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Cannes to Launch Sexual Harassment Hotline Following Harvey Weinstein and #MeToo


With help from the French government, the Cannes Film Festival is planning to launch a hotline that victims can call to report incidents of sexual assault or harassment at the event this year, following allegations that producer Harvey Weinstein had assaulted multiple women during the prestigious festival in the past.

At a press conference in Paris Friday, Marlène Schiappa, France’s gender equality minister, said those attending the festival would be warned to mind their behavior when they arrive at the French Riviera for the 2018 festival, which kicks off May 8, according to Agence France-Presse,

“We’ve gone into partnership with the Cannes Film Festival to tackle sexual harassment and set up a helpline,” Schiappa said at the event. “One of the rapes that Harvey Weinstein is accused of happened at Cannes, and so the festival cannot fail to act.”

Actresses including Alice Evans, Annabella Sciorra, Judith Godrèche, and Zoë Brock have all come forward with stories of unwanted advances Weinstein allegedly made toward them at hotels during the multiday film festival. Actress Asia Argento told The New Yorker that in the French Riviera in 1997, Weinstein forcibly performed an oral sex act on her. Weinstein has denied all nonconsensual sexual activity.

Cannes has spoken out against Weinstein in the past. After accusations of sexual misconduct and abuse were reported in The New Yorker and The New York Times, festival director Thierry Frémaux and president Pierre Lescure released a statement, condemning his actions.

“These acts are part of an unpardonable behavior that can only give rise to a clear and unqualified condemnation,” the statement read. “Our thoughts go to the victims, to those women who have had the courage to testify and to all the others. May this case help to denounce once again serious and unacceptable practices.”

People have criticized Cannes for other issues of gender inequality and representation over the years. Although Cate Blanchett was chosen to be this year’s jury president, The Guardian points out that few women directors actually make it into the annual festival selections (only three women will compete for the top festival prize, the Palme d’Or, this year). The upcoming competition also marks a return for Lars von Trier, the Danish director whose production company was accused of sexual harassment and who had been banned from the festival for seven years after making anti-Semitic remarks.



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A Mural Painted By James Franco Was Removed Following Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Him


James Franco’s legacy is getting painted over. At least, the mural he painted at his alma mater, Palo Alto High School, is. In 2014, the actor donated 20 large paintings to the high school campus, along with the murals he painted himself. While one of the murals was taken down in 2016, the second was removed in late January in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations leveled against him by at least five women. According to the school, the 20 other works will be “transitioned” out of public view.

“Related to this, district staff recently considered the best interests of our students in the light of our educational mission and decided to remove and return the remaining artwork. The second mural was taken down last week; our Latinos Unidos group is working with the Paly ASB and VAPA Department around the concept for a new mural to be painted,” Palo Alto Unified School District interim superintendent Karen Hendricks told The Hollywood Reporter.

Kimberly Diorio, the school’s principal, told the school’s student paper, The Voice, “I made the decision we’ll take down the mural on the [student center] because I think that’s the one that’s most visible to the outside community.” Diorio did note, though, that the decision to take down the mural was not a direct result of the allegations against Franco.

“These are still allegations,” Diorio added. “I can’t even say [the decision to replace the mural] is based on fact because he’s denied those allegations and hasn’t been charged with a crime.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor’s artwork was inspired by his own Palo Alto High School yearbook. “When I was a teenager, it seemed like I felt so much; everything seemed so important and there was so much pressure of all kinds and I was experiencing certain things for the first time. And so, the paintings, for me at least, captured that,” Franco told The Voice, in 2014.

Franco has denied all the sexual misconduct allegations against him. In a January sitdown with Stephen Colbert Franco said, “Look, in my life I pride myself on taking responsibility for things that I have done. I have to do that to maintain my well being. The things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate. But I completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice because they didn’t have a voice for so long. So I don’t want to shut them down in any way.”

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'Wonder Woman 2' Will Be the First Film to Adopt New Anti-Sexual Harassment Guidelines


In light of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, the Producers Guild of America announced Saturday night (January 20) that it’s implementing new guidelines to combat sexual harassment and misconduct on film and TV sets. This change is long overdue, of course, but luckily these new standards will go into effect soon: They’ll start with the production of Wonder Woman 2, according to Vanity Fair Hollywood Correspondent Rebecca Keegan.

“Wonder Woman 2 will be first film to officially adopt new #PGA policies on sexual harassment, PGA presidents announce at #PGAwards,” Keegan tweeted Saturday night, when the Producers Guild of America Awards took place. It’s still unknown exactly when production on Wonder Woman 2 will start, but it’s expected to hit theaters on November 1, 2019.

Brie Larson and Lupita Nyong’o talked about these new guidelines at last night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards, with Larson saying, “We’re so excited to say that—with collaborations with Time’s Up and your union members here in this room—there will be a new code of conduct to ensure that there is safety on set, so we can continue to be vulnerable, continue to be empathetic, and do the strong and great performances that we’ve seen brief glimpses of here tonight.” Nyong’o added, “It gives us joy to celebrate portrayals that show human nature with all its imperfections, and to do so with a union whose job it is to protect actors as they do that job.”

