‘Django’ slur at Bam
New Sony hack scandal
THE HOLLYWOOD heavyweights who trashed Angelina Jolie in a series of scathing emails also went on a racist riff about President Obama’s supposed movie tastes.
Superproducer Scott Rudin and Sony big shot Amy Pascal traded the malevolent missives as she was heading to an Obama fund-raiser at Dreamworks chief Jeffery Katzenberg’s house inNovember2013.
“What should I ask the President at this stupid Jeffrey breakfast?” Pascal wrote in the email that was revealed as part of massive hack attack against Sony.
“Would he like to finance some movies?” replied Rudin, the Oscarwinning producer of “No Country for Old Men.”
“I doubt it,” Pascal, the co-chairwoman of Sony Pictures Entertainment, replied. “Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?”
That was a reference to Quentin Tarantino’s bloody slave revenge flick “Django Unchained.”
“12 YEARS,” Rudin fired back, referring to “12 Years a Slave,” which nabbed the Best Picture Oscar last year.
Rudin and Pascal continued exchanging emails in the same lame vein, trading titles of popular movies starring black actors like “The Butler” and “Think Like a Man.”
“Ride Along,” Rudin added, referring to the buddy cop flick starring Ice Cube and Kevin Hart. “I bet he likes Kevin Hart.”
Shamed over the revelation, Rudin apologized Thursday for the Obama emails ina statement.
“Private emails between friends and colleagues written in haste and without much thought or sensitivity, even when the content of them is meant to be in jest, can result in offense where none was intended,” he said.
Rudin said the emails “were meant only to be funny.”
“But in the cold light of day, they are in fact thoughtless and insensitive — and not funny at all,” headded.
In a statement released by Sony, Pascal called her comments “insensitive and inappropriate” and “not an accurate reflection of who Iam.” The Sony honcho cut a $5,000 check for Obama’s re-election campaign in 2011, according to the Federal Election Commission records.
The Rev. Al Sharpton said the emails “reflect a continued lack of diversity in positions of power in major Hollywood studios” and called
Pascal’s apology “not enough.”
The White House was mum about the scandal. But at the fund-raiser that Pascal trashed, Obama praised Hollywood’s role in championing civil rights.
The embarrassing emails were part of the treasure trove of sensitive Sony info filched by hackers who call themselves “Guardians of Peace.” The group is demanding that Sony shelve its soon-to-be released comedy about North Korea called “The Interview” and has vowed to release more dirt.
Rudin and Pascal also found themselves on the hot seat Wednesday when Gawker posted pilfered emails of Rudin calling Jolie a “minimally talented spoiled brat.”