The President let it be clear that he thought it was a bad idea for Sony to greenlight a picture about killing a head of state.
The President let it be clear that he thought it was a bad idea for Sony to greenlight a picture about killing a head of state.Post-presidency, Obama has remained relatively tapped out of current events and politics.
Outside of a few rare, emergency exceptions where he felt it necessary to get back into the weeds—like the threat ofthe Democratic primary—he’s mostly laid low and let our current elected officials cook. His plate’s been full enough getting that. And of course, there’s also the production company that he runs with Michelle that puts out bangers like the Before he was fully Hollywood Barack, he was merely President Barack who quietly aspired to get in on Tinseltown wheelings and dealings. However, hints of his future media mogul aspirations were there all along. One such examplein the pages of a forthcoming memoir by former Sony Pictures Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton . In, Lynton recalls an unexpected interaction with the then-sitting president that took place right after the infamous mid-aughts hack by anINT. SONY PICTURES CEO’S OFFICE – JULY 2015 – NIGHT MICHAEL LYNTON, 55, sits at his desk, still cleaning up the mess left by hacker group “Guardians of Peace” eight months later. After breaching Sony’s network and melting 70 percent of the studio’s servers, they made off with a trove of sensitive data, including unfinished scripts for unannounced films and 47,000 Social Security numbers. Making matters worse were the emails they later leaked, which resulted inI can’t even with these hackers. They’ve taken my studio from Gucci to ratchet.As Lynton’s book explains, he and the rest of the world had just learned of North Korea being the likely culprit behind the hacks and the production of “The Interview” being a motivating factor, when the President deigned to give him an earful. “What were you thinking when you made killing the leader of a hostile foreign nation a plot point? Of course, that was a mistake,” chided Obama. Living up to the title of his book, Lynton makes no bones about regretting greenlighting that film in a way that inadvertently adds some funny context to Rogen’s current series,“I wanted to join the badass gang that made subversive movies. For a moment, I wanted to hang—as an equal—with the actors,” said Lynton. “The party got out of hand, and the company, its employees, my family, and I all paid dearly.” Sobering words, but that past does indeed seem owned. And who among us doesn’t have a few past mistakes that need owning? Whether you didn’t properly show up in a relationship or just bailed out the banks responsible for the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, it’s never too late for a mea culpa. Lynton’s book hits bookstore shelves on Feb. 24 if you or anyone else in your life could use a little guidance.11:00 amConspiracy Theorists Think Obama Is Sending Secret Messages With Talk About AliensThe DNC’s 2024 ‘Roll Call’ Playlist Is on Spotify "Lose Yourself,""Empire State of Mind,” and “I’m Shipping up to Boston” were just some of the song played during the Roll Call.
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