While James Franco and Seth Rogen’s The Interview did pretty damn well over the weekend – mainly in online rentals and sales – it seems there’s another person who was pretty happy about it … Sony exec Amy Pascal. You remember her; Pascal was on the other end of those horrible Scott Rudin emails, which slammed the likes of Angelina Jolie for being a “brat” and “untalented.” Of course, that also let to the eventual pull (and then un-pull) of The Interview. Well, now Pascal is hoping the film’s success saves her job at Sony following the company’s massive email hack at the hands of North Korea … supposedly. Read More »
Big Eyes star Amy Adams was unceremoniously dumped from a planned interview appearance on 'The Today Show' for asking to not address the Sony email hacking scandal which has seen Hollywood celebrities have personal details leaked. The hacking — which saw the James Franco and Seth Rogen movie 'The Interview' pulled from, then reinstated to, theaters around the USA — has affected stars such as Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lawrence, George Clooney, Channing Tatum, Kevin Hart and many more. Read More »
It hasn’t happened yet, but Sony has certainly threatened Twitter after some hack-related tweets have come out following word (and visuals) of that famed hacking job, which is reportedly from our friends over at North Korea. The hack job leaked a number of emails that took place within the industry, specifically ones between producer Scott Rudin and Sony’s Amy Pascal about Angelina Jolie as well as a number of others. The intention of the hack was to have the company pull the heavily anticipated Seth Rogen, James Franco-led film The Interview – in which the two travel to North Korea to kill Kim Jong-un. And, well, it happened. Sony pulled the movie… Read More »
If there’s one guy who isn’t too upset over Sony pulling Seth Rogen and James Franco’s film The Interview its comedian Chris Rock. Reason being? His new movie Top Five now has a chance to cash in some serious bank! Rock stopped by The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night to promote the film. During his interview, the two joked about the whole North Korea-Sony Pictures email hacking thing. You know, the whole reason The Interview was pulled from theaters. On the subject, the comedian assures his fans that the film is “Korean friendly.” Read More »
The latest batch of hacked Sony emails have been leaked, and with them comes a dire warning, saying that "The world will be full of fear. Remember the 11th of September 2001." The hacked emails have leaked in response to the James Franco and Seth Rogen comedy 'The Interview', which depicts Franco and Rogen tasked with trying to assassinate the leader of North Korea. The hacking group 'Guardians Of Peace' have released sensitive information concerning Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Kevin Hart, Aaron Sorkin, Jennifer Lawrence, Ryan Gosling, Channing Tatum and many other big Hollywood names in emails from Sony executives Read More »
Leonardo DiCaprio 'despicable', Cameron Crowe's new movie 'ridiculous', a sad George Clooney... Jaden and Willow Smith homeschooled? Sounds like the Sony email hack has embarrassed another round of celebrities, with hacked emails from the Guardians of Peace reportedly once again surfacing and detailing Sony executives slamming the biggest names in Hollywood. Following the embarrassing exchanges regarding Seth Rogen and James Franco, as well as Angelina Jolie, Kevin Hart, Mark Cuban, Joel McHale and Michael Fassbender, the Sony email hack just keeps claiming more targets. Read More »
The Sony email hack has another victim, with Mark Cuban's salary for Shark Tank being revealed in a string of emails between Cuban, his lawyer and Sony Pictures Television president Steve Mosko. The Shark Tank judge and billionaire owner of NBA team Dallas Mavericks calls the planned salary "beyond an insult" and swear to negotiate "like any other deal I would do". The leaked emails see Cuban join Kevin Hart, Angelina Jolie, Joel McHale, James Franco and Seth Rogen as celebrity victims of the 'Guardians of Peace' hack. Read More »
Joel McHale wins the Sony email hack. Out of all the stories to come out of the scandal surrounding Sony and their hacked security systems, the funniest belongs to the "Community" and "The Soup" star, who sent an email to Sony network president Steve Mosko wanted a discount on a Sony TV. We'd expect nothing less from the man who plays the incorrigible Jeff Winger. Read More »