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Jonathan Majors to Host Saturday Night Live (Taylor’s Version) on November 13
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Jonathan Majors will make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on November 13, with Taylor Swift as the musical guest. Majors currently stars in The Harder They Fall alongside Regina King and Idris Elba. The Emmy Award–nominated actor is also set for a lead role in Ant-Man 3 (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania), playing the main villain, Kang the Conqueror. Swift will make her fifth appearance on SNL a day after Red (Taylor’s Version) is released on November 12. Kieran Culkin will host on November 6 with (a COVID-free) Ed Sheeran as the musical guest. The following week, on November 20, Simu Liu is hosting, with a first-time musical performance on SNL from Saweetie. The Shang-Chi actor has been cast as the primary male love interest in upcoming romantic drama One True Loves. Also on the calendar for 2022? Saweetie’s debut album, Pretty Bitch Music.
 

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Cac said: Lovecraft Country Canceled Due To Hostile Work Environment, New Book Says

HBO’s Lovecraft Country was one of the standout shows among Black TV when it debuted in 2020. The show blended Black history, fantasy and sci-fi, making it an exceptional series that stood in a class of its own. When the show was canceled before the anticipated the second season could debut, fans were crushed and wanted answers. The answers are now here.

In James Andrew Miller’s Tinderbox: HBO’s Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers,’ he gave a look into the history of the network and revealed why we had to bid farewell to Lovecraft Country so abruptly. Miller said the one to blame is the show runner Misha Green, who allegedly created a hostile work environment.

In an excerpt published by Love B. Scott, Miller wrote:

Lovecraft was a beautiful show in terms of its look, its narrative and what I would also consider to be an exceptional marriage of storytelling and music. When the show got canceled, there were two predominant explanations out there. One was it had gotten too expensive. The second was there wasn’t a compelling vision for the next season. It turns out neither was the real reason. I had several sources within HBO and elsewhere — people who worked on the show and people who represented people on the show — who said the environment on the show was not a healthy one. For HBO, it was a double-down on sadness — not only is it losing a show that was such an outlier in terms of what it was trying to say, but then to have a Black showrunner — and a female Black showrunner — is not something that happens every day, and people were incredibly excited about that. So, again, the word I come back to is “sadness” that it was not able to continue.

Green hasn’t commented on these claims. Green inked a deal with Apple TV, so there are hopes that a second season of the show will debut there.

 

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Green hasn’t commented on these claims. Green inked a deal with Apple TV, so there are hopes that a second season of the show will debut there.










 

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Good for her.

A lot of bad rumors about her having a toxic working environment on her sets.
 

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Good for her.

A lot of bad rumors about her having a toxic working environment on her sets.

its curious that none of the rumors came out til HBO canceled the show, Green stated she was prepping a 2nd season, the industry was shocked and the show got nominated for awards

there have been way more toxic showrunners that got to make tv for years. They usually white men but I am like skeptical that a black woman who had to proably work her way up and earn everything she was given would foster a toxic work enviroment. But than again in a normal setting ppl quick to describe a black woman as ANGRY, DIFFCULT, etc.
 

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its curious that none of the rumors came out til HBO canceled the show, Green stated she was prepping a 2nd season, the industry was shocked and the show got nominated for awards

there have been way more toxic showrunners that got to make tv for years. They usually white men but I am like skeptical that a black woman who had to proably work her way up and earn everything she was given would foster a toxic work enviroment. But than again in a normal setting ppl quick to describe a black woman as ANGRY, DIFFCULT, etc.

Yup
 

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its curious that none of the rumors came out til HBO canceled the show, Green stated she was prepping a 2nd season, the industry was shocked and the show got nominated for awards

there have been way more toxic showrunners that got to make tv for years. They usually white men but I am like skeptical that a black woman who had to proably work her way up and earn everything she was given would foster a toxic work enviroment. But than again in a normal setting ppl quick to describe a black woman as ANGRY, DIFFCULT, etc.

You see it on here everyday how dudes attack black women for having a opinion or preference.
 

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its curious that none of the rumors came out til HBO canceled the show, Green stated she was prepping a 2nd season, the industry was shocked and the show got nominated for awards

there have been way more toxic showrunners that got to make tv for years. They usually white men but I am like skeptical that a black woman who had to proably work her way up and earn everything she was given would foster a toxic work enviroment. But than again in a normal setting ppl quick to describe a black woman as ANGRY, DIFFCULT, etc.
Man you can't convince me that Ridley Scott isn't an asshole 24-7. So this is straight facts!
 

