Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ben-affleck">Ben Affleck</a> had some criticism for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a>’s approach to filmmaking.
The “Argo” star made the remarks at The New York Times&#8217; Dealbook Summit this week while promoting his new company with longtime collaborator Matt Damon.
“I’m sure there’s wisdom in that and I’m sure they had a great strategy, but I would have said, &#8216;How are we going to make 50 great <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">movies</a>? How is that possible?&#8217; There’s no committee big enough. There aren’t enough — you just can’t do it,” Affleck said, per the <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11492683/Ben-Affleck-swipe-Netflixs-assembly-line-process-production.html">Daily Mail</a>.
“It’s a thing that requires attention and dedication and work and resists the assembly line process,” he continued. “[Netflix’s head of original films] Scott Stuber is a really talented, smart guy who I really like … but it’s an impossible job.”
The Oscar winner admitted that he understood the tactic to some extent, but still preferred to focus on artistic integrity for any projects he’s part of.
“There’s bigger audience for action movies than there is for small dramas. I get that. Certain genres play more broadly and you can’t not be mindful of that. But let’s do a good one, let’s surprise the audience, let’s make them care about it,” he said.
Affleck and Damon announced their new endeavor, Artists Equity, earlier this year. It was described as an “artist-led studio that partners with filmmakers to empower creative vision and broaden access to profit participation.”
Affleck and Damon got their big break after co-writing the 1997 drama “Good Will Hunting” and have remained friends and associates ever since. Affleck said in a statement to Deadline that their new company will focus on quality and creativity.
It will also be “providing fair and equitable compensation to everyone involved while also making movies that are of high quality and have commercial appeal,” per <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/30/ben-affleck-artists-equity-dealbook">Axios</a>.
“Artists Equity was conceived from Matt’s and my longtime passion for the art of storytelling and our shared desire to help creators deliver on their vision, as we have been fortunate to do throughout our careers,” the statement <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/11/ben-affleck-matt-damon-launch-production-company-with-redbird-capital-1235178013/">said</a> in part.
RedBird Capital is reportedly making “a significant financial commitment” to the new company’s launch, the publication noted.

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Ben Affleck Questions Netflix's 'Assembly Line' Filmmaking Process: 'How Can They Make 50 Great Movies?'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> just released a trailer for the highly anticipated documentary about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prince-harry">Prince Harry</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/meghan-markle">Meghan Markle</a>.
The teaser finally reveals the name of the super-secret project about the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/royal-family">royals</a>, which has been kept under wraps along with several other details. “Harry &amp; Meghan” still doesn’t have an official release date, but rumors have persisted that the six-part series would become available sometime in December.
It was directed by two-time Oscar nominee Liz Garbus and is described as a behind-the-scenes look at Harry and Meghan’s love story, from the beginning and on through the drama of the couple deciding to step down as senior working royals.
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The trailer includes snapshots and short video clips from their history as working royals and beyond, including snippets of both the Duke and Duchess of Sussex appearing emotional.
“No one sees what’s happening behind closed doors,” Harry can be heard saying at one point. Meghan concludes with what appears to be her reason for agreeing to the project: “When the stakes are this high, doesn’t it make more sense to hear our story from us?” she says.
The blurb on Netflix describes “Harry &amp; Meghan” by <a href="https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/harry-meghan-documentary">saying</a>: 
“At its core, their relationship looks like many others: They met, had a whirlwind romance, fell in love, got married, had children, and built a life based on shared values and mutual support of each other’s work and ambitions. But the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are no ordinary couple. Theirs is one of the most high-profile love stories in history, and even the most plugged-in fans and followers of their story have never heard it told like this before.”
Commenters on YouTube were divided, with many supporters expressing excitement over the new project while critics said it’s nothing but another shameless ploy for attention. Others pointed out the timing of the trailer’s release, which occurs shortly after Prince William and Kate Middleton arrived in Boston on Wednesday, making their first visit to America in eight years. 
In addition to the Netflix documentary, royal followers are awaiting Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir “Spare,” which has a scheduled release date of January 10.

