Shocking New Reveals From Sony Hack: J. Law, Pitt, Clooney, and Star Wars (also Obama and Hillary)

[Lodestar]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/12/12/shocking-new-reveals-from-sony-hack-j-law-pitt-clooney-and-comparing-fincher-to-hitler.html

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... But the most eye-opening reveals have emanated from leaked private email correspondences between Sony execs, producers, and talent, including their disdain over Adam Sandler’s diminishing returns and Sony exec Clint Culpepper calling one of their most prized actors, Kevin Hart, “a whore.” And much of the controversy has stemmed from fiery email exchanges between Amy Pascal, co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, and über-producer Scott Rudin. The duo are being taken to task for making racially charged comments about the movie taste of President Obama, as well as the intense drama behind the making of the Aaron Sorkin-scripted Jobs, a biopic of Apple’s visionary co-founder Steve Jobs.

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In case you haven’t heard, Hillary Clinton may (probably) be running for president in 2016. In the Sony emails, there are numerous correspondences of Sony execs complaining about being constantly harassed by movie moguls Steven Spielberg and Jeffrey Katzenberg for high-priced donations to back various democratic candidates, from Alison Lundergan Grimes to, yes, Hillary Clinton. In one, dated October 3, 2014, Tom Rothman, President of TriStar Productions, angrily emails Keith Weaver, EVP of Worldwide Government Affairs for Sony, about an email Spielberg sent him requesting his presence at a fundraiser.”

“This is from steven spielberg, who has hit me for 32 fucking k for some Hilary event for the senate Can you pls check and see if, please god, I have already given to that so that I can't give that much now. These guys are killing me...”

[DonCoquixote]

1. pure, pure sleaze

Sony has scraped the bottom of the barrel, both in their security, and their other staff, who do not realize that emails can be posted. Many 10 year olds know that.

[yeoman6987]

2. I read every word of the article

And what struck me was that they had more details in this Hollywood soap opera then what the American public received from the torture report. To me that was telling. Not sure how I feel about this drama. I think it is very unfair that these emails were leaked. The main player and those that received the racist emails should be fired. Yes the ones who received them did nothing. I still think it was wrong to have these leaked.