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 Unfit magazines use Thinkerbeat Reader to “chart… the authors that we thought did really well with a story submission.” But these are not stories they bought – six days ago they tweeted out a link to the list of stories they rejected. The page had names, titles, and a rating between one and five stars. One problem: none of the authors had given them permission to do so. SFWA followed up with a statement on Facebook warning about these practices in March 2020. After that, Longshot Press owner Daniel Scott White spent the rest of the year attacking SFWA in a series of eight p...

Leonard Roberts has revealed the struggles he endured in his first series-regular acting role on the hit TV show “Heroes,” which he considers race-related. And former costar Ali Larter has issued an apology, noting that his account “absolutely doesn’t match my memory nor experience on the show,” which ran on NBC for four seasons from 2006 to 2010. “Drumline” star Roberts played D.L. Hawkins, husband to Larter’s Niki Sanders, in the first season of the series, which was a giant springboard to success for many in its cast, including Milo Ventimiglia, Zachary Quinto, Masi Oka an...

Back in 2006, NBC tried to cash in on the burgeoning superhero craze with Heroes, an hour-long drama series that followed the interconnected stories of people with extraordinary abilities. The show’s first season became an instant hit. It also helped launch the careers of Zachary Quinto, Milo Ventimiglia, Hayden Panettiere, and others. However, other cast members weren’t so lucky. One of the first season’s key players, Leonard Roberts, has reflected on his time on the series in a new op-ed published by Variety. Roberts appeared on Heroes as D.L. Hawkins, an escaped prisoner with the a...

After playing Forrest on  Drumline, this role in Heroes was Roberts’ first series regular role on network television. It was an opportunity for something new, and the actor noted that he “found a connection to the character that didn’t traffic in stereotypes.”  Then, the bullshit slowly began. First, his character was cut from the pilot episode. Then, he discovered that despite there being three Black regulars on the show, the writers’ room had no Black writers. Slowly, he found his character getting pushed back further and further from the show, going from being introduced in th...

‘Heroes’ star Leonard Roberts claims racism, ‘tension’ with Ali Larter led to exit Roberts was killed off at the end of Season 1 on 'Heroes' after tension with Ali Larter Heroes star Leonard Roberts landed a plum role on the NBC series that was meant to be his breakout role. However, he just revealed he was subjected to systematic racism and singled out by his leading lady, Ali Larter. Roberts shared his experience on the NBC superhero drama that ran from 2006 to 2010. He played D.L. Hawkins but was fired after the first season. In an essay for Variety published on Wednesday, the ...