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Gone With The Wind Removed From HBO Max Amid Unrest Over Racial Injustice

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Time Stamp: June 10, 2020 12:34 AM - Modified On: June 10, 2020 - Published By:
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The 1939 classic Gone With the Wind has been removed from HBO Max following an op-ed from 12 Years a Slave writer John Ridley who said it "romanticizes the horrors of slavery." Ridley said in his opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times that Gone With the Wind "glorifies the antebellum south. It is a film that, when it is not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color." Gone With the Wind--which takes place on a plantation in

EA, Pokemon Company, And More Game Companies Donating To Black Lives Matter And Related Causes

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Time Stamp: June 7, 2020 9:30 AM - Modified On: June 7, 2020 - Published By:
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After protests erupted in cities all over the United States in response to the police killing of George Floyd, a large number of studios and other game companies have made donations to the Black Lives Matter and other organizations like the NAACP and Color of Change. Companies from all corners of the industry have made contributions while encouraging others to do the same. Pokemon Go developer Niantic is donating proceeds from Pokemon Go Fest 2020 ticket sales, committing to a minimum of $5 million, to "Black gaming and AR creators

MLB The Show 20 Review – Bases Loaded

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Time Stamp: March 20, 2020 6:57 PM - Modified On: March 20, 2020 - Published By:
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MLB The Show 20 suddenly finds itself in an unprecedented position. The COVID-19 coronavirus has disrupted sports across the globe, and baseball is no different, as Opening Day of the 2020 Major League Baseball season was recently postponed for at least the next two months--and even that seems optimistic. It's an unfathomable turn of events, yet it also means Sony San Diego's latest baseball sim is now one of the only ways to experience the 2020 season of America's favorite pastime. It's a good job, then, that MLB 20 maintains