Updated 10:00 a.m. Pt: London’s Met Police is investigating comedian Dane Baptiste following a now-deleted death threat posted on Instagram that was aimed at a fellow comic.
“Enquiries are being made in relation to a post reported to police by a number of social media users on Wednesday 1 May,” a Met spokesman told Deadline.
“We have since made contact with a number of people who are helping our enquiries. We would continue to urge anyone who has information which could help our enquiries to contact police.”
Previous; Exclusive: British comedian Dane Baptiste has been dropped by his agencies and “apologised profusely” via a statement after making an antisemitic death threat towards a female comic, which has been reported to the Met Police.
Baptiste is no longer represented by Insanity Group and Dlt Entertainment-owned Gag Reflex, both of which had repped him up until yesterday’s highly incendiary post.
“Enquiries are being made in relation to a post reported to police by a number of social media users on Wednesday 1 May,” a Met spokesman told Deadline.
“We have since made contact with a number of people who are helping our enquiries. We would continue to urge anyone who has information which could help our enquiries to contact police.”
Previous; Exclusive: British comedian Dane Baptiste has been dropped by his agencies and “apologised profusely” via a statement after making an antisemitic death threat towards a female comic, which has been reported to the Met Police.
Baptiste is no longer represented by Insanity Group and Dlt Entertainment-owned Gag Reflex, both of which had repped him up until yesterday’s highly incendiary post.
- 5/2/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
British Comedian Behind BBC Shows Criticized Over Alleged “Antisemitic” Death Threat To Female Comic
British comedian Dane Baptiste, a regular on TV and creator of two BBC shows, has been criticized for allegedly posting an “antisemitic” death threat about a female comic.
Prominent members of the British comedy community rounded on Baptiste after he was accused of publishing a now-deleted Instagram post in which he told an unidentified female comedian he would “sit in prison while your family sit at the cemetery.” The full post is below.
The UK’s Community Security Trust, a charity that examines incidences of anti-Jewish hate, has been notified about Baptiste’s message, which began: “A quick note to the Zionist comedian stalking my family’s page.”
Deadline understands that the matter has been reported to the police.
Baptiste wrote: “I want you to sit down with your husband and kids and imagine what their lives will be without you, b/c north london is a quick trip to...
Prominent members of the British comedy community rounded on Baptiste after he was accused of publishing a now-deleted Instagram post in which he told an unidentified female comedian he would “sit in prison while your family sit at the cemetery.” The full post is below.
The UK’s Community Security Trust, a charity that examines incidences of anti-Jewish hate, has been notified about Baptiste’s message, which began: “A quick note to the Zionist comedian stalking my family’s page.”
Deadline understands that the matter has been reported to the police.
Baptiste wrote: “I want you to sit down with your husband and kids and imagine what their lives will be without you, b/c north london is a quick trip to...
- 5/2/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
"Tonight we celebrate the cliches that have made cinema what it is today!" Netflix has revealed an official trailer for a fun one-hour comedy special coming up next week titled Attack of the Hollywood Cliches!, an authentic tribute to Hollywood history and a chance to make fun of all the dumb things movies do. This is an hour-long one-off event made by Netflix. A special featuring some of the most famous films along with Screenwriters, Academics and Critics as they guide through the funny, weird and controversial clichés which appear on the screens. Ben Caudell is the head writer alongside writers including Dane Baptiste, Sean Doherty, Erika Ehler, Jason Hazeley, Daniel Maier, Michael Odewale, Charlie Skelton. The special is hosted by Rob Lowe, who takes us through some of the best and worst cliches - like the desk sweep, the ticking bomb, the maverick cop. It actually looks like good,...
- 9/24/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Never mind the fact that Netflix original films traffic quite heavily in well-worn tropes — the streaming service has launched the first trailer for a new comedy special called “Attack of the Hollywood Clichés!” that finds celebrities discussing, dissecting, and having fun with familiar plot beats in your favorite movies. Hosted by Rob Lowe, the one-off special features a wide range of celebrities weighing in on everything from the Meet-Cute to the Ticking Time Bomb to the Jump Scare, using iconic films like “Forrest Gump” and “Out of the Past” as examples.
