Brett ratner

• For a brief time brash producer/director Brett Ratner was slated to run Sunday (Feb. 26) nights Academy Awards show, enticing his Tower Heist star, Eddie Murphy, to host.
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• Since weve launched our new Poll Position series weve asked you to sound off on glitter bombing and closeted celebrities.
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• If youre anything like us, you had completely forgotten about Brett Ratners upcoming adaptation of Hercules: The Thracian Wars, hadnt you? Well, its still coming.
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• Move over, Ricky Gervais and Billy Crystal. Seth Rogen was the emcee at the 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif.
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• Seth Rogen, host of last night's Independent Spirit Awards, pretty much killed it in his opening monologue, taking well-deserved shots at Mel Gibson ("Drive made Jews so scary I thought Mel Gibson directed it") and Lars Von Trier.
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• Brett Ratners contrition campaign for his homophobic Oscar remarks continues: On Wednesday, GLAAD, the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender media advocacy group, said that the Rush Hour director will produce and direct a video campaign with it.
(TheWrap)
• This year's ceremony marked the return of actor Crystal as host, after Eddie Murphy and producer Brett Ratner quit in November amid criticism over controversial remarks Ratner made about gays.
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• When he stepped down as Oscar producer in November over the use of anti-gay slur, Brett Ratner committed to work with GLAAD on issues pertaining to LGBT images in Hollywood.
(Deadline.com)
• Three months after coming under fire for using a gay slur that resulted in his exit as producer of the Oscarcast, Brett Ratner is set to direct a video campaign for GLAAD, the org announced Wednesday.
(Variety)
• Ratner seeking redemption with LGBT video A few months ago film director Brett Ratner resigned as director of the Oscars broadcast after using an anti-gay slur during a QA session about the film "Tower Heist," which he directed.
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