Update (December 11, 2014 – 4:30 P.M.): Kevin Hart has not taken the comments lightly and wants the world and the Sony exec who called him a “whore”; to know that he will not be taken advantage of.
The actor took to Instagram to express his feelings…
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The latest emails to be leaked from the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack lead to juicy details about Kevin Hart.
Emails between Sony co-chair Amy Pascal, executive Clint Culpepper and Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton expose a greedy Hart who demanded to be paid — above the millions already agreed upon — to promote his film through social media.
“As I suspected, I got a call from [hart’s agent] Jeremy Zimmer informing me that they feel that if we’re going to expect and take advantage of Kevin’s social media savvy that “they” feel there is a price to be paid for it which is above and beyond the [$3 Million] he was paid to do the film,” Culpepper wrote. “If his film does NOT perform it hurts his brand and we have his next three films.”
He concluded, “I’m not saying he’s a whore, but he’s a whore.”
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In the latest update on the Sony Pictures Entertainment hacking crisis, a heated exchange of e-mails has surfaced, showing the backstage drama over the studio’s Steve Jobs biopic.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the e-mail conversations were between Sony Pictures co-chairman Amy Pascal and Jobs producer Scott Rudin, from February 27, 2014 to November 19, 2014.
One of the main e-mail threads included an argument between the two colleagues, who were in a disagreement over Angelina Jolie.
Jolie wanted the studio to have director David Fincher, who was scheduled to direct Jobs, to instead helm her film Cleopatra. Rudin was upset with Pascal’s stance on trying to consider appeasing Jolie’s request.
“I don’t want to waste my time on this,” Rudin wrote in an e-mail. He then refers to Jolie’s reputation as the “rampaging spoiled ego of this woman…”
Gawker reports that Rudin told Pascal: “You better shut Angie down before she makes it very hard for David to do Jobs.”; Exchanges then reached a point where Pascal wrote “Do not f***ing threaten me.”
The Steve Jobs biopic project eventually left Sony and fell into the hands of Universal Pictures.
The November 24 cyber hack on Sony was conducted by a group that calls itself the Guardians of Peace. The massive attack has resulted in a leak of confidential information; including salaries, social security numbers and company film statistics. The action has resulted in an ongoing FBI investigation.