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Netflix Drops Trailer For 'Harry & Meghan' Documentary Series

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Emma Corrin</a>, the former star of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> series “The Crown,” is demanding that awards shows do away with gendered categories in favor of a gender-neutral alternative.
The 26-year-old has a personal interest in this topic after coming out as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender-identity">non-binary</a> in July of 2021. Corrin said recently that awards shows should reflect the current times, which means changing the “best actor” and “best actress” categories into something different. 
“I don’t think the categories are inclusive enough at the moment,” Corrin told <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-63741519">BBC News</a>. “It’s about everyone being able to feel acknowledged and represented.”
“The conversation needs to be about having more representation in the material itself, in the content that we are seeing for nonbinary people, for queer people, for trans people, because then I think that will change a lot,” Corrin said.
“When those parts come up, meaning more people and more actors are playing those roles, then I think there will be more of an urgency with which these questions will be addressed.”
Corrin went on to say that she has “hope for a future” when neutral awards categories are adopted across the board.
“It’s difficult for me at the moment trying to justify in my head being non-binary and being nominated in female categories,” Corrin continued. “When it comes to categories, do we need to make it specific as to whether you’re being nominated for a female role or a male role?”
The changes the “Crown” star requested are already happening in some places. A spokesperson for the BAFTA awards told BBC they were “engaged in proactive and thoughtful consultation on this subject.”
Rumor has it that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, host of the Oscars, might also be changing to gender-neutral categories. 
The Grammys changed to gender-neutral in 2012.
The Brit Awards also swapped out male and female solo categories into an artist of the year category in 2022. But when the singer Adele won, her acceptance speech made it clear she was critical of the change. 
&#8220;I understand why the name of this award has changed, but I really love being a woman and being a female artist. I do. I&#8217;m really proud of us,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/adele-faces-backlash-for-saying-she-loves-being-a-woman-at-gender-neutral-awards-show">she said</a> at the time. 
The Oscars also changed the description of a trans-identifying star on its website. “Ellen Page” on Oscars.org is now listed as “Elliot Page” with a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ellen-page-erased-from-oscars-imdb-pages-except-in-one-spot">short explainer</a>.
“NOTE: Nomination originally submitted under Elliot Page’s prior name. At the request of the nominee, following his December 1, 2020 announcement that he is transgender, his name has been changed accordingly with support of the Academy’s Awards and Events Committee,” it says.

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Lindsay Lohan reacted to the news that her return to acting in her new film &#8220;Falling for Christmas&#8221; hit number one on Netflix, as she thanked fans for all their support over the years.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsay-lohan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">36-year-old</a> actress had only kind words on Thursday for her fans in a post she shared on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/ClDbgGXhKX_/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> talking about how &#8220;grateful&#8221; she was for the positive response to her Christmas movie.
&#8220;I can&#8217;t even begin to tell everyone how grateful I am for this incredible moment!&#8221; Lohan wrote. &#8220;To all of the fans and longtime believers in me, I appreciate you.&#8221;
&#8220;My heart is filled with so much love and gratitude thank you [Netflix] for letting me bring this story to life with such a wonderful cast, director, producers and crew!&#8221; she added.
Her post included a graphic showing the stars of the show with a message that read, &#8220;&#8216;Falling for Christmas&#8217; number one movie in the world on Netflix.&#8221;
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The movie marks Lohan&#8217;s return to the romantic comedy genre after nearly a decade. In the film, she plays a hotel heiress who, through a series of obstacles, ends up with amnesia. The man who owns the quant lodge in town is played by &#8220;Glee&#8221; actor Chord Overstreet — and together, Overstreet and his daughter in the movie help her recover in more ways than one.
The actress is probably best known for several of her memorable roles in such films as &#8220;Mean Girls&#8221; in 2004, &#8220;Freaky Friday&#8221; in 2003, and the remake of the Disney classic &#8220;The Parent Trap&#8221; in 1998.
In a recent interview, Lohan talked about being a little envious of young stars these days in the advent of social media and being able to control one&#8217;s &#8220;own narrative,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lindsay-lohan-throws-support-behind-power-of-social-media-following-struggles-with-paparazzi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;No, it is nice,&#8221; the star shared. &#8220;Because now I feel like … when I first started out in the business, none of us had a say in how to control our own narrative.&#8221;
&#8220;There were paparazzi pictures, and then people ran with it,&#8221; she added. &#8220;So I think it&#8217;s really good that in this day and age, people can say who they are and who they want to be. And I admire and appreciate that.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m a little jealous because I didn&#8217;t have that,&#8221; Lohan continued. &#8220;But I think it moves really fast and I just try to keep up as best I can. And I check everything before I post it. I’ll send it to people. Because you have to.&#8221;

