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Madonna has been banned from a US cinema chain after being accused of texting during a film. | Madonna has been banned from a US cinema chain after being accused of texting during a film. |
Attending the New York Film Festival screening of 12 Years a Slave, the 55-year-old was reportedly asked to stop texting by an audience member. | Attending the New York Film Festival screening of 12 Years a Slave, the 55-year-old was reportedly asked to stop texting by an audience member. |
Tim League, CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse chain, tweeted: "Until she apologizes to movie fans, Madonna is banned from watching movies at Alamo." | Tim League, CEO of the Alamo Drafthouse chain, tweeted: "Until she apologizes to movie fans, Madonna is banned from watching movies at Alamo." |
The Texas-based chain has a strict no talking and no texting policy. | The Texas-based chain has a strict no talking and no texting policy. |
Their website says: "We have a zero-tolerance policy towards talking and texting during the movie. | Their website says: "We have a zero-tolerance policy towards talking and texting during the movie. |
"If you talk or text, you will receive one warning. If it happens again, you will be kicked out without a refund," | "If you talk or text, you will receive one warning. If it happens again, you will be kicked out without a refund," |
Tim League has since sent a letter to cinema managers instructing them not to let Madonna see a film at a Drafthouse theatre until she apologises. | Tim League has since sent a letter to cinema managers instructing them not to let Madonna see a film at a Drafthouse theatre until she apologises. |
Indie Wire reports that film critic Charles Taylor, who also attended the screening, said in a post on Facebook: "A woman next to me tapped her on the shoulder and told her to put her phone away, and the blonde hissed back, 'It's for business. Enslaver!'" | |
Directed by Steve McQueen and starring British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave is a true story about a free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery. | Directed by Steve McQueen and starring British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave is a true story about a free black man kidnapped and sold into slavery. |
There's been no response from Madonna or her representatives. | |
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