Don’t lump the faggots and chimps in with these cousin-fuckers! Also, fuck you.

Because then only the rich are afforded opportunities. 

“If you are an abuser who is an alcoholic, you are both an abuser and an alcoholic, not someone who is only abusive because you drink” THIS 1000%!!!! Every time you look at abusive alcoholics you realize that they were abusive even when sober! Every fucking time

I love the Robert Pattison quote

a talent booker books the host? the Academy doesn’t trouble themselves with reaching out to an entertainer that’s going to host their annual event? that’s pretty disrespectful. and I don’t believe it was a misunderstanding. I don’t buy Mason’s explanation or apology.

I know many dry drunks whose sobriety did nothing to stop their abusive natures. Your analysis is spot on. 

Because they’re doing their job (performing, hosting, etc) and this here is crazy, you pay people for doing their job.
But hey, surely whatever you do for a living someone would just do for the exposure, so maybe you don’t need to be paid too.

100% agree. As anyone who has ever been in abusive relationship knows, abusers are really, really good at apologizing. You’re right in saying that this type of apology comes from “savvier” individuals. It really is savvy in the sense that it is intended to sound genuine. Hell, he might even believe he means it too. In…

also the internet fawning over him for his hot ones interview

Louis CK’s apology didn’t do one of the specific things I pointed out that LaBoeuf’s did, i.e. “cast vague doubt on the accounts of his victims.” But it was a masterclass in deflecting bullshit. To start, the very first sentence after “...this is true” is a (very clever, incidentally) attempt to minimize his behavior…

Good for Tiffany. If this has always been the case, good for her for bringing attention to it.

I love how this kinda stuff can be reported as happening for 5 years and nothing happens, but everyone still starts kissing his ass when he makes a movie about himself where he plays his own father.

Why is there an obligation for them to get paid though?

Yes, but I mean that the cheerleaders literally make less than minimum wage even if they don’t get injured and do show up to cheer.

Um, plenty of nonprofits pay the hosts for their events?

And the contracts for players often have no guaranteed money. You get paid per game. You get injured and can’t play? No pay

Yeah, they don’t really pay their cheerleaders either.

“Not for profit” --- hhhhhhhaaaaahhhhaaaahhha.  I believe you can FOIA non-profits. Let’s see what the board and directors are making on this bullshit tax haven.  

Don’t forget that the NFL was going to charge Katy Perry to perform at the Superbowl back in 2015.

Trust me, a not-for-profit can find ways to budget to cover her costs. What a fucking sham!

I am so insulted by the RIAA in all of their recent years’ dealings, but this one takes the cake. These music biz assholes know good and well the struggle of any artist trying to make it (in any field) and they know damn well…