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Somebody ought to tell Bill Maher and Rob Schneider that the real cancel culture is in Brazil. According to EuroWeekly, comedian Leo Lins has been sentenced to eight years in jail for inciting intolerance with his offensive jokes.

Earlier this week, Lins received his punishment for a comedy special that targeted — deep breath here — Black people, obese people, elderly people, people with HIV, homosexuals, evangelicals, Indigenous communities, people from the impoverished northeast of Brazil, Jews and people with disabilities. Lins wasn’t trying to simply win the game but was trying to fill the entire bingo card.

A federal court in São Paulo ruled that Lins’s right to freedom of expression was not absolute, and “cannot be used as an excuse to make hateful, prejudiced and discriminatory remarks.” His jokes had consequences, the court ruled, declaring that the comedian’s YouTube special helped fuel “the spread of verbal violence in society and promote intolerance.

With less than four weeks until the festival begins, Netflix Is A Joke: The Festival has added new shows to its lineup, including top stand-up performances, Netflix series cast events, as well as a free outdoor fan experience. The festival, which now boasts over 250 live shows across over 30 venues covering Los Angeles, is produced by Netflix in association with Live Nation.

One of the added highlights of the event is the Billy Eichner-hosted Stand Out: An LGBTQ + Celebration. The celebration is happening in 2022, (although postponed from 2020) in the wake of the October 2021 Netflix controversy that saw LGBTQ employees stage an office walkout due to what they considered to be transphobic content during Dave Chappelle’s Netflix comedy special, The Closer. Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos received backlash due to two internal emails — sent out on the same day and leaked days apart — in which he defended Chappelle and argued that...

Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary is a film from Brazil. In Portuguese, this title brings several amateur paranormal investigators to a haunted school. Outmatched, these supernatural researchers will have to use all of their skills to combat this ghost. Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary is a film from Fabrício Bittar. And, this title stars: Dani Calabresa ("The Mess"), Léo Lins and Danilo Gentili. To release in March, the film's official artwork is available here. The graphic shows Bloody Mary in the background. The investigators are forefront and do not know what Mary has in store for them. Partially looking like a broken window, this film poster also shows one of the characters dressed as Bloody Mary? Dark Sky Films will release this title in March. On March 10th, this international title will show on DVD. The DVD has not been rated. With a run time of 108 minutes, Ghost Killers vs Bloody Mary promises "gratuitous sex,...

Stars: Dani Calabresa, Léo Lins, Danilo Gentili, Murilo Couto | Written by Fabrício Bittar, Andre Catarinacho, Danilo Gentili | Directed by Fabrício Bittar

Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary (Exterminadores do Além Contra a Loira do Banheiro) is a Brazilian export from Fabrício Bittar (Como se Tornar o Pior Aluno da Escola) who also writes along with Andre Catarinacho and Danilo Gentili. It’s a slapstick comedy horror film that’s as juvenile and dumb as you’re going to find, but hey… I sometimes enjoy a juvenile and dumb comedy flick. Bring it on.

The story itself follows four kind-of-but-struggling-to-remain-successful YouTubers who, once they begin to make money on the YouTube platform start to see their subscriptions and views jumping ship and dwindling, so in order to attempt to pull back the subscribers and after a television deal, they take on the spooky case of Bloody Mary. I mean, that’s basically what this is all about.