Kenya Barris’ Unrelated Is DOA as Freeform Rescinds Series Order

RELATED STORIES In totally Unrelated news, Freeform has abruptly pulled the plug on black-ish creator Kenya Barris‘ latest comedy offering. According to our sister site Deadline, Unrelated (fka Besties) — which centered on two estranged half sisters (played by Jordin Sparks and Gigi Zumbado) who are thrown into each other’s lives via an online genetics […]

GDC rescinds Atari founder Nolan Bushnell’s Pioneer Award after #MeToo protests

The Game Developers Conference has rescinded its Pioneer Award to Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. The former Atari executive has admitted to sexually inappropriate behavior in multiple interviews throughout the years. His stories usually come in the form of “wild” anecdotes about office environments in the 1970s, where the objectification of women colleagues wasn’t viewed as harassment […]

‘A mistake:’ Harvard rescinds Chelsea Manning’s visiting fellow invitation following backlash

Harvard University has withdrawn a visiting fellowship title offered to Chelsea Manning after CIA director Mike Pompeo called the invitation to the intelligence expert a “shameful stamp of approval” and cancelled a talk at the university in protest. Read more In 2013, Manning was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment, the harshest sentence in US […]

Justice department suddenly rescinds support for opposition in key part of Texas voter ID law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department said Monday it is abandoning its longstanding opposition to a key aspect of Texas’ toughest-in-the-nation voter ID law, costing voting rights groups their most important ally and possibly encouraging other conservative states to toughen their own election rules with President Donald Trump in charge. It’s a dramatic […]