Tag: Report

Disney Bounces Oscar-Nominated Actor Because He’s White: Report

Wednesday’s announcement of the casting for Disney-Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four” lends credence to an insider report from months ago that made some relatively damning claims. The report, penned by award-winning Hollywood insider and Los Angeles Magazine contributor Jeff Sneider in November 2023, accurately predicted the casting of the four titular characters months ahead of time. […]

Prison deaths report finds widespread missteps, failures in latest sign of crisis in federal prisons

WASHINGTON — The kind of systemic failures that enabled the high-profile prison deaths of notorious gangster Whitey Bulger and financier Jeffrey Epstein also contributed to the deaths of hundreds of other federal prisoners over the years, a watchdog report released Thursday found. Mental health care, emergency responses and the detection of contraband drugs and weapons […]