A version of this story first appeared in the June 20 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. On April Fools' Day, Christopher Woodrow, then CEO of top film financier Worldview Entertainment, sent an email to select contacts with word that his COO, Molly Conners, had been hit by a car in New York and was in the hospital. Several hours later, he followed up with a message saying she had died. Sources who received the emails tell THR they were shocked by the news, then upon learning it was a prank, they were even more shocked by such poor taste.
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- 6/11/2014
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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