Writer-producer Matt Nix, writer-producer Aaron Rahsaan Thomas, and writer Ephraim Salaam and others are gathering this evening at WME for Brady United Against Gun Violence’s Show Gun Safety Summit.
The event will focus on how content creators can “model gun safety on screen to positively change attitudes and behaviors about guns, helping save lives,” the organization said.
It’s part of an increased effort by Brady United to the entertainment community via a culture and gun safety initiative. Their Show Gun Safety campaign has included a meeting of entertainment figures at the White House last spring, a partnership with USC’s Norman Lear Center’s Hollywood, Health and Society and a list of best practices.
Jessica Yellin will moderate the panel, with attendees also including Brady President Kris Brown and WME’s Dani Potter.
Brady also is planning another event at CAA on Nov. 9, with activists Fred Guttenberg, whose...
The event will focus on how content creators can “model gun safety on screen to positively change attitudes and behaviors about guns, helping save lives,” the organization said.
It’s part of an increased effort by Brady United to the entertainment community via a culture and gun safety initiative. Their Show Gun Safety campaign has included a meeting of entertainment figures at the White House last spring, a partnership with USC’s Norman Lear Center’s Hollywood, Health and Society and a list of best practices.
Jessica Yellin will moderate the panel, with attendees also including Brady President Kris Brown and WME’s Dani Potter.
Brady also is planning another event at CAA on Nov. 9, with activists Fred Guttenberg, whose...
- 10/23/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated with reactions from Parkland students, parent: In a stand-up set that leaked online, disgraced comedian Louie C.K. delivered an extended riff about 20-somethings that included jabs at the survivors of the Parkland High School shooting and those who identify as gender non-binary.
The comedian, who left the scene a year ago after admitting to masturbating in front of several female comedians without their consent, was quickly torched on Twitter for what was perceived as a sharp turn toward a right-wing world view.
The performance, which also included a long complaint about the word “retarded” and a smattering of punchlines about Jews, makes the controversy over C.K.’s appearances at New York’s Comedy Cellar earlier this year seem almost quaint. It is coming to light just a week...
The comedian, who left the scene a year ago after admitting to masturbating in front of several female comedians without their consent, was quickly torched on Twitter for what was perceived as a sharp turn toward a right-wing world view.
The performance, which also included a long complaint about the word “retarded” and a smattering of punchlines about Jews, makes the controversy over C.K.’s appearances at New York’s Comedy Cellar earlier this year seem almost quaint. It is coming to light just a week...
- 12/31/2018
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
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