Mike Epps — Sorry ‘Bout That Cotton Pickin’ Photo (TMZ TV)

TMZ TV

Yes, comedian Mike Epps posted a picture of a black guy whipping white guys in a cotton field — and sure, a lot of people got offended.

But most importantly, someone in our newsroom learned something. 

Mike Epps — Sorry ‘Bout That Cotton Pickin’ Photo (TMZ TV)

TMZ TV

Yes, comedian Mike Epps posted a picture of a black guy whipping white guys in a cotton field — and sure, a lot of people got offended.

But most importantly, someone in our newsroom learned something. 

The Notorious Mr. Bout

The controversial career of arms trader Viktor Bout was fictionalised in 2005’s Lord Of War, but truth trumps fiction in Tony Gerber and Maxim Pozdorovkin’s enthralling doc. Centred on Bout’s snare and trial by America, the directors dare to brood over how villainous this “merchant of death” was. Such sympathy attracts access… but also to hours of incriminating video shot by Bout himself,…