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she was beefing with the suits from beginning so they just made it up



What confuses me...

WHY????!!!

this is all about making MONEY right? We in business?!

You meet her like her idea give her millions she makes a dope show you getting subscribers ratings buzz...

What the f**k more matters?

This confuses me about the devil.

You not only getting money but awards recognition LGBTQ+ loves you, black folks love you....

Why would you fire her? Why would you cancel it?

And not even try to sell it to another platform?

You had one of the greatest casts in modern hbo history locked up under contract!

Why do this?

F**k it I know why

But that don't make it any easier to take.
 

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What confuses me...

WHY????!!!

this is all about making MONEY right? We in business?!

You meet her like her idea give her millions she makes a dope show you getting subscribers ratings buzz...

What the f**k more matters?

This confuses me about the devil.

You not only getting money but awards recognition LGBTQ+ loves you, black folks love you....

Why would you fire her? Why would you cancel it?

And not even try to sell it to another platform?

You had one of the greatest casts in modern hbo history locked up under contract!

Why do this?

F**k it I know why

But that don't make it any easier to take.
they dont give a shit its a black show
shit look how they treated the wire and the creators were white
they are just racists over there
this was somebody flexing their power
and jordan peele produced it right? he was kind of silent too
 

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they dont give a shit its a black show
shit look how they treated the wire and the creators were white
they are just racists over there
this was somebody flexing their power
and jordan peele produced it right? he was kind of silent too

See see see Jordan Peele involved and this still happened?

There is a damn thick book about all the hbo executive upheaval

So they just keep replacing racist after racist after racist?

There has to be more there.

I hate that this got brought back up just to get my blood pressure high
 

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See see see Jordan Peele involved and this still happened?

There is a damn thick book about all the hbo executive upheaval

So they just keep replacing racist after racist after racist?

There has to be more there.

I hate that this got brought back up just to get my blood pressure high
the only other reason would be the actors asking for more money
jonathan mayors was on his way becoming big star
might had some scheduling issues in the future
micheal k was doing his thing too

but nah i think it was a racist move
 

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the only other reason would be the actors asking for more money
jonathan mayors was on his way becoming big star
might had some scheduling issues in the future
micheal k was doing his thing too

but nah i think it was a racist move

I don't know...

That whole cast was so close and supportive of the creator...

And hbo series can take like 2 years off

And the way it was written the whole cast could move in and out easily

This is so f**king stupid on so many levels.
 

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I don't know...

That whole cast was so close and supportive of the creator...

And hbo series can take like 2 years off

And the way it was written the whole cast could move in and out easily

This is so f**king stupid on so many levels.
didnt make sense she was already working on season 2
shit they did arsenio hall the same way renewed it then cancel the show right after.
 

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Ummm







Was she slick trashing Will Smith? @ 14:30


No, she was expressing frustration that the story was spun that way. She wrote Will a letter saying she didn't feel she was being paid fairly. So, Will talked with the producers and got everyone "a bonus" on top of their original pay. When she really should've been paid fairly from the jump. But as she stated, more proof that once black women get paid fairly, everyone else benefits as well.
 

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No, she was expressing frustration that the story was spun that way. She wrote Will a letter saying she didn't feel she was being paid fairly. So, Will talked with the producers and got everyone "a bonus" on top of their original pay. When she really should've been paid fairly from the jump. But as she stated, more proof that once black women get paid fairly, everyone else benefits as well.

Yup, correct...
That was a good interview. She has a real good spirit, and a great actress....enjoyed her in every flick/TV show i've seen her in. "Birth of a Nation", "Lovecraft",etc.
 

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No, she was expressing frustration that the story was spun that way. She wrote Will a letter saying she didn't feel she was being paid fairly. So, Will talked with the producers and got everyone "a bonus" on top of their original pay. When she really should've been paid fairly from the jump. But as she stated, more proof that once black women get paid fairly, everyone else benefits as well.
Yup, correct...
That was a good interview. She has a real good spirit, and a great actress....enjoyed her in every flick/TV show i've seen her in. "Birth of a Nation", "Lovecraft",etc.

Yeah that was my first reaction

But she WAS disappointed how Will decided to flip it as a covid bonus

And not equal pay after she wrote him a letter

Correct?
 
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