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'Gone With the Wind' has been pulled from HBO Max, Paramount Network has pulled the plug on the show 'Cops' for good and Ava DuVernay has been elected to represent the directors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on its board.

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00:00Here are today's top stories. First, as protests over police brutality and systemic racism continue

00:04across the country, the Civil War epic Gone with the Wind has been pulled from HBO Max.

00:09THR's Neha Joy has more. Gone with the Wind phase renewed scrutiny for its controversial

00:13depiction of black people and its positive view of slavery after 12 Years a Slave screenwriter

00:18John Ridley published an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday. Ridley called on HBO Max to

00:24consider removing Gone with the Wind from its platform as the film had its own unique problem,

00:28writing,

00:29It doesn't just fall short with regard to representation. It's a film that glorifies the

00:33antebellum South. It's a film that, when it's not ignoring the horrors of slavery, pauses only to

00:38perpetuate some of the most painful stereotypes of people of color. However, HBO Max has said that

00:44it does plan to eventually bring the film back to the service.

00:47Next, Paramount Network has pulled the plug on the show Cops for Good. The Viacom CBS-owned cable

00:52channel had removed the long-running show from its schedule in the wake of nationwide protests

00:57following the police-involved death of George Floyd on May 25th. Now, the network says it's

01:01dropping the show altogether. A network spokesperson said,

01:04Cops is not on the Paramount Network and we don't have any current or future plans for it to return.

01:09Cops has faced scrutiny over the years for the way it depicts suspects and police tactics.

01:14Nava DuVernay has been elected to represent the director's branch of the Academy of Motion Picture

01:18Arts and Sciences on its board of governors, part of a historic wave that establishes new records

01:23for women and people of color on the 54-person board. DuVernay's directorial credits include

01:28Selma, the documentary 13th, and A Wrinkle in Time, among others. When DuVernay's 2014 film Selma

01:34was denied Best Director and Best Actor Oscar nominations, it partially fueled the hashtag

01:39OscarsSoWhite controversy, resulting in significant changes at the Academy.

01:43It is unacceptable that they use their power to keep us voiceless. Those that have gone before us say

01:51no more. DuVernay is among six people who were elected to the board of governors for the first

01:56time via elections that ran from June 1st to June 5th. For more on all these stories, head to THR.com.

02:01For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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