Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!
16.06.2023 - 06:04 / thewrap.com
Fowler resigned earlier this month, citing a “hostile, biased and dismissive” work environment. On Wednesday, she shared a long tweet in which went into details, including that every time she mentioned racial bias, she was met with “hostility” by Menzel, HCA treasurer Alisa Gichon and vice president Nestor Bentancor.“In my opinion, they wanted a Black female public-facing token President but brought in without any announcement, a white female Treasurer, Alisa, to be studio-facing with financial transparency alongside Menzel,” Fowler wrote.
Due to the overwhelming amount of support from some of my former co-members of the Hollywood Critics Association, including those that have removed themselves as members upon my departure, as well as those sending me questions requesting the details of my resignation, I feel…“While at HCA, I witnessed Menzel and Gichon acting with bias towards two Black showrunners respectively, ‘The Woman King’ director via Twitter, since deleted, as well as the director for ‘Regret to Inform You,’ who was denied his seat, along with his 72 year old mother and cousin, at his and my table during the 2023 film awards as the only Black male nominee present in February,” she added. Fowler continued, “I demanded formal bias training for HCA after those incidents, which was not completed upon my resignation, and in my opinion, was not enough to right the wrongs of the Board and executive team.”HCA’s restructuring announcement included that the organization would be “looking at inclusivity in language and opportunities through a DEI lens.”
.Despite successful careers, several stars have left Hollywood behind for normal jobs!
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Travis Scott will not face charges following a deadly crowd surge at Astroworld Music Festival.The rapper launched the festival alongside concert promoters Live Nation in 2018, however, during a performance on November 5 2021, thousands were left injured when the over-capacity crowd surged towards the front of the stage during Scott’s headline performance.10 people were killed by compressive asphyxiation during the show — with victims aged between age nine and 27.At the time, Scott said that the tragedy had left him “devastated” but didn’t realise quite how severe the events were until he left the stage. Following the incident, thousands of plaintiffs came forward, asking for what tallied to be billions of dollars in potential damages.As per Rolling Stone, those coming forward with claims have cited several allegations including poor planning from festival organisers and a lack of security as contributing to the crowd rush.An investigation was launched by both federal officials and Houston police, to uncover whether Scott or Live Nation implemented adequate safety measures for the event.In the time following the incident, both Scott and Drake faced backlash for continuing their performance while the crush was happening in the audience.
A grand jury in Harris Country, Texas has declined to indict Travis Scott in relation to the Astroworld tragedy that occurred in November 2021. Jurors likewise concluded that there we insufficient grounds to pursue criminal charges against five other people involved in organising the event.Ten people died and hundreds more were injured when a crowd surge occurred during Scott’s headline set at the Houston-based festival he founded, which took place at the city’s NRG Park on 5 Nov 2021.A criminal investigation got underway almost immediately, with police investigating whether the actions of Scott and various other people working on the Live Nation-promoted festival contributed to the crowd surge.That investigation was completed last week and resulted in a report that runs to over 1000 pages.
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