Beleaguered studio Sony Pictures has apologised for racially insensitive remarks about President Barack Obama in company emails, the latest in a series of leaks that have left Hollywood reeling.
The unflattering leaks - including a producer labelling Angelina Jolie a "minimally talented spoiled brat" - have thrown Sony into damage control mode, amid few signs they are going to stop any time soon.
Other revelations have included the salaries of top executives and stars, unpublished scripts and the aliases used by some celebrities to lay low when they check into hotels.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is battling to contain the fallout from a massive hacking attack which some have blamed on North Korea, angry at a forthcoming movie which lampoons the reclusive state's leader.
The latest leaks reportedly include an email exchange in which Sony co-chairwoman Amy Pascal asks film producer Scott Rudin what she should ask Obama at a "stupid" fundraising breakfast.
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"Would he like to finance some movies?" joked Rudin, to which Pascal replied: "I doubt it. Should I ask him if he liked DJANGO?" - a reference to Quentin Tarantino slave movie Django Unchained.
Rudin shot back: "12 Years" - the harrowing historical drama 12 Years a Slave."
Pascal retorted: "Or the Butler" - Lee Daniels' The Butler, about a black butler who serves generations of presidents at the White House.
Pascal has now apologised for her remarks, saying: "The content of my emails were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am.
"Although this was a private communication that was stolen, I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologise to everyone who was offended," she added in a statement cited by Variety.
