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While the 60th Grammy Awards heavily promoted gender politics, from stars wearing white roses as a show of solidarity with the #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-sexual harassment movements to the pro-Dreamers speech from singer Camila Cabello to singer Janelle Monae’s “Time’s Up” speech, only one female performer took home a major award.

Music stars will receive a counterterrorism briefing over the Grammy Awards weekend, an added safety measure meant to help mitigate the mounting terror threat following the deadly attacks at concerts in Manchester and Las Vegas.

German children’s television channel Kika posted a short video on its website, using teens from migrant backgrounds, to show its underage viewers how to remove a woman’s bra.

With so many women still joining the #MeTo movement to report on their history of being sexually harassed, some are now saying “et tu Hillary” with reports that Clinton shielded a top male staffer from accusations of sexual harassment during her first ill-fated campaign for president in 2008.

Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Bartholet argued recently that the #MeToo movement dangerously presumes guilt in those accused of sexual misconduct.

Left-wing music mogul Russell Simmons is being sued for $5 million by aspiring filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik, claiming he raped her in 2016.

Planned Parenthood awarded the founder of the #MeToo movement its highest “media excellence” honor this week.

Retail giant Walmart will run a series of ads during the Oscars for the second consecutive year, with the projects being helmed by only female directors.

Veteran movie director Steven Soderbergh says he’s happy that the culture of sexual abuse and harassment in Hollywood has been exposed but fears that some male power brokers may stop hiring women, in an attempt to avoid scandal.

Veteran actor William H. Macy admitted Sunday at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards that the series of sexual misconduct scandals engulfing some of Hollywood’s most powerful male figures has some men in his industry feeling like they’re ‘under attack and we need to apologize.’

Gloria Allred says that those facing allegations of sexual misconduct should be blacklisted from winning an Oscar or any other Hollywood award.

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher argued that it’s First Lady Melania Trump’s #MeToo moment and it would be impactful if she said, “Marry for money, but divorce for yourself. That’s my philosophy.” Maher said, “[S]peaking

Actor and filmmaker Robert Redford has claimed that the #MeToo movement is a “tipping point” for women in Hollywood that will ultimately provide them with more opportunities.

The McCarthyism era has returned with #MeToo blacklisting Woody Allen over 25 year-old allegations he molested his daughter Dylan Farrow.

HLN’s Ashleigh Banfield started a feud this week with Babe.net reporter Katie Way after the 50 year-old HLN anchor launched a simple-minded and thoughtless attack against Way’s story about a young woman accusing left-wing comedian Aziz Ansari’ of sexual misconduct.

Director Woody Allen released a statement on Thursday to CBS This Morning denying the molestation allegations against him by his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow, who detailed the claims on television for the first time.

French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the #MeToo movement Wednesday, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity.

Actress and liberal activist Shailene Woodley took to Instagram on Tuesday to declare that last week’s Golden Globes and the Time’s Up anti-sexual harassment movement is “ushering in sacred matriarchy.”

Actress Keira Knightley has said she does not wish to participate in films set in the modern day because the female characters “nearly always get raped.”

Georgetown University advisor Jeff Bernstein resigned from his post on Monday after he faced a backlash online for wishing a sexual assault upon conservative commentator Allie Stuckey.

A former Planned Parenthood health center director says her main goal is not to make abortion illegal or even to defund Planned Parenthood, but, instead to make the entire idea of abortion “unthinkable.”

A Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service advisor wished a sexual assault upon conservative commentator Allie Stuckey.

Carmen, the opera heroine, gets to live instead of being slain — thanks to a bold twist to the finale of the Georges Bizet work by some who believe it’s time to say enough to violence against women.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs some brushing up on current events. The undefeated champion recently did an interview with Men’s Health, in which he revealed a rather high level of ignorance about what the #MeToo movement actually means.

PARIS (AP) — An open letter signed by movie star Catherine Deneuve and dozens of other French women about men being unfairly targeted by sexual misconduct allegations has prompted a backlash in the French press and on social media.

The #MeToo campaign reached a fever pitch in America this winter, taking down a slew of high-profile Hollywood, Washington, and news media figures. But those who served in the military say there has been no similar reckoning for them.

Russell Simmons has put the brakes on his #NotMe social media campaign as two more women have filed police reports accusing the music mogul of rape.

During the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, Planned Parenthood and abortion industry political lobbyist NARAL joined in on the hashtags #MeToo and #TimesUp to celebrate the cause.

Actress Ally Sheedy called out James Franco Sunday night in a series of cryptic tweets that have since been deleted after the ‘Disaster Artist’ star won the Best Actor prize at the Golden Globes.

If Oprah Winfrey runs for president, she faces uncomfortable questions about her relationship with Harvey Weinstein and a Swiss race hoax.

NBC’s late-night funnyman Seth Meyers came out swinging Sunday night in his opening monologue, taking several swipes at disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, actor Kevin Spacey, and President Donald Trump.

Actress Debra Messing slammed E! networks during a red carpet interview Sunday at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, ripping the network for failing to pay its female hosts as much as their male counterparts.

A-list actresses including Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Emma Stone, and Laura Dern will bring activists along as their guests to this Sunday’s Golden Globes, in a year in which the entertainment industry’s sexual harassment scandal and the #MeToo movement have dominated the conversation.

Following the #MeToo hashtag aimed at raising awareness of sexual assault, Silicon Valley has begun capitalizing on the issue of workplace harassment.

The high profile that the “secret settlements” have taken over the past few months is just a harbinger of things to come as the holidays come to a close.

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.