Harvey Weinstein, once the most powerful mogul in modern Hollywood history, is officially a convicted felon. But he could seek a pardon from President Donald Trump, who faces similar allegations. ...
Harvey Weinstein hobbled into court without the aid of a walker on the opening day in his sex crimes trial and heard a prosecutor detail how the ex-movie mogul “used his power and prestige" to sexually assault women....
Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced serial sexual harasser, is proving to be a slippery lawsuit defendant. The ex-movie mogul dodged Ashley Judd’s sexual harassment lawsuit because of a loophole in the law that has since been closed....
Asia Argento, one of the first actresses to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, paid $380,000 to settle a potential lawsuit in a stunning #MeToo Movement reversal, involving her own sexual assault of a 17-year-old child actor five years ago....
Rose McGowan’s defense against cocaine charges–Harvey Weinstein had it planted in her wallet–didn’t fly with a grand jury. She was indicted for possessing the drug, even though it was only discovered after she left the wallet on a plane. IM reported in March that McGowan lawyer Jessica Carmichael argued in court papers that the actress’s cocaine bust last November has Weinstein’s fingerprints all over it....
Harvey Weinstein surrendered this morning to face charges that he raped a woman and forced another to perform oral sex, but it’s hard to justify his prosecution while another serial abuser resides in the White House. Donald Trump’s alleged transgressions are no less serious. Among those who have spoke out are model Cara Delevingne and actresses Eva Green, Daryl Hannah, Salma Hayek, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kate Beckinsale....
Harvey Weinstein estranged wife Georgina Chapman lived for years in the eye of the hurricane of her husband’s sexual assaults. Almost everyone in Hollywood knew about his behavior, when didn’t she? In a startling interview, Chapman, 42–young enough to be her 66-year-old husband’s daughter–says was “terribly naive” about her spouse and had no idea about what he had been doing....
Scarlett Johansson, who has been on the wrong side of the #MeToo movement over Woody Allen, found a way to show her solidarity at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual fashion gala Monday night–she wore it on her back. Her Marchesa gown was a sign of support for “two incredibly talented and important female designers,” she said. One of the them is Harvey Weinstein’s long-suffering, now estranged wife Georgina Chapman....
Harvey Weinstein’s sex assault victims have been freed of so-called “non-disclosure agreements” and can finally go public without fear of legal retribution from the Weinstein Company, according to New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman. The Weinstein Company, which is going through bankruptcy, announced that victims of and witnesses to Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct are no longer bound by non-disclosure agreements....
Kathie Lee Gifford is tone deaf to the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements. The “Today” talk show host defended Harvey Weinstein and disgraced comedian Bill Cosby on Andy Cohen’s radio show “Radio Andy.” Gifford revealed that she reached out to both when their scandals broke last year. She told Cohen:...
Rose McGowan’s seemingly outlandish claim that Harvey Weinstein arranged to have cocaine planted in the wallet she left on an airplane, was dismissed by a judge, but only on a technicality, leaving the door open for her lawyers to make the claim again later. McGowan lawyer Jessica Carmichael argued in court papers that McGowan’s cocaine bust last November has Weinstein’s fingerprints all over it....
Harvey Weinstein’s long run of alleged sexual assault and sexual harassment of dozens of starlets may yet come to end in a court of law. New York City police are reportedly planning to arrest the fallen mogul for at least one case of sexual assault. In Los Angeles, a similar investigation has been under way that also could lead to charges....
Rose McGowan says her cocaine bust last November has Harvey Weinstein’s fingerprints all over it. A lawyer for the actress is advancing that argument in court papers that seek to have the drug possession charge should be thrown out. Lawyer Jessica Carmichael said five hours passed between the time McGowan got off a United Airlines flight at Dulles International Airport suburban Washington, D.C., and a cleaning crew found the cocaine in a wallet she left behind on the Jan. 2017 flight....
