That didn’t take long — fired “Guardians of the Galaxy” director James Gunn is bouncing back from controversial tweets by landing a gig writing “Suicide Squad 2.” As you know … Disney canned Gunn in July over a bunch of years-old, yet horribly…
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Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Friday, August 3, 2018
Selma Blair Says She"s Still Into James Gunn But Not Twitter
Selma Blair says James Gunn is a good man who told a few stupid jokes a decade ago, and his haters are looking at him though a 2018 lens which just ain’t right. We got Selma at LAX Thursday afternoon and she explained why she quit Twitter over…
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Sean Gunn Won"t Speculate on Disney Rehiring James After "Guardians" Open Letter
James Gunn’s future in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” franchise is now in the hands of Disney — a future his own brother won’t try to predict after the cast’s public cry of support. We got Sean Gunn at LAX Monday just hours after he and the…
Monday, July 30, 2018
Chris Pratt, "Guardians of the Galaxy" Stars Support James Gunn
‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director James Gunn was done dirty by America’s politically charged court of public opinion … according to Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Zoe Saldana and the rest of the ‘GotG’ stars. The cast posted an open letter in support…
Friday, July 27, 2018
Glenn Close Advises James Gunn to Be Wiser About Social Media
Glenn Close seems conflicted about the firing of director James Gunn over his offensive tweets, but she has some advice for him when it comes to social media. We got the legendary actress Thursday outside a BUILD Series event in NYC for…
Saturday, July 21, 2018
James Gunn: Dropped from Guardians of the Galaxy Franchise Over Old, Controversial Tweets
James Gunn has been fired as director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3.
The decision to remove Gunn from the project arrived on Friday after conservative uncovered old tweets by Gunn in which the filmmaker joked about controversial topics such as pedophilia and rape.
Gunn has been an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump over the past several months and, some believe, had been targeted by Republicans such as Jack Posobiec.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Gunn did write the Tweets in question.
“The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values, and we have severed our business relationship with him,” Walt Disney Studios chairman Alan Horn said in a statement announcing Gunn’s departure.
Gunn directed Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and was hired awhile back to helm its follow-up.
The very old Tweets at the center of this scandal have since been deleted, but Internet users posted screenshots that appear to show the director had written jokes about assault and other subjects.
A sample: “Laughter is the best medicine. That’s why I laugh at people with AIDS.”
Another: “The best thing about being raped is when you’re done being raped and it’s like ‘whew this feels great, not being raped!"”
On Thursday, in response to this growing scandal, Gunn Tweeted:
“Many people who have followed my career know, when I started, I viewed myself as a provocateur, making movies and telling jokes that were outrageous and taboo.
“As I have discussed publicly many times, as I’ve developed as a person, so has my work and my humor.”
He continued:
“It’s not to say I’m better, but I am very, very different than I was a few years ago; today I try to root my work in love and connection and less in anger.
“My days saying something just because it’s shocking and trying to get a reaction are over.”
Most of the inappropriate messages were sent in 2008 and 2009.
They were dug up by conservative outlet The Daily Caller.
Gunn issued a statement on Friday afternoon, saying that he “regretted” the tweets in question and stressed that “they don’t reflect the person I am today.”
The director added in his lengthy response to the flap:
Regardless of how much time has passed, I understand and accept the business decisions taken today.
Even these many years later, I take full responsibility for the way I conducted myself then.
All I can do now, beyond offering my sincere and heartfelt regret, is to be the best human being I can be: accepting, understanding, committed to equality, and far more thoughtful about my public statements and my obligations to our public discourse.
To everyone inside my industry and beyond, I again offer my deepest apologies. Love to all.
Gunn has been penning the script for Guardians 3, and the film was expected to begin shooting in Atlanta in the fall for an expected 2020 release date.
He had been keeping fans apprised of his progress via social media messages such as the following:
Marvel has not yet announced a replacement for Gunn.
Do you think he deserved to be fired for these Tweets?
Friday, July 20, 2018
Disney Fires "Guardians of the Galaxy" Writer James Gunn Over Offensive Tweets
The “Guardians of the Galaxy” series needs a new writer … Disney just fired James Gunn over a bunch of horrifically offensive tweets from years ago. Gunn made comments about 911, AIDS, the Holocaust and rape. In one of the since deleted tweets he…
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
"Guardians" Director James Gunn Teases That His Characters Aren"t Dead
James Gunn just kinda (maybe) gave away a major spoiler about future ‘Avengers’ and ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movies and the fate of his presumably dead characters … we think. We got the ‘Guardians’ director Tuesday leaving LAX and asked if it’s…
Monday, March 19, 2018
"Breaking Bad" Star Anna Gunn Scares Off Potential Home Burglar
Anna Gunn’s home alarm system came through in a big way by alerting her that a potential thief was lurking outside, and Anna was able to scare the perp off … TMZ has learned. The “Breaking Bad” actress was at her L.A. pad in the Valley Thursday…
Tuesday, January 9, 2018
"Guardians of the Galaxy 2" Star Sean Gunn Says Superhero Films Don"t Need Awards
The best movies are often never nominated for awards … according to Sean Gunn, who plays Kraglin in the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ films. We got Gunn on Rodeo drive Monday after Globes and asked him about awards shows always dissing superhero…
Friday, November 6, 2015
Tim Gunn on The Kardashians: Yucky! Gross! Terrible!
Ah, so many opinions about the Kardashians. And Kanye West.
I find Project Runway star Tim Gunn to be delightful, but sometimes he gets a bit too opinionated and I’m like, “oh gurl.”
Yesterday, Gunn appeared on Huffington Post Live and let verbal gold spill out of his mouth.
While no one will disagree that the Kardashians have one of the best pr strategies in Hollywood, Gunn is not impressed with anything they do. Anything.
Don’t get him started on West’s collection for Adidas.
“I think they’re a bunch of dumb clothes,” Gunn said about the Yeezus collection.
“Just basic pieces. He won’t [like that comment], but let me tell you, the whole Kardashian clan doesn’t like me, so no surprise there.”
It gets better.
Gunn insists that if you’re inspired to wear something because you see it on a Kardashian, don’t. Just don’t.
“There are large issues [with the Kardashians] for me, such as why? Why?,” Gunn said. “But when it comes to fashion, I say to people all the time ‘If you want guidance in fashion, just consider this: If a Kardashian is wearing it, don’t.’ I think it’s vulgar.
“Given the amount of public exposure that the Kardashians have to potentially be sending the message to people that you, too, can dress like this — no!”
What about Kendall Jenner, model-of-the-moment?
“I think absolutely nothing [of her] to be perfectly honest,” Gunn admitted. “And I’m assuming there’s a huge, perhaps million dollar-a-month publicity wagon that is pulling these girls along and creating these lives for them. I’m distrustful of it and I find it all distasteful.”
Yes, Tim, BUT SHE’S A MODEL.
“I shouldn’t say that she doesn’t [have ‘it’].”
It = What Derek Zoolander has.
“I don’t know her — she may be a perfectly lovely young woman. I just feel that she’s tainted by the Kardashian aura of yuck!”
Oh hell, Tim Gunn.
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