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Netflix is planning to try out live programming in early 2023 with a new stand-up comedy special from comedian Chris Rock.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">57-year-old actor/comedian</a> will be the first star to stream live on the site, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-chris-rock-live-comedy-special-1235259717/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> reported in a piece published Friday.
&#8220;Chris Rock is one of the most iconic and important comedic voices of our generation,&#8221; Robbie Praw, Netflix&#8217;s vice president for stand-up and comedy formats, shared in a statement.
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Chris Rock is about to make history as the first artist to perform LIVE on Netflix!
The legendary comedian, writer, director, and actor’s newest comedy special will premiere live — globally — in early 2023 on Netflix! <a href="https://t.co/U8ozz2BLV1">pic.twitter.com/U8ozz2BLV1</a>
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&#8220;We&#8217;re thrilled the entire world will be able to experience a live Chris Rock comedy event and be a part of Netflix history,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This will be an unforgettable moment and we’re so honored that Chris is carrying this torch.&#8221;
The &#8220;Grown Ups&#8221; star&#8217;s last special, &#8220;Chris Rock: Tamborine,&#8221; appeared on Netflix in 2018, the outlet noted.
Amazon Prime Video recently dived into live programming when it landed an <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-completes-long-term-media-distribution-agreements-through-2033-season">11-year, multibillion dollar</a> deal with the NFL to cover &#8220;Thursday Night Football&#8221; games, <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/amazon-prime-video-thursday-night-football/?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGo80zaijP-YcMNJ3aIZqnFwIhZV0hDfaoguAN6cCO8SPjBgKJiL9v_f3t7i85WFSbDJ_ZjB-648psSfi9uhlJ73lMgMVt2mmeXB3LsYOUPzw-rppKRQQdhzfm4zq5wYCJIb3420lKN3A_6x0JxyLZn0F7cFwSpJ8eLPcHhYNTf3">TechCrunch.com</a> noted.
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Sound on 🔊 The new Theme for Thursday Night Football is HERE!
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&#8220;These new media deals will provide our fans even greater access to the games they love,&#8221; NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said at the time.
&#8220;We&#8217;re proud to grow our partnerships with the most innovative media companies in the market,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Along with our recently completed labor agreement with the NFLPA, these distribution agreements bring an unprecedented era of stability to the League and will permit us to continue to grow and improve our game.&#8221;
Apple TV + recently signed a 10-year deal to cover Major League Soccer games, the outlet noted.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-rock">Rock&#8217;s</a> last appearance before a large audience was when he took the stage at the 94th Academy Awards. During the show, he was slapped in the face by actor Will Smith after he cracked a joke about Jada Pinkett Smith&#8217;s shaved head, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/will-smith-struck-chris-rock-in-the-face-at-oscars-after-he-cracked-a-joke-about-jada-pinkett-smiths-hair-loss">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
In July, Smith released a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXrxDKwlA_s">video</a> on social media issuing another apology to Rock. Smith said he has reached out to Rock, but the message came back that the comedian was not ready to speak to him yet.
Later, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a 10-year ban against Smith.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> co-CEO Ted Sarandos took a shot at Democrats in a message published as a digital advertisement ahead of this week&#8217;s midterm elections.
The advertisement, which was a letter signed by Sarandos that was featured on The Hollywood Reporter&#8217;s website, endorsed Rick Caruso (D), a former Republican, for mayor of Los Angeles.
&#8220;I am writing this as a citizen of this beautiful but struggling city of ours,&#8221; the letter began. &#8220;The entire Machine of the Democratic Party had aligned for a candidate that is part of the very system that is failing this city. They are wrong. I am choosing to ignore the endorsements of the club members for a club member and vote for better leadership &#8211; I encourage you to do the same I am a lifetime Democrat.&#8221;
&#8220;Rick is the Democrat I&#8217;ve been waiting for, one with a plan and a track record of accomplishing impossible tasks in California and Los Angeles,&#8221; the letter continued. &#8220;He does it by building coalitions and working with everyone involved to build consensus and support. He can do that because he understands the needs and he understands the system that stands in the way of progress. He is a problem solver. That&#8217;s what he does all day, every day. He is not a legislator; he is a doer who understands the legislators and the legislated. He makes Los Angeles a better place.&#8221;
&#8220;If you think the city is well run and you want more of the same, don&#8217;t vote for Rick,&#8221; the letter concluded. &#8220;All the sitting politicians who run it are telling you the same thing. If you are tired of the inhumane way the homeless population lives in this city, the filth that goes uncleaned, the corruption in city hall, shrinking law enforcement and rising crime and now, the threat of even higher taxes &#8230; vote for Rick Caruso. This city is at an inflection point. This election is the most important in memory. There are problems in the world and in the country that need to be solved, but it starts locally. Let&#8217;s solve the problems in Los Angeles by electing a Mayor who can work with the people, has a track record of accomplishments, understands business and is a decent human and true leader.&#8221;
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I don’t know if I’ve ever seen a full digital/mobile page takeover on The Hollywood Reporter (maybe they’ve done it before and I’ve just missed it). But here’s Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos asking people of LA to vote Rick Caruso for Mayor of Los Angeles on Nov. 8th. <a href="https://t.co/GDliFru1L3">pic.twitter.com/GDliFru1L3</a>
&mdash; julia alexander (@loudmouthjulia) <a href="https://twitter.com/loudmouthjulia/status/1589272783397134336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Netflix CEO Slams The Democrat Party In Advertisement Backing Candidate Who Was A Republican For Years

