Forget about the Oscar race. In every Hollywood Christmas party conversation, it's impossible not to talk about the Sony Hack, or "Hack Attack," to borrow the title of an upcoming George Clooney Sony film that may or may not get made. For one thing, the management team that was going to back the film --from the one person in Hollywood who seems to understand the New Transparency-- is unlikely to survive. The fallout is too great. Sony chairman Amy Pascal was already fragile, belatedly trying to pull back on years of overspending and letting go of key marketing and publicity scapegoats-- who might have proved helpful during this crisis. She also proved vulnerable to the hackers due to her love of expressing herself freely via email. And now Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton is in the crosshairs too (see CNN video below), as he put a public face on the...
- 12/22/2014
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
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