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Posted Tuesday 10/19/21 at 12:01AM EDT
Transgender Netflix staffer who was temporarily suspended says Dave Chappelle "is not, and has never been, the cause of this problem — he is a symptom of it"
Netflix software engineer Terra Field, who was suspended and reinstated last week after calling out the company over transphobic content...
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Posted Monday 10/18/21 at 3:42PM EDT
Some Netflix stars will appear in a PSA in support trans employees in their walkout over Dave Chappelle's The Closer
Angelica Ross, Jonathan Van Ness, Jameela Jamil, Eureka O’Hara and Colton Haynes will appear in the public service announcement for...
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Posted Saturday 10/16/21 at 5:53AM EDT
The fallout from Dave Chappelle's The Closer is in some ways the most interesting thing about the special
"Chappelle remains a gifted yarn-spinner who shifts from gravitas to irreverence as deftly as anyone," says Jason Zinoman of the...
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Posted Saturday 10/16/21 at 5:53AM EDT
How Y: The Last Man subverted familiar trans stories
For her TV adaptation, showrunner Eliza Clark wanted to address the comic’s simplistic view of gender.
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Posted Friday 10/15/21 at 6:05PM EDT
Wanda Sykes backs Hannah Gadsby, Michelle Wolf takes the other side in Netflix-Dave Chappelle debate
“Now that’s what you call, ‘punching up!’” Sykes, who made her most recent standup special for Netflix said in the...
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Posted Friday 10/15/21 at 2:27PM EDT
Netflix fires employee who allegedly leaked confidential data revealing the cost of Dave Chappelle's The Closer
The unnamed employee revealed to Bloomberg earlier this week that Netflix spent $24.
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Posted Friday 10/15/21 at 2:57AM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer LGBTQ controversy isn't a betrayal: It's exactly what he wanted to accomplish
"Dave Chappelle is getting plenty of heat for his latest Netflix special, The Closer," says Nicole Lewis.
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Netflix's new Dave Chappelle defense: Our content "doesn’t directly translate to real-world harm"
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos followed up on his Friday memo defending Chappelle's The Closer with a new memo on Monday...
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Posted Thursday 10/14/21 at 2:32AM EDT
Julianna Margulies admits there was some "trepidation" over her playing a lesbian on The Morning Show
“Who’s to say I haven’t had my own gay experiences?” Margulies tells Variety.
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Posted Wednesday 10/13/21 at 3:53PM EDT
Report: Netflix employees raised concerns over Dave Chappelle's new special days before its release
Bloomberg News reports that employees raised "raised concerns about offensive material in Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special The Closer days...
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Netflix boss' Dave Chappelle memo was lip-servicey, tone-deaf and a masterwork of gaslighting
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos' memo to his Netflix staff defending Chappelle's "artistic freedom" in response to the backlash over his homophobic and...
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Posted Wednesday 10/13/21 at 2:56AM EDT
Teen Mom's Amber Portwood comes out as bisexual
On Tuesday's episode of Teen Mom OG, Portwood revealed that she was writing her second book.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 8:55PM EDT
Trans Netflix employees plan a company-wide walkout to protest co-CEO Ted Sarandos' statements defending Dave Chappelle
The walkout scheduled for Oct.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 8:55PM EDT
Former Superman actor Dean Cain accuses DC Comics of "bandwagoning" by making Clark Kent's son bisexual
In the Nov.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 2:58AM EDT
Dave Chappelle's The Closer stopped being fun when it started looking like something from Fox News
"Maybe you watch comedy specials to endure them, but I watch them to have a good time, and I stop...