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Perfume brand says cutting Black actor from ad was misstep

| September 13, 2020 2:03 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — British perfume brand Jo Malone has apologized to Black actor John Boyega of “Star Wars” fame after cutting him out of the Chinese version of a cologne commercial he helped create.

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