Jason Mitchell has broken his silence about being dropped from Showtime series The Chi and the Netflix film Desperados, saying he’s “not 100% sure” what sparked the misconduct claims that led to his career crisis earlier this year.
In a sit-down interview Monday with New York radio program, The Breakfast Club, the…
Series creator Lena Waithe has spoken out about the firing of Jason Mitchell from the next season of the Showtime drama series The Chi, saying she should have stepped in sooner when hearing about troubles on the set.
Waithe was speaking on the syndicated radio show The Breakfast Clubwhen she was asked about her role…
Now that Molly Ringwald has renounced The Breakfast Club— writing in The New Yorker this month, she condemned its "inappropriate" messaging about sexual abuse — it seems safe to say that screen comedy is dangling by a thread. As noted earlier, Hollywood has boosted its roster of wide-release comedies by more than a…
The Harvey Weinstein scandal and the advent of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements has forever changed Hollywood going forward. Should older films be reevaluated under the new rules, and is there a place for subversive comedy anymore? Molly Ringwald, teen star of John Hughes' classic '80s coming of age trilogy Sixteen Ca…
After 30 years, The Breakfast Club is finally getting out of detention. A newly remastered version of the John Hughes teen classic will debut March 16 at SXSW in Austin in time to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary, organizers said today. Stars Molly Ringwald and Ally Sheedy will take part in an audience Q&A before…