Harvey Weinstein can’t win for losing. Even the women he treated well during his career hate him. Jennifer Lawrence and Meryl Streep at the latest to condemn the former movie mogul for dropping their names in a class action filed against him by his many victims. Weinstein’s lawyers are trying to attack the lawsuit by claiming it’s overly broad, which makes it impossible to identify the real victims....
Harvey Weinstein;s Hollywood sexual rampage is all a blur to him now. He released a statement saying he can’t recall threatening Salma Hayek on the set of “Frida,” but, what the heck, he apologizes anyway. While he couldn’t remember the specific incident, there was no denying he was totally boorish. Hayek detailed the incident in an interview with Oprah Winfrey....
Selena Gomez isn’t tone deaf to the #MeToo movement after all. She’s let it be known she’s made a “significant” donation to a women’s abuse group, after coming under fire for working on alleged sex abuser Woody Allen’s latest film. Selena co-stars in “A Rainy Day in New York,” with Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Hall and Griffin Newman.
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Selena Gomez has been shockingly silent in the controversy over Woody Allen’s new film, “A Rainy Day in New York,” forcing her mother, Mandy Teefey, to come to her defense on social media. Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, Kristen Stewart and Miley Cyrus have all appeared in his films. Lena Dunham, star and creator of the hit HBO show “Girls,” called him “disgusting” and “nauseating.”...
Melissa Benoist’s and Blake Jenner’s divorce has been made official. The Supergirl actress joins a long list of Hollywood celebs who broke their vows in what has become almost a holiday tradition. Hollywood marriages are typically measured in dog years. If a couple lasts a year, it’s like seven for normal people....
Salma Hayek, one of Hollywood’s glamorous A-Listers, revealed her shocking decade-long battle to fend off Harvey Weinstein’s advances that even spilled over into her 2002 film “Frieda” leading to a forced nude scene. WTF?! More than 80 women have charged Weinstein with sexual assault, bullying and even rape over the course of his Hollywood career....
Natalie Portman, who said she’s experienced hundreds of unwanted come-ons during her career, says one of her most frightening involved an invitation to fly with a Hollywood producer on his private jet. It was a flight from hell. Gwyneth Paltrow, Uma Thurman, Ashley Judd, Lupita Nyong’o, Heather Graham, Kate Beckinsale, Angelina Jolie and Cara Delevigne among others, claim to have been harassed or assaulted....
Matt Lauer’s firing as “Today” Show host was shocking given the allegations of sexual misconduct against him, but another unasked question is how someone could so callously blow off a $25 million a year job by such reckless behavior. There was something in Lauer’s head that led him to believe his conduct would be tolerated not only by his subjugated co-workers but by the corporation that employed him....
Jeremy Piven, best known for his role in the hit HBO series “Entourage,” is rising in the ranks of Hollywood’s alleged serial abusers. A fifth woman has now come forward with her own horror story about sexual impropriety. Anastasia Taneie said Piven cornered her in a darkened corridor and groped her breasts and genitals while she was working as a background actress on Entourage in 2009....
The “Fifty Shades” movie series started out as a semi-dark ride into submissive sex involving a powerful man who seduces a young neophyte. But the movie’s themes now seem creepy in sex-scandal ridden Hollywood. It's themes of power and control echo a little too closely to the Hollywood sex scandals involving powerful men and vulnerable women....
Jodie Foster, who famously came out at the 2013 Golden Globes Awards, lashed out at gender bias in the film industry, saying it remains as strong as ever in Hollywood largely because women are “idealized” in most scripts. “Even with the number of movies I’ve made, I’ve never made a movie that was about women, made by women, that was seen through women’s eyes,” she told Harper’s Bazaar magazine....
Brett Ratner is the latest mogul to join Harvey Weinstein in Hollywood’s burgeoning sex scandal, and they have one singular thing in common: Both got off masturbating in front of young starlets. Is that the ultimate sexual power trip? “Rush Hour” director Ratner was accused by six women of sexual harassment and/or sexual assault at various points in his career, according to a Los Angeles Times expose....
