New emails released early Friday in the Sony hack reveal a shocking incident of nepotism between Sony Chair Amy Pascal, her husband and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd. In a column Dowd was writing about women in Hollywood shortly after the 2014 Academy Awards, citing the box office success of female-fronted films such as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Gravity, Frozen and The Heat, she asked to interview Pascal, the only female head of a major studio. Pascal however is shown to be hesitant in emails exchanged between herself and husband Bernie Weinraub, until Weinraub reveals that he will be seeing the column before it is published and Dowd assures Pascal she will look 'great' in the article.
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New emails released in the Sony hack reveal that Amy Pascal was promised favorable coverage in a New York Times column
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Writer Maureen Dowd said Pascal would look 'great' in a piece about women in Hollywood which she wanted to interview the studio head for
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Pascal's husband Bernie Weinraub also reveals that he was able to look at the column before it was published
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Dowd said in a statement that she did not allow Weinraub to see the column before it was published
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This as Pascal has issued an apology for her 'insensitive' remarks in a racist email exchange with producer Scott Rudin about President Barack Obama
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Pascal also gave an interview saying she does not believe her job is in jeopardy over these leaked emails
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