“Stock characters, familiar story beats, and convenient plot devices have crept in over time,” Lowe says in the trailer. “Tonight, we celebrate the clichés that have made cinema what it is today,” Lowe adds, as Netflix is pegging the special as something between a comedy special and a celebration of cinema history. It’s not quite the full-on roasting...
“Stock characters, familiar story beats, and convenient plot devices have crept in over time,” Lowe says in the trailer. “Tonight, we celebrate the clichés that have made cinema what it is today,” Lowe adds, as Netflix is pegging the special as something between a comedy special and a celebration of cinema history. It’s not quite the full-on roasting...
- 9/24/2021
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
In today’s Global Bulletin, the BBC launches its “Songs to Live By” podcast with Warner Music Group; Netflix orders “Santo” from Spain’s Nostromo Pictures; Mubi makes two executive hires; and “Jersey Boys” heads to London’s West End.
Podcast
The BBC has launched “Songs to Live By,” a new podcast series hosted by Vick Hope celebrating Black voices and experiences. In each episode, Hope will be joined by two guests who will discuss how music has defined their stories and their personalities.
“Songs to Live By” is the first podcast from a new collaboration between the BBC and Warner Music Group as part of a commitment to producing several new podcasts of different formats with music and storytelling at the core.
Episode one, available now on BBC Sounds, features actor and singer Jordan Stephens and poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Future confirmed guests include comedian Dane Baptiste, singer Mica Paris,...
Podcast
The BBC has launched “Songs to Live By,” a new podcast series hosted by Vick Hope celebrating Black voices and experiences. In each episode, Hope will be joined by two guests who will discuss how music has defined their stories and their personalities.
“Songs to Live By” is the first podcast from a new collaboration between the BBC and Warner Music Group as part of a commitment to producing several new podcasts of different formats with music and storytelling at the core.
Episode one, available now on BBC Sounds, features actor and singer Jordan Stephens and poet Benjamin Zephaniah. Future confirmed guests include comedian Dane Baptiste, singer Mica Paris,...
- 3/19/2021
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
While some people work hard to improve their life circumstances, somehow they just end up making things worse. Actor-writer Dane Baptiste is doing just that, in a hilarious manner, through his protagonist of Dane Mackenzie on the 2016 British comedy television series, ‘Sunny D.’ The show was the first black sitcom commissioned by BBC Three […]
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- 10/5/2020
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
Exclusive: Monkey Kingdom, the NBCUniversal-owned British production company, has apologized profusely after mistaking comedian Dane Baptiste for actor Richard Blackwood during an exchange with the former.
Baptiste tweeted about the error on Monday, revealing that an unnamed TV production company sent him a press photo for his approval. Instead of sending an image of Baptiste, however, the company sent one of Blackwood.
“Tv production company just sent me press shots of myself to approve before they start the press run. This is the picture the sent Me of Me,” he wrote in a post that has now been retweeted nearly 3,500 times. “I swear on my mother’s soul they sent it.”
This just in:
Tv production company just sent me press shots of myself to approve before they start the press run. This is the picture the sent Me of Me.
I swear on my mother’s soul they sent it.
Baptiste tweeted about the error on Monday, revealing that an unnamed TV production company sent him a press photo for his approval. Instead of sending an image of Baptiste, however, the company sent one of Blackwood.
“Tv production company just sent me press shots of myself to approve before they start the press run. This is the picture the sent Me of Me,” he wrote in a post that has now been retweeted nearly 3,500 times. “I swear on my mother’s soul they sent it.”
This just in:
Tv production company just sent me press shots of myself to approve before they start the press run. This is the picture the sent Me of Me.
I swear on my mother’s soul they sent it.
- 7/14/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Showtime has put in development a single-camera interracial couple comedy from Diarra Kilpatrick (American Koko) and In Living Color creator Keenen Ivory Wayans, which is set to star Kilpatrick. The project hails from Lionsgate TV, Scott Schwartz and Kim and Eric Tannenbaum.
