New York, Nov 28: The on-set animal monitor for the movie 'The Life of Pi', Gina Johnson has resigned from American Humane Association after a report which exposed widespread unsafe practices with animals on Hollywood sets.
A Hollywood Reporter bombshell had exposed an email in which she had admitted that a tiger "damn near drowned" while shooting one scene.
The investigation called into question the association's practices on dozens of other sets, the New York Daily News reported.
The association responded to them, claiming that the report distorts the work and record of a respected nonprofit organization that.
A Hollywood Reporter bombshell had exposed an email in which she had admitted that a tiger "damn near drowned" while shooting one scene.
The investigation called into question the association's practices on dozens of other sets, the New York Daily News reported.
The association responded to them, claiming that the report distorts the work and record of a respected nonprofit organization that.
- 11/28/2013
- by Shiva Prakash
- RealBollywood.com
The Life of Pi on-set monitor who emailed a colleague that King, a Bengal tiger, "damn near drowned" on set has left the American Humane Association. Gina Johnson, whose April 7, 2011 email kicks off The Hollywood Reporter's 9,000-word "Animals Were Harmed" investigative package, is no longer an Aha employee, the organization told CNN Tuesday, a day after the story hit newsstands and was posted online. Johnson's email reads "The worst thing was that last week we almost f--king killed King in the water tank. This one take with him went really bad and he got lost
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- 11/26/2013
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update: An on-set monitor for the American Humane Association, or Aha, the organization that was on the receiving end of a scathing profile in The Hollywood Reporter Monday, has left her job.
Gina Johnson, who wrote an email to a co-worker describing how the crew "almost f--king killed" a tiger on the set of "Life of Pi," is no longer an employee of the Aha, a spokesperson told CNN Tuesday. No immediate reason for her departure was provided by the organization.
The group behind the "No Animals Were Harmed" credit given to movies and TV shows, the Aha received harsh critique from anonymous employees in the THR story, who claimed that the Aha credit was bestowed upon projects that did not deserve it, among other claims. In response to the piece, the Aha released a lengthy statement defending itself, adding that THR's investigation "distorts" many facts. The statement reads in...
Gina Johnson, who wrote an email to a co-worker describing how the crew "almost f--king killed" a tiger on the set of "Life of Pi," is no longer an employee of the Aha, a spokesperson told CNN Tuesday. No immediate reason for her departure was provided by the organization.
The group behind the "No Animals Were Harmed" credit given to movies and TV shows, the Aha received harsh critique from anonymous employees in the THR story, who claimed that the Aha credit was bestowed upon projects that did not deserve it, among other claims. In response to the piece, the Aha released a lengthy statement defending itself, adding that THR's investigation "distorts" many facts. The statement reads in...
- 11/26/2013
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
This story first appeared in the Dec 6. issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. American Humane Association monitor Gina Johnson confided in an email to a colleague on April 7, 2011, about the star tiger in Ang Lee's Life of Pi. While many scenes featuring "Richard Parker," the Bengal tiger who shares a lifeboat with a boy lost at sea, were created using CGI technology, King, very much a real animal, was employed when the digital version wouldn't suffice. "This one take with him just went really bad and he got lost trying to swim to the side,"
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- 11/22/2013
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Playing video games saved my life! Now I’m trying to save it in return.” - Gina Johnson Gina Johnson is a disabled female gamer, and she is tired of people blaming video games as the main reason for all the mass casualty events. She is stepping up, and she hopes that you will too. “People think that gamers game just to have fun… and while that is true, there are many more reasons why people game.” -Gina Johnson From birth to about age 10, Gina literally grew up in a hospital. Going through multiple procedures, and surgeries made it hard for Gina to have a “normal” childhood. Many times she almost went crazy, but the one thing that helped her from becoming so, is gaming. Playing video games helped Gina “save her sanity,” but now gaming is being criticized, and she knows somebody has to defend it. Otherwise, down the line,...
- 9/29/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
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