Jackie Brown Deaky" or "Killshot" and have another director make "Rum Punch", but changed his mind after re-reading "Rum Punch", stating that he "fell in love" with the novel all over again. "Killshot" was later adapted into a film, produced by "Jackie Brown" producer Lawrence Bender. While adapting "Rum Punch" into a screenplay, Tarantino changed the ethnicity of the main character from white to black, as well as renaming her from Burke to Brown, titling the screenplay "Jackie Brown". Tarantino hesitated to discuss the changes with Leonard, finally speaking with Leonard as the film was about to start shooting. Leonard loved the
Quentin Tarantino after using the term "ghetto" while accepting the Golden Globe for best original score on behalf of composer Ennio Morricone, saying: His use of the word seemed to be taken as a racial slight by award presenter Jamie Foxx, who, after Tarantino left the stage, walked up to the microphone and sternly said, "ghetto?" In January 2014, Gawker leaked a copy of the script for Tarantino's then-upcoming film "The Hateful Eight". Tarantino eventually filed a copyright lawsuit against Gawker, and stated in the lawsuit that "Gawker Media has made a business of predatory journalism, violating people's rights to make a