Vietnam Comedy ‘Zero Meets Hero’ Gets Global Push From Mockingbird Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)

Alex MacCallum returned to CNN to oversee an effort to make the storied news outlet more relevant to digital audiences. Now she may be poised to do a lot more. MacCallum, a media-industry veteran who has helped The Washington Post and The New York Times manage their own digital transitions, was named chief operating officer […]

The BAFTA board has admitted the British Academy did not "adequately anticipate or fully prepare for the impact of such an incident in a live event environment."

BAFTA has revealed the outcome of the independent review into the N-word controversy that erupted at its recent film awards on Feb. 22., which it said revealed a “number of structural weaknesses in BAFTA’s planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements,” but found no evidence of “malicious intent” or “institutional racism.” The incident — which came […]

BAFTA has apologized “unreservedly” to the Black and disabled communities over the N-word debacle, having identified “a number of structural weaknesses” in its “planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements” before this year’s awards. At last month’s BAFTA Film Awards, the N-word was yelled unintentionally by Tourette’s campaigner John Davidson at Sinners stars Delroy Lindo and Michael B. […]