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Nicole Avant, the wife of Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos and a major player in Hollywood, is supporting law-and-order Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso over far-left Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA). 
Avant’s mother, Jacqueline Avant, was <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10732283/Man-arrested-murdering-Jacqueline-Avant-home-invasion-sentenced-150-years-prison.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot</a> and killed last year in her Beverly Hills home. She was 81 and married to esteemed music producer Clarence Avant. Her murderer was sentenced to at least 150 years in prison. 
“There are no words to describe the nightmare we have endured due to the cruel and vicious acts of the defendant,” Nicole Avant said in a victim impact statement read aloud by prosecutors at the time. “We are shattered.”
“This is like a breaking point,” Avant <a href="https://www.commonsense.news/p/the-hollywood-power-brokers-mugged?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=260347&amp;post_id=82193312&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;utm_medium=email" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Bari Weiss&#8217; Substack while discussing Los Angeles. 
Avant pointed to the problems that have unfolded across the city in recent years, which many Los Angeles County residents, <a href="https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/politics/2022/02/28/mayoral-candidate-rick-caruso-endorses-gascon-recall">including</a> Caruso, have partly blamed on soft-on-crime policies implemented by District Attorney George Gascón. 
“Who is in charge here? How is this happening?” she said. “It’s the drug addicts in front of people’s houses, it’s people naked in the street—there’s so much chaos, and Rick is the opposite of that, and we just need to reel things in and do things in a different way.”
Caruso is a billionaire real estate developer and Democrat who used to be a Republican. He has promised to restore law and order to the city. Avant is a former ambassador to the Bahamas under President Barack Obama.
Avant, who is black, said she finds it “very insulting” when people say she should support Bass, who is also black, because of her skin color.
“I don’t ever vote on race or gender,” Avant said. “I’m a free thinker. People told me not to support Barack Obama and to support Hillary Clinton for the same reason, because she’s a woman. You can’t win.”
Patty Quillin, a Bay Area philanthropist and the wife of Netflix&#8217;s other co-CEO, Reed Hastings, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-district-attorney-race-top-donors/">pumped</a> more than $1.6 million into efforts to elect Gascón in 2020 and has financially backed other criminal justice reform drives in L.A. County.

