some bash a-listers like angelina jolie for being a, quote, minimally talented spoiled brat. days after the e-mail surfaced between pascal and scott rudin, pascal is seen here at an l.a. event receiving a frosty reception from jolie. pascal told deadline.com, i m mostly disappointed in myself, that s the element of this that s been most painful to me. i don t want to be defined by these e-mails after a 30-year career. one e-mail to rudin, pascal, a big fund-raiser for president obama insinuates obama only likes films with african-american actors like jengo unchained. pascal told deadline.com, i m embarrassed, deeply. today the white house confirmed pascal and rudin have apologized. i think a lot of people who read those e-mails, maybe not everybody, i think a lot of people, cringed a little bit when they were reading them. reporter: much more damaging than the juicy tinseltown e-mails, the hackers have also
it s an itchy situation for actress angelina jolie after she has to cancel attending several events for her upcoming movie unbroken. i just wanted to be clear and honest about why i will be missing the unbroken events in the next few days. i found out last night that i have chicken pox. so making that video to explain why she ll be skipping out on events, including the film s hollywood premiere. she has the chicken pox. her video comes days after an e-mail conversation between sony pictures co-chairman and hollywood producers scott rudden. they came to light in which rudden calls angelina jolie a, quote, minimally talented spoiled brat. they both apologized for the e-mails. while there is high drama on capitol hill tonight, the government shutdown is averted
breach. sony said wednesday no broadcast media will be invited to cover the film s premiere in los angeles, no print reporters will be granted interviews. this is all because new details are emerging from documents released as a result of the breach. more e-mails from top-level sony execs are reportedly revealing embarrassing details about specific movie deals and salaries. and in one exchange between sony co-chair amy pascal and hollywood producer scott rudin, rudin refers to angelina jolie as minimally talented spoiled brat. awards season in full swing with announcers for the s.a.g. awards. birdman, modern family in front with four nominations. birdman michael keaton for best actor, edward norton and emma stone for supporting royals. best category including boyhood, the grand budapest hotel, the imitation great many and the theory of everything. the big bang theory, brooklyn
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welcome back to the lead. i m jake tapper. sony pictures has audiences captivakap captivated with a new edge of your seat drama. unfortunately, for sony pictures it s not a drama that you will see on the big screen and it s the real-life hollywood behind the scenes smack-talking that s been exposed through a hack of sony s emails. we first learned of the hack back in november when yet to be released sony movies and scripts appeared online and now hacked emails are revealing what some hollywood heavy hitters really think about a-list stars including angelina jolie who was described by an oscar-winning producer as a, quote, minimally talented spoiled brat. i disagree with that. she s very talented. let s bring in pamela brown to dig deeper into the emails and the investigation into who leaked them. these are pretty scathing