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“Gone with the Wind” is coming back. HBO Max will again start streaming the controversial slavery-era movie — with a lecture about the racial themes that first got it pulled, according to the scholar providing the intro. “I will provide an introduction placing the film in its multiple historical contexts,” cinema professor Jacqueline Stewart wrote …

Twitter has removed more than 170,000 accounts that it says have been linked to Chinese government efforts to spread misinformation about the coronavirus and democracy protests in Hong Kong. “In general, this entire network was involved in a range of manipulative and coordinated activities,” the company wrote in a blog post on Wednesday. “They were Tweeting …

Reese Witherspoon says she isn’t afraid of death because of the religious way she lives her life. “I don’t have a lot of fear, that’s true,” the 44-year-old “Legally Blonde” actress recently told the LA Times. “There’s a time and a purpose and a place, and I don’t fear death, because I know there’s heaven. …

Great news, everyone! Turns out Major League Baseball’s owners and players do hold a commonality after all. Both can illustrate tone deafness like Hall of Famers. Herein lies the difference, however: When Blake Snell proclaims, “I gotta get my money,” we know how much money he wants to get. When Bill DeWitt declares, “The industry …

UPDATE: An HBO Max spokesperson says “Gone With the Wind” will eventually return to the platform with a discussion about its historical context and a denouncement of its racist depictions. On Tuesday, HBO Max removed the 1939 film from its library in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd. “’Gone With The …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced Tuesday that moving forward, the company will celebrate Juneteenth as an official corporate holiday. The annual festival marks the date on June 19, 1865, when the abolition os slavery was announced in the state of Texas. The social network will observe the holiday “forevermore,” Dorsey tweeted, as will Square, the …

Actor Daniel Radcliffe posted a lengthy response on Monday to a number of tweets sent by author J.K. Rowling over the weekend, which have led to a storm of criticism and accusations that the “Harry Potter” writer is transphobic. In an essay posted to the website The Trevor Project, Radcliffe wrote that he was “compelled” …

Instagram playboy Dan Bilzerian is surrounding himself with more bookish types these days. The gun-toting, babe-flanked, private jet-flying “King of Instagram” has officially finished penning his autobiography. Now, he’s offering $5,000 to the person who comes up with the most clever title — an opportunity his followers have taken to absolutely roast him. Bilzerian, 39, …

Musician Jon Batiste, bandleader of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” headed a musical march of George Floyd protesters through the Big Apple streets over the weekend. “Look what we’re doing. We’re using music to bring people together of all races, of all genders for black lives,” Batiste told CNN’s Bill Weir on Saturday. Video showed …

Ryan Seacrest has been shooting “Live with Kelly & Ryan” from his Los Angeles home since the spread of COVID-19 lead to quarantine orders. Following a recent on-air health scare, the television host is now considering moving back to his West Coast retreat permanently. “He has nothing against New York, but he feels that he …