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Countless stories have been told about the male-dominated culture of drug kingpins such as Pablo Escobar and Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, but little has been written about female Columbian drug lord Griselda Blanco.

“Every story you’ve ever heard about Griselda is that she’s a demon and monster, but it’s never that simple,” says “Griselda” executive producer and showrunner Eric Newman. In telling her story, there needed to be an emotional heartbeat to the character as they peeled back her layers, Newman says. “One thing that was important to us was that the audience loved her, and we got on her side quickly because she does some pretty horrible things.”

Netflix’s six-part limited series “Griselda” stars Sofía Vergara as a woman who flees Colombia and rises in 1970s Miami. There, she builds her cocaine empire and charts a downfall marred by paranoia, power and, ultimately, tragedy.

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Actress Charlyne Yi has spoken out about her experiences working on the 2017 film “The Disaster Artist,” which James Franco directed and Yi says she tried to quit because of the accusations of sexual misconduct against Franco.

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In an Instagram post earlier this week, Yi, who played costume designer Safowa Bright-Asare in the film, called out not just Franco, but specifically producer Seth Rogen, accusing him of enabling Franco’s behavior.

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Charlyne Yi wants to hold James Franco and Seth Rogan accountable. On April 8, Charlyne used Instagram to call out the longtime collaborators. Charlyne said Seth enables James, who she accuses of "preying on underage girls" and "abusing his power and platform to gaslight them." James has faced several sexual misconduct allegations from women over the past few years, including messaging a 17-year-old girl in 2014 and inviting her to his hotel room.

Charlyne worked with James and Seth when she played Safowa Bright-Asare on the Disaster Artist. In her Instagram post Charlyne alleges she tried to quit the movie because of accusations against James. She was bribed to stay on with a "bigger acting role" which was "the exact opposite" of what she wanted. "I didn't feel safe working with a f*cking sexual predator," Charlyne wrote. Her fears were minimized, with people on the project saying Franco's behavior was behind him,...

Actress Charlyne Yi has spoken out about her experience making the 2017 film “The Disaster Artist,” directed by James Franco, via Instagram this week. In the post, Yi calls out the “predatory” and “toxic” behavior that took place during the film’s making, when she says she tried to quit over sexual misconduct allegations being levied at James Franco at the time. She also singles out one of the film’s producers, Seth Rogen, as being among “enablers” who need to be held “accountable.”

Yi, who played costume designer Safowa Bright-Asare in the film about the making of Tommy Wiseau’s cult favorite “The Room,” said that she tried to “break legal contract” to quit the movie over allegations about Franco. But she said the filmmakers “minimized” her concerns and “said Franco being a predator was so last yr [sic] and that he changed… when I literally heard of him abusing new women that week.