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Wife Of Netflix Co-CEO Backs Law-And-Order L.A. Mayoral Candidate After Elderly Mother Murdered In Home

Nicole Avant, Wife Of Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos, Backs Law-And-Order L.A. Mayoral Candidate After Elderly Mother Murdered In Home

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Ryan Murphy, the man who created the hit Netflix series about serial murderer Jeffrey Dahmer, said he was upset when the platform removed the LGBTQ tag from the story about a &#8220;gay man&#8221; and &#8220;his gay victims.&#8221;
In a recent lengthy interview for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/style/ryan-murphy-netflix-horror.html">The New York Times</a>, Murphy said not all &#8220;gay stories&#8221; have to be happy and admitted he wasn&#8217;t pleased when the streaming site removed the LGBTQ tag from &#8220;Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story&#8221; because &#8220;people were upset.&#8221;
&#8220;The rule of my career has been: The more specific you are, the more universal you can become,&#8221; Murphy explained. &#8220;I also don’t think that all gay stories have to be happy stories.&#8221;
&#8220;There was a moment on Netflix where they removed the L.G.B.T.Q. tag from &#8216;Dahmer,&#8217; and I didn&#8217;t like it and I asked why they did that and they said because people were upset because it was an upsetting story,&#8221; the series creator added. &#8220;I was, like, &#8216;Well, yeah.&#8217; But it was a story of a gay man and more importantly, his gay victims.&#8221;
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Murphy also responded to reports that the show was &#8220;exploiting&#8221; trauma suffered by the &#8220;victims&#8217; families,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-cruel-victims-family-member-not-happy-about-new-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story-documentary">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
The series creator said he did the story to shed light on the racism and homophobia in the case that were pervasive.
&#8220;It was the biggest thing I&#8217;ve ever seen that really sort of examines how easy it is to get away with things with the white privilege aspects,&#8221; Murphy shared.  &#8220;What are the rules now? Should we never do a movie about a tyrant?”
The prosecutor who secured Dahmer&#8217;s conviction, former Milwaukee County District Attorney Michael McCann, has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dahmer-prosecutor-blows-up-netflix-narrative-claiming-cops-ignored-black-gay-victims">disputed this claim</a>.
&#8220;The notion that MPD officers turned a blind eye to Dahmer&#8217;s victims because of their race or sexual orientation is ludicrous, despite what &#8216;Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story&#8217; portrays,&#8221; McCann reportedly shared.
The series focuses on serial killer, Dahmer, played by actor Evan Peters. Dahmer murdered 17 people from the 70s until the early 90s, as previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-cruel-victims-family-member-not-happy-about-new-monster-the-jeffrey-dahmer-story-documentary">reported</a>.
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Actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kit Connor</a> from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Netflix</a> series “Heartstopper” is not pleased with fans who he says succeeded in &#8220;forcing&#8221; him to clarify his sexuality. 
The 18-year-old star lashed out with a Twitter post after fans questioned him holding hands with his “A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea and Tomorrow” co-star Maia Reficco. Connor didn’t seem happy about revealing these personal details about himself.
“[B]ack for a minute. i’m bi. congrats for forcing an 18 year old to out himself. i think some of you missed the point of the show. bye,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/kit_connor/status/1587218539236188160">shared</a> with 1 million Twitter followers Monday.
The British actor had previously left the social media platform after fans accused him of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">queerbaiting</a>,” which is the practice of acting gay but not confirming one way or the other. One other famous example of a mainstream celebrity who fans think is “queerbaiting” is singer Harry Styles, who notoriously won’t confirm his sexuality.
“[T]his is a silly silly app. bit bored of it now, deleting twitter :),” Connor <a href="https://twitter.com/kit_connor/status/1569277820702171136" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in mid-September.
“Heartstopper” author Alice Oseman was one of many people who rushed to support Connor. “I truly don’t understand how people can watch Heartstopper and then gleefully spend their time speculating about sexualities and judging based on stereotypes. I hope all those people are embarrassed as F***. Kit you are amazing,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/AliceOseman/status/1587226699036610561" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>. 
“Heartstopper” is a British coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama based on Oseman’s books. The series tells the story of Charlie Spring (Joe Locke) falling in love with classmate Nick Nelson (Connor). Since the main characters are gay, fans feel especially concerned about the sexuality of the actors who play those roles.
Connor addressed this controversy once before. During a podcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ2FCO8J74s">interview</a> in May, the teen actor said he didn’t want to define his sexuality yet. 
“We’re still all so young. To start sort of speculating about our sexualities and maybe pressuring us to come out when maybe we’re not ready,” the actor said at the time. 
“For me, I just feel perfectly confident and comfortable with my sexuality. But I don’t feel the need to really, you know — I’m not too big on labels and things like that. I’m not massive about that. I don’t feel like I need to label myself, especially not publicly.”
He continued, “It feels a bit strange to make assumptions about a person’s sexuality just based on hearing their voice or seeing their appearance,” Connor said. “I feel like that’s a very interesting, slightly problematic sort of assumption to make.”

