents, according to the U.S.

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio -- Comedian Dave Chappelle said his threat to pull the plug on his plans to open a comedy club near his hometown in Ohio wasn't because he opposed a proposal for affordable housing in a nearby development.Chappelle, who became the target of criticism this week after speaking against the development in Yellow Springs, said in a statement that the plan was not the right fit for the village.“Dave Chappelle didn’t kill affordable housing. Concerned residents and a responding Village Council ‘killed’ a half-baked plan which never actually offered affordable housing,” said Carla Sims, a spokesperson for Chappelle.Chappelle was among several residents who spoke against the project at a council meeting Monday the Dayton Daily News reported.The comedian, who announced last year that he was buying a former fire station in Yellow Springs with plans to turn it into a comedy club, said he would back out if the project was allowed.

opposing an affordable housing project in Yellow Springs, Ohio.Chappelle, 48, addressed the town council and threatened to pull his money from the community if they approved plans to develop 53 acres of residential housing.The town voted on the plan Wednesday after the council meeting, where the public was invited to comment on the proposal. Now, Chappelle is clearing things up. His reps didn’t respond to The Post’s request for comment, but in a statement to Fox News, his spokeswoman Carla Sims said the plan itself needed improvements.“Dave Chappelle didn’t kill affordable housing,” Sims said. “Concerned residents and a responding Village Council ‘killed’ a half-baked plan which never actually offered affordable housing.”In the viral clip, Chappelle, who lives in the town, can be heard calling local politicians “clowns.” He told the council, in no uncertain terms, that he would pull his own business ventures —  a planned restaurant and comedy club called the Firehouse Eatery — out of Yellow Springs.“I don’t know why the council would be afraid of litigation from a $24 million-a-year company while it’s out a $65 million-a-year company,” Chappelle told the Yellow Springs Village Council.

Dave Chappelle is being accused of striking down proposed affordable housing, but the comedian’s rep asserts he is doing the opposite.

Dave Chappelle is rejecting the notion that he did anything that wasn’t in the best interest of Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he lives, when he threatened to pull his investments over a potential new housing development in the area.  The comedian voiced his concerns over a $39 million housing development at a Yellow Springs Village Council meeting on Monday, where he told the council that he would withdraw plans he has for the area if the development was approved.  In a statement provided to Fox News Digital, representatives for the comedian explained the decision and why he believes it was in the best interest of the community.  "Dave Chappelle didn't kill affordable housing. Concerned residents and a responding Village Council ‘killed’ a half-baked plan which never actually offered affordable housing," said Carla Sims, a spokesperson for Chappelle.  Dave Chappelle discussed a housing development he's opposed to in Ohio.

An angry Dave Chappelle told his hometown council meeting Monday that he would not build two planned businesses in the area if they approved an ordinance that included dozens of affordable houing units.

Zack Sharf Dave Chappelle helped kill plans for an affordable housing development in his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio, the Dayton Daily News reports. The comedian appeared at a council meeting this week and threatened to pull several businesses he’s developing for Yellow Springs if the town moved forward with the affordable housing development.