Written by Kilpatrick and Wayans, the untitled comedy centers on Maya (Kilpatrick), a sharp-tongued Detroiter moves to La hoping to turn two weeks of great vacation sex into a real relationship with her new boyfriend. Turns out, he comes with some baggage, namely a close group of friends who embody nearly everything she thinks she despises. The series is a mixed-race love story that explores what happens when you’ve found your person but not your tribe.
Kilpatrick and Wayans executive produce with Schwartz as well as Kim and Eric Tannenbaum via The Tannenbaum Company. Jason Wang is co-executive producer. Lionsgate TV produces with studio-based The Tannenbaum Co.
Written by Kilpatrick and Wayans, the untitled comedy centers on Maya (Kilpatrick), a sharp-tongued Detroiter moves to La hoping to turn two weeks of great vacation sex into a real relationship with her new boyfriend. Turns out, he comes with some baggage, namely a close group of friends who embody nearly everything she thinks she despises. The series is a mixed-race love story that explores what happens when you’ve found your person but not your tribe.
Kilpatrick and Wayans executive produce with Schwartz as well as Kim and Eric Tannenbaum via The Tannenbaum Company. Jason Wang is co-executive producer. Lionsgate TV produces with studio-based The Tannenbaum Co.
- 3/1/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to Sunny D, a single-camera comedy inspired by Dane Baptiste’s BBC series of the same name. It hails from Saladin K. Patterson (The Last O.G.), In Living Color creator Keenen Ivory Wayans, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum’s The Tannenbaum Company (Two and a Half Men) and Lionsgate TV, where The Tannenbaum Co. is under a deal.
Written by Patterson and Wayans with Wayans set to direct, the adaptation centers on Dane, a 30-year-old man who is creative, erudite and in touch with his feelings. Unfortunately, to his Caribbean-born, old-school dad, that translates to “You need a real job,” “I should’ve sent you to public school,” and “Are you crying again?” As Dane lives at home with his demanding father, doting mother and twin sister who has been trying to get rid of him since they shared the same womb, he...
Written by Patterson and Wayans with Wayans set to direct, the adaptation centers on Dane, a 30-year-old man who is creative, erudite and in touch with his feelings. Unfortunately, to his Caribbean-born, old-school dad, that translates to “You need a real job,” “I should’ve sent you to public school,” and “Are you crying again?” As Dane lives at home with his demanding father, doting mother and twin sister who has been trying to get rid of him since they shared the same womb, he...
- 11/26/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy Central is branching into live events in the UK with the launch of a three day stand-up festival. Comedians including Jimmy Carr, Russell Howard and Katherine Ryan will headline Comedy Central Live, which will take place between October 5 – 7 in Southampton.
While the Viacom-owned broadcaster has held promotional events such as a Friends festival in the UK, the move marks the first time that it has held a full comedy gala.
Other comedians include Catastrophe creator and star Rob Delaney, Love Island narrator Iain Stirling and What Would Beyonce Do? star Luisa Omielan as well as Rob Beckett, Desiree Burch, Chris Ramsey, Joel Dommett, Nish Kumar, Russell Kane, Dane Baptiste, Mo Gilligan, Phil Wang, Suzi Ruffell, Reginald D Hunter, Doc Brown and Britain’s Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy.
In addition, the event will hold live versions of a number of its on screen shows such as Your Face Or Mine,...
While the Viacom-owned broadcaster has held promotional events such as a Friends festival in the UK, the move marks the first time that it has held a full comedy gala.
Other comedians include Catastrophe creator and star Rob Delaney, Love Island narrator Iain Stirling and What Would Beyonce Do? star Luisa Omielan as well as Rob Beckett, Desiree Burch, Chris Ramsey, Joel Dommett, Nish Kumar, Russell Kane, Dane Baptiste, Mo Gilligan, Phil Wang, Suzi Ruffell, Reginald D Hunter, Doc Brown and Britain’s Got Talent winner Lost Voice Guy.
In addition, the event will hold live versions of a number of its on screen shows such as Your Face Or Mine,...
- 6/28/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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