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Evan Peters, the actor who played <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/serial-killer">serial killer</a> Jeffrey Dahmer in the recently released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a> drama series, said he took great pains to stay in character for months in preparation for the role.
“<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment">Dahmer: Monster</a>” was a huge success for the streaming platform, quickly <a href="https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/dahmer-netflix-second-most-watched-series">becoming</a> the second-most streamed show of all time by mid-October. Part of that hype comes from Peters’ performance as the notorious killer. While the 35-year-old said he was “terrified” to play Dahmer, he was also committed to making the role as realistic as possible.
“I really went back and forth on whether I should do it or not. I knew it was going to be incredibly dark and an incredible challenge,&#8221; Peters <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/actor-evan-peters-stayed-character-jeffrey-dahmer-months-prepare-role">said</a> during a panel over the weekend. He mentioned watching a 1994 Dateline interview with the real Dahmer so he could &#8220;dive into the psychology of that extreme side of human behavior.&#8221;
This included adopting Dahmer’s speech pattern and mannerisms to the extent he could. Filmmaker Ryan Murphy confirmed that Evans &#8220;basically stayed in this character, as difficult as it was, for months.”
&#8220;I wore the character shoes with lifts in them, his jeans, his glasses, I had a cigarette in my hand at all times,&#8221; Peters said. &#8220;I wanted all this stuff, these external things, to be second nature when we were shooting, so I watched a lot of footage and I also worked with a dialect coach to get down his voice. The way that he spoke, it was very distinct and he had a dialect.&#8221;
Peters also had a unique way of adopting the real Dahmer’s body posture. He said the convicted killer &#8220;has a very straight back. He doesn’t move his arms when he walks, so I put weights on my arms to see what that felt like.&#8221; 
&#8220;So I also went off and created this 45-minute audio composite, which was very helpful,&#8221; the &#8220;American Horror Story&#8221; actor said of his lengthy preparations. 
&#8220;I listened to that every day, in hopes of learning his speech patterns, but really, in an attempt to try to get into his mindset and understand that each day that we were shooting. It was an exhaustive search, trying to find private moments, times where he didn’t seem self-conscious, so you could get a glimpse into how he behaved prior to these interviews and being in prison.&#8221;
Peters’ co-star Niecy Nash recalled greeting the actor when he was working on becoming more like Dahmer. 
&#8220;I wanted to respect that and I wanted to keep him there,&#8221; she said of encountering his method acting practice. 
&#8220;I prayed for you a lot, for real, because this is weighty. And when you stay in it, and you’re tethered to the material, like bone to marrow, your soul is troubled at some point. And I could see him getting tired. I just said, &#8216;Well, I’m just gonna make sure I keep him in my prayers, because this is a lot and he wants to do it justice.'&#8221;

