Various News: Ballers Season Finale Rating, Costume For Rock Character in Disney Movie Pulled

– The season finale of Ballers averaged 1.103 million viewers, which was up 11% from last week’s episode (998,000 viewers). The finale was down 30% from the season premiere, which was also the most watched episode of the season, averaging 1.585 million viewers. [Credit: wrestlinginc.com ]

– According to Yahoo Movies, Disney pulling a costume based on The Rock’s character Maui in the upcoming animated film Moana. The costume offended some Pacific Islanders, who compared it to blackface. Marama Fox, a co-leader of New Zealand’s indigenous Maori Party and a member of New Zealand’s parliament spoke about the issue and why she was not pleased…

“It depicts Maui as a bit of a beefy guy, and not in a good way. That’s not the picture I have of the Maui who fished up the North Island, and had a number of feats attributed to him.”

You can see the costume below…