As promised, this morning disgraced ex-movie mogul Harvey Weinstein turned himself in to the NYPD, who formally arrested him on charges of rape, committing a criminal sex act, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct, as CNN reports. Weinstein cracked a strained smile for the photographers gathered outside as he was led…
According to Deadline, disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will surrender to the NYPD tomorrow, with sex crime and financial fraud-related charges expected to be filed at some point on Friday. This comes just a day after we reported that federal investigators had begun looking into the allegations against Weinstein…
According to The Wall Street Journal, federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into the sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, including whether or not he ever “lured or induced any women to travel across state lines for the purpose of committing a sex crime.” If the investigators determine that…
The flailing (and rightfully so) Weinstein Company was recently snapped up by Lantern Capital Partners, a private equity firm so, uh, versatile, it buys up underperforming car dealerships while also branching out into the entertainment business. Now Deadline reports that one of Lantern’s first acts as the new stewards…
Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings continues to stand as a testament to what you can pull off with sufficient faith in the right filmmaker. After all, even if you don’t agree with every single decision that Jackson and his team made—looking at you, Tom Bombadil fanatics—it’s hard to deny that, backed by New Line,…
In a statement shared by BuzzFeed News reporter Kate Aurthur, the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences—a.k.a. the organization behind the Academy Awards—has announced that its Board Of Governors has voted to expel both Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski from its membership “in accordance with the organization’s…
Harvey Weinstein is under investigation by prosecutors in New York, Los Angeles, and London for his alleged sex crimes, but he still may never face criminal charges for sexual assault, let alone sexual harassment. But one woman who says that her career was derailed by the disgraced producer is hitting him where it…
Though the world may not appreciate hard-working journalists enough, we can always count on Hollywood to highlight important stories about the power of the press, like with Spotlight and The Post just in the last few years. This week, Annapurna Pictures and Plan B have announced another “journalists are the real…
Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is hitting theaters this week as a high-profile Steven Spielberg extravaganza. (We liked it!) But this isn’t Cline’s first Hollywood rodeo: He also penned the original script for 2009's Fanboys, and his experience found him crossing paths with several members of the Hollywood elite,…
Among the many damning reports on the many sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, one of the most infuriating revelations was the news that the disgraced mogul’s contract effectively allowed for his misconduct. There seemed to be a built-in structure for paying out damages to those who…
By now, everyone has surely heard the seemingly endless number of horrifying sexual misconduct allegations that have been brought against disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, but in what seems like an attempt to see just how much skin-crawling a person can endure, The Hollywood Reporter decided to dig into…
According to The New York Times, the Weinstein Company will file for bankruptcy now that its latest acquisition deal has fallen through. In a statement issued Monday, TWC’s board said it has “no choice”:
We’ve got good news today for anyone who’s taken a long, hard look at the last four months of sexual harassment coverage in Hollywood—from the revelations about Harvey Weinstein, to the tidal wave of accusations that followed in its wake, to the rise of the #MeToo movement—and thought, “Boy, I sure would love to know…
This week, in an attempt to get a sexual misconduct class action lawsuit against him thrown out, disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein filed some court documents in which he tried to undercut the claims of his accusers by quoting positive things that Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep had said about him.…
Variety reports the sale of the Weinstein Company has hit a big speedbump.
After hinting, on multiple occasions, toward her own Harvey Weinstein story in the months since allegations against the prolific producer first came to light, Uma Thurman has now come forward with allegations of sexual assault against the former Weinstein Company head. Thurman opened up about her experiences with…
Welcoming actress, author, singer, and, as he put it, “activist with her own army” Rose McGowan to The Late Show on Wednesday, Stephen Colbert complimented his first guest’s courage, and her hoodie. After coming out to rousing applause from the crowd, McGowan sat cross-legged, uncovered her close-cropped head, and…
Despite staying mostly quiet and out of sight over the last few months—as his name swiftly became synonymous with a culture of sexual harassment and assault that’s slowly revealed itself to be rampant in the Hollywood ecosystem—Harvey Weinstein decided to open his mouth tonight, in an effort to refute the words of one…
As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, Kate Winslet recently spoke out against the culture of sexual harassment in Hollywood, saying at the London Critics’ Circle awards on Sunday that she has “bitter regrets” over the “poor decisions” she made in working with certain certain “directors, producers, and men of power.”…
As reported by Vulture, Anne Heche recently appeared on an episode of the Allegedly With Theo Von & Matthew Cole Weiss podcast and told her own #MeToo story about an interaction with Harvey Weinstein. According to Heche, Weinstein allegedly fired her from a Miramax project after she rejected his sexual advances. She…
