Overview

• On June 1, Kurier withdrew its May 30 Q&A after Eastwood labelled the feature “entirely phony” and denied giving any recent interview.
• Editor Martin Gebhart said the article repurposed past remarks compiled by journalist Elisabeth Sereda and announced he will no longer commission her work.
• Allegations have surfaced that Sereda similarly misrepresented quotes in a purported interview with actor Jude Law earlier this year.
• The controversy has reignited scrutiny of the common practice of packaging roundtable comments as fresh celebrity interviews.
• Observers point to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s history of transparency concerns to highlight larger ethical challenges in film journalism.