- [Tiffany] Here are today's top stories.
First, longtime YouTube star Jenna Marbles
has announced that she is
quitting her YouTube channel
after racially offensive videos resurfaced
in the wake of the ignited
Black Lives Matter movement.
Marbles, whose real name is Jenna Mourey,
is under fire for wearing blackface
while impersonating Nicki Minaj in 2011,
as well as for past racist remarks.
In a new video,
the content creator addressed
her problematic behavior
and explained that the Nicki Minaj video
had already been private for a long time.
- It was not my intention to do blackface.
This is the end of the video
where I took my wig off.
- [Tiffany] She continued,
"But it doesn't matter
"because all that matters
is that people were offended
"and it hurt them.
"And for that I am so unbelievably sorry."
- It's not okay.
It's shameful, it's awful,
I wish it wasn't part of my past.
- [Tiffany] Marbles also apologized
for previously slamming women who quote,
"Slept around," in a video
and making fun of Asians
in a 2012 rap parody.
Marbles said the video was inexcusable
and shouldn't have existed.
She went on to say that she has since
made a lot of her old content
no longer viewable to the public.
- For now I just can't
exist on this channel.
- [Tiffany] Marbles, who
is one of the first women
to build a career as a
YouTube creator, continued,
"I just wanna make sure that
the things I put into the world
"aren't hurting anyone.
"So I need to be done with this channel,
"for now or for forever.
"I don't know."
Next, shiver me timbers.
Margot Robbie is set to
star in a female-fronted
"Pirates of the Caribbean"
movie for Disney
with her "Birds of Prey"
writer Christina Hodson
attached to pen the script.
While plot details are being
kept in Davy Jones' Locker,
the project in early development
is not intended to be a spin-off
of the long running franchise
that had pirate Jack
Sparrow at its center,
but rather a wholly original
story with new characters
under the "Pirates" moniker.
It's self-inspired
by the long running
attraction at Disneyland.
And Christopher Nolan's "Tenet"
has once again been delayed
due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
THR's Neha Joy has more.
- [Neha] Warner Brothers announced
that the time bending pic will move
from July 31st to an August 12th debut
amid the rapidly changing
and unexpected circumstances.
Nolan's $200 million "Tenet"
was originally set to debut
on July 17th, but Warner Brothers
recently pushed the movie two weeks
to allow theaters more time to reopen.
- The filmmaker has remained intent
on giving theaters a boost
and making his film available
as soon as it's safe to do so.
- [Tiffany] For more on all
these stories, head to THR.com.
For The Hollywood Reporter
News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.
