3 posts tagged ‘barrera’
Melissa Barrera takes the high road on Scream
AV Club,
Melissa Barrera isn’t screaming at Scream—well, at least publicly. “I’m just so grateful on what I got to infuse in the franchise, and that’s something I’ll be proud of forever,” the Keep Breathing actress told Deadline during the Sundance festival’s opening night on Thursday. Read more...
The week in entertainment news: Scream VII departures, Matt Rife blowback
If you’d never heard the name Matt Rife before it suddenly seemed to be everywhere, you wouldn’t be alone. The 28-year-old comedian, who’d mostly been a presence on TikTok until a few days ago, achieved what any comic trying to break into the mainstream presumably dreams about: a Netflix special. Even if reviews were… Read more...
Melissa Barrera fired from Scream VII, producers call Israel comments “hate speech”
Melissa Barrera, one of the new stars of the rebooted Scream franchise, has reportedly been dropped from the series over some posts she made on social media about what’s happening in the Israel-Palestine conflict. According to The Hollywood Reporter, she supposedly wrote that “Gaza is currently being treated like a… Read more...