Posters for animated film ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’ have been scrubbed of their lone female character, Smurfette, in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak.
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South Korea’s public broadcaster KBS has banned four songs from K-pop star Psy’s latest album from being broadcast due to their lyrics.
Read More »Uganda: Dutch film banned for ‘glorifying homosexuality’
Uganda’s Media Council banned a Dutch film for a screening at a festival because it “depicts and glorifies homosexuality”, among other objectionable scenes.
Read More »Cambodia: Actress banned from filming due to revealing photos
Cambodian officials banned actress Denny Kwan from working in the entertainment industry for a year due to her posting pictures of herself in sexy clothing.
Read More »USA: Theatre artistic director re-instated after nude scene controversy
Burgess Clark, artistic director of Boston Children’s Theatre, returned to his position after having been suspended due to controversy over a nude scene.
Read More »Saudi Arabia: Books banned, performance interrupted at book fair
Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Culture and Information banned and confiscated books by Egyptian writer Youssef Zeidan from the Riyadh International Book Fair.
Read More »Lebanon: Two movies banned from film festival
Two movies – ‘Beit Al-Baher’ and ‘Mawlana’ – were not granted screening permissions during the Beirut Cinema Days film festival.
Read More »Russia: Draft bill “protecting values” to be discussed by Duma
Russia’s State Duma will discuss a bill at the end of May 2017 seeking to “protect high important values” in public, including art and cultural venues.
Read More »Canada: Paintings removed due to nudity
Christian Messier's paintings were removed from an exhibition in Laval, Quebec, after alleged complaints from visitors over nudity in the works.
Read More »Lebanon: Two singers interrogated over banned music video
Singers Myriam Klink and Jad Khalife were interrogated for over six hours at a Beirut police station over a video authorities banned for being “indecent”.
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