Hundreds of powerful female Hollywood executives, directors, producers, actresses, and agents, have launched the ‘Time’s Up’ initiative to stamp out sexual harassment in Hollywood and workplaces across the country.
No doubt one of the things 2017 will be remembered for was the cascade of sexual harassment allegations and resignations rolling through the worlds of entertainment and politics, beginning with the spectacular fall of once-untouchable Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Partisan opportunists should not be allowed to distract us from the devastating indictment of centralized power and the hypocrisy of the political class delivered by the “#MeToo” story.
American rock band TENLo released a dark music video in which a Harvey Weinstein lookalike, played by former ‘Saved by the Bell’ star Dustin Diamond, is brutally stabbed in a blood-soaked final scene.
The 22-year drop in attendance is the least of Hollywood’s major problems coming out of a rather disastrous 2017.
Oscar-winner Matt Damon has alienated friends with remarks over the sexual misconduct firestorm blazing through Hollywood, but enough to become the next male star on the cutting room floor?
With a dismal 58 percent disapproval rating, Meryl Streep is in worse shape than President Trump, a man she smeared with provable lies.
Actor Matt Damon apparently skipped the premiere for his latest sci-fi movie Downsizing on Monday, days after receiving intense backlash following his comments about sexual harassment in Hollywood.
It began with a news story, and then a tweet, and suddenly it seemed like everything had changed overnight. 2017 will forever be known as the Year of the Reckoning.
Posters taking aim at actress Meryl Streep over her working relationship with disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein have apparently popped up around the Los Angeles area this week.
Sir Ian McKellen weighed in on Hollywood’s widespread sexual misconduct scandal this week, explaining at a recent lecture that some actresses may be at least partially responsible for the current conditions in the entertainment industry because they deliberately trade sex for roles.
Meryl Streep fired back at Rose McGowan in a defensive statement Monday, days after McGowan accused Streep of remaining silent about Harvey Weinstein’s abusive behavior when she previously worked with him.
The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating the origin of the money used in payments to settle Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct cases out of court, according to the New York Post.
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein’s incredible rise to power and his epic fall from grace is getting the Hollywood treatment from the BBC, which has begun developing a 90-minute feature documentary on how his alleged abuses went unreported for so long.
NBC paid off a Chris Matthews accuser, which means the network has now had nine of its staffers and contributors accused of misconduct.
Rose McGowan has blasted her fellow actresses’ plans to wear all black dresses to this year’s Golden Globes as a show of solidarity and protest amid Hollywood’s ongoing sexual misconduct scandal.
Lisa Bloom sought payoffs as high as six figures to convince women to come forward with accusations against President Trump.
Oscar-winning director Peter Jackson on Friday accused Harvey Weinstein of orchestrating a smear campaign decades ago against actresses who have since come forward to accuse the disgraced producer of sexual harassment.
Harvey Weinstein issued a statement Wednesday responding to Salma Hayek’s recent New York Times op-ed, in which the actress accused the now-disgraced film producer of repeatedly sexually propositioning her and even threatening to kill her during the production of the Oscar-nominated film Frida.
Three women have come forward to accuse Russell Simmons of rape, weeks after the music mogul stepped down from his media empire after allegations of sexual misconduct from other women.
Actress Salma Hayek has come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein, claiming in an essay that the now-disgraced film producer repeatedly sexually propositioned her and at one point allegedly threatened to kill her.
The dictionary Merriam-Webster is declaring “feminism” as its word of the year for 2017, nominating the word “complicit” as its runner-up.
The powerful Hollywood talent agency CAA is canceling its annual Golden Globe Awards party and planning to form a legal defense fund to assist workplace harassment victims across all industries.
Rose McGowan called out fellow actress Meryl Streep on social media Friday after the latter described the dozens of sexual misconduct allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as an “example of disrespect” during a women’s conference in Boston this week.
The ‘Justice League’ box office is so bad, Warner Bros. is planning a DC major shake-up that probably includes booting Ban Affleck as Batman.
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science announced Wednesday that it has adopted its first code of conduct for its 8,427 members.
In nearly every major Academy Awards category this year there’s some trace of the sexual misconduct allegations that have swept through the movie industry.
New York Knicks owner James Dolan and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry were named as defendants in a civil lawsuit filed against Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein alleging that the sports bigwigs helped cover up Weinstein’s sexual misconduct.
TIME Magazine named ‘The Silence Breakers’ of the #MeToo movement — the social media-born status symbol for sexual assault and harassment survivors — as its 2017 Person of the Year, referencing President Donald Trump in its cover story more than a dozen times.
Six women filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Harvey Weinstein and current and former executives at both The Weinstein Company and Miramax accusing the disgraced movie producer of sexual misconduct, and a coverup by his associates.
Creative Artists Agency issued a public apology this week after the New York Times reported that the talent agency apparently failed to protect its clients from alleged sexual misconduct by powerful movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Among others, Hillary Clinton, Bob Weinstein, the Walt Disney Company, and the powerful talent agency CAA, are all complicit in aiding and abetting Harvey Weinstein, according to the New York Times.
As Hollywood wallows in ever more sordid sex scandals, an international Catholic Film Festival in Rome has awarded a series of films for their uplifting themes, artistic prowess and positive contribution to culture.
The Los Angeles Police Department says it is swamped with the sheer volume of ever-growing sexual harassment and assault allegations and complaints against powerful men in the entertainment industry.
Steve Wyard thought he knew what sexual harassment looked like: a put-out-or-lose-your-job overture. Now he’s not so sure.
More than 220 women who work for the national security community within the U.S. government have signed an open letter arguing that the sexual harassment policies in their workplace have failed to protect them against violations at the hands of their male counterparts.
The lawyer for an actress who accused Harvey Weinstein of rape said Friday that she is frustrated prosecutors have not yet brought criminal charges.
Pamela Anderson sparked a firestorm of criticism Friday after telling Megyn Kelly in an interview that alleged victims of Harvey Weintein’s sexual assault could have done more to avoid being victimized.
Michael Moore is locked in a brewing legal battle with Harvey and Bob Weinstein over the release of Fahrenheit 11/9, the anti-Donald Trump sequel to Moore’s 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, according to Deadline which reports that the Weinsteins want back the $2 million they already contributed to Moore’s sequel and are blocking the film’s release and transfer to another studio now that the director is refusing to refund the money.
Tom Hanks weighed in on the sexual misconduct and abuse scandal currently ripping through Hollywood, politics, and the media in a new interview Thursday, explaining that the raft of allegations against prominent men in the entertainment business does not surprise him.
A Hollywood, California-based non-profit organization called Women in Film (WIF) announced this week that it is launching a “sexual harassment help line” on December 1.