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A cast member on Netflix&#8217;s third season of the hit show &#8220;Love is Blind&#8221; had a visceral reaction when his fiancée asked him about potentially aborting their child if the baby tests positive for a &#8220;birth defect.&#8221;
While cast member Nancy Rodriguez said she would want to have the child aborted in her womb and &#8220;try again&#8221; for another baby, her fiancé Bartise Bowden said he could &#8220;never,&#8221; and just wants to &#8220;love that kid no matter what.&#8221;
&#8220;What would you do if you did find out that your child had a birth defect and you could abort the pregnancy? Do you want to keep the baby?&#8221; Rodriguez asked her partner.
Bowden, without skipping a beat, chimed in, “F*** no — yeah, keep the baby. What the — yeah, I could not — f*** no.”
“They could be a boy [or a] girl, they could be transgender, they could do whatever, but I just wanna love that kid no matter what — three legs, whatever comes out, is gonna be our kid,&#8221; he emphasized.
&#8220;I think it’s different for me,” Rodriguez replied, citing her speech pathology work with children who have Down syndrome and other special needs.
&#8220;There are so many complications, medical and also learning complications,&#8221; she said, adding, &#8220;I&#8217;ve seen the amount of trauma that it does to the family.&#8221; 
&#8220;For me, if I knew I could try again and hope that the second time is better, I would go that route,&#8221; she told Bowden, who looked concerned.
&#8220;I would never — I could never do that, especially knowing we were trying to have a kid — just abort mission because they were gonna have some challenges, and we’re gonna have some challenges,&#8221; he strongly reacted. &#8220;I&#8217;m mentally tough enough to handle whatever challenges that may present, and I could just never pull the plug like that.&#8221;
&#8220;That’s f***ing rough, I could not do that, I’m sorry,&#8221; Bowden told Rodriguez. &#8220;The whole abortion thing — I couldn&#8217;t — no.&#8221;
His fiancé went on to suggest abortion should be legal for any reason. &#8220;I think, I have no say, in like, anyone’s body,&#8221; Rodriguez said. &#8220;If you need to have any abortion for whatever X, Y, Z reason: have it.&#8221;
Later in the show, the subject of abortion and specifically Rodriguez&#8217;s views on aborting special needs children came up in front of Bowden&#8217;s family. His sister reacted strongly too, and started to cry on camera when she heard Rodriguez&#8217;s position, a moment that seemed to stay with Bowden.
&#8220;[F]or my sister, who went to college and was in a program that was specifically geared to tending to special needs children, I knew it was going to be a problem if it got brought up at the dinner table, which it did,&#8221; Bowden <a href="https://www.tvinsider.com/1067109/love-is-blind-season-3-nancy-bartise-abortion/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> TV Insider.
&#8220;The idea was the child that we planned on having was going to be terminated because it would be a problem for us — it’s like a way of taking the easy way out,&#8221; he added.

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The newest season of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/netflix">Netflix</a>’s “The Crown” hasn’t premiered yet, but it’s already getting a lot of criticism for the portrayal of King Charles and his messy divorce from Princess Diana.
Public outcry has been so intense that the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">show</a>’s creator and some key actors addressed it, claiming they handled the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/royal-family">royal family</a> scandals with respect and care. 
“I think we must all accept that the 1990s was a difficult time for the royal family, and King Charles will almost certainly have some painful memories of that period,” creator Peter Morgan told <a href="https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-crown-cast-defends-show-backlash-diana-death-1235407424/">Variety</a>.
“But that doesn’t mean that, with the benefit of hindsight, history will be unkind to him, or the monarchy,” he continued. “The show certainly isn’t. I have enormous sympathy for a man in his position – indeed, a family in their position. People are more understanding and compassionate than we expect sometimes.”
Actress Emma Debicki, who plays Diana in season 5, agreed that the show is thoughtful rather than gratuitous. “Peter and the entire crew of this job do their utmost to really handle everything with such sensitivity and truth and complexity, as do actors,” she said.
“The amount of research and care and conversations and dialogue that happen over, from a viewer’s perspective, something probably that you would never ever notice is just immense. From that very first meeting [with] Peter, I knew that I’d entered into this space where this was taken seriously [in] a deeply caring way. So that’s my experience of the show.”
These defenses come just after Dame Judi Dench wrote an open <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-crown-is-crude-and-cruel-says-dame-judi-dench-l6wzqpns9">letter</a> to The Times UK criticizing the Emmy Award-winning series for being “cruelly unjust” while depicting the British royal family.
“The closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism,” Dench’s letter said. 
“Given some of the wounding suggestions apparently contained in the new series — that King Charles plotted for his mother to abdicate, for example, or once suggested his mother’s parenting was so deficient that she might have deserved a jail sentence — this is both cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent,” she continued. “No one is a greater believer in artistic freedom than I, but this cannot go unchallenged.”
The British actress concedes that the show advertises itself as “fictionalized drama” but thinks more effort should be made to make it clear that some specific events may not have happened. Meanwhile, the actors and creator believe they’re doing enough to portray the royal family scandals from the 90s accurately.

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