This new code of conduct is a strong indication that the Time’s Up movement is doing more than just raising awareness: It’s pushing the dial forward and effecting real, sustainable change. Hopefully, other industries will follow suit and implement similar guidelines in the workplace.

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Emma Watson Opened Up About Sexual Harassment at the Golden Globes 2018


Emma Watson said she’s experienced the “full spectrum” of sexual harassment on the 2018 Golden Globes red carpet.

During the 2018 Golden Globes on January 7, Emma Watson opened up about sexual harassment in the entertainment industry. According to Variety, Emma said she’s experienced a range of harassment since she started in the spotlight.

“It’s amazing because I have experienced the full spectrum,” Emma said, after she was asked about whether she’s experienced sexual harassment. “But I think that for me, what is amazing is that my experiences are not unique, the experiences of my friends are not unique, the experiences of my colleagues are not unique. This issue is so systemic, structural. The statistics around, even just in the United Kingdom, women between ages 18 and 24, just huge, huge, huge numbers say that they have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace.”

Emma is right. The Guardian reports a 2016 poll found 63% of women ages 16 to 24 reported experiencing sexual harassment in the workplace. In the United States, Broadly reports a 2016 poll found two-thirds of women ages 18-24 said they’d been sexually harassed at work.

As more and more people speak up about sexual harassment, Emma said collecting so many stories shows just how widespread the issue is.

“You realize if you speak to most women they have an experience, they have a story,” she said. “We’re just uncovering. We’re just scratching the surface of this.”

Emma attended the award show with Marai Larasi, MBE, the executive director of the UK-based Black-feminist network organization Imkaan. Marai has worked toward ending violence against women and girls for more than 20 years. The pair both wore black as part of the #TimesUp initiative, started as a response to the allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein, in an effort to change how women in Hollywood and across the globe are treated. Emma, along with acresses like Emma Stone and Shailene Woodley, brought activists and advocates as their guests to this year’s Golden Globes.

This year, in light of the sexual misconduct allegations in Hollywood and other industries Teen Vogue is highlighting the 2018 Golden Globes with an eye for change. Click here to read more about how we’re approaching this year’s award show. You can join the #TimesUp initiative that stands in solidarity with those affected by sexual misconduct here.

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New York Times' Ad About Sexual Harassment to Air During the Golden Globes


In what’s sure to be a pivotal moment in the post-Weinstein, #MeToo era of Hollywood award shows, Sunday evening’s Golden Globes will include, among a number of other definitive proclamations of protest, a powerful new commercial from The New York Times.

The news outlet—which was the very first to break the story on the sexual harassment allegations against film industry titan Harvey Weinstein last October—has partnered with ad agency Droga5 to create a commanding—and chilling—promo spotlighting the issue of sexual assault.

Though a mere 30 seconds, the TV spot is incredibly affecting—due largely to its chilling austerity and deliberate word choice. It begins by repeating the phrase “He said. She said.” numerous times in a hugely symbolic representation of the countless women who have come forth over the last few months to bravely recount their experiences with sexual misconduct. The ad then powerfully concludes with: “The truth has power. The truth will not be threatened. The truth has a voice.”

In an interview with Ad Age, Julie Matheny, associate creative director of Droga5, explained the significance of the language used in this carefully-crafted ad: “We thought that using language that has been used to silence women in the past and turning it on its head was a simple way to show the clear distinction between the way the world was merely a year ago and the way it is now.”

According to a press release from the newspaper, released today, the promo is “the first in a series of new ads the Times is planning for this year that will focus on its unwavering commitment to original, independent journalism that holds power to account.”

Watch the ad, below:

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Alyssa Milano Takes on Sexual Harassment and Donald Trump in Powerful New Essay


In a detailed essay for Rolling Stone, Alyssa Milano said she’s dealt with gender inequality and harassment throughout her acting career and urged the public to hold Donald Trump accountable for his lewd comments about women.

The essay, published today, outlined why Milano is supporting Time’s Up, a Hollywood initiative designed to fight sexual harassment and assault. Milano became an integral part of the #MeToo movement when she encouraged women to share their experiences with sexual misconduct on Twitter, boosting a hashtag created by civil rights activist Tarana Burke. While she’s championed other women’s stories, Milano hasn’t revealed too much about her personal experiences with harassment in the entertainment industry.

“I have not told my #MeToo stories, but I will say I dealt with one assault case in the industry and one not in the industry. And I don’t know a week that has gone by in my 35-year career that I haven’t dealt with harassment and gender inequality in some capacity,” she writes.

She listed legislation, lobbying and education about gender inequality as ways through which the Time’s Up initiative can keep the #MeToo momentum going. Already, 30 Hollywood women, including Reese Witherspoon and Eva Longoria, have backed Time’s Up. Milano also encouraged men to become part of the solution—and called out Donald Trump for bragging about grabbing women by the pussy and trying to rollback women’s rights in his first year as president.

“We must hold Trump accountable. If we’re asking senators to resign because of sexual misconduct, what message does it send that we are allowing a man who has had 19 women come forward and accuse him of misconduct, to be our president?” she writes. “This is behavior that I think has stolen generations of women from reaching their potential, and that to me is truly heartbreaking.”

Milano described how supporting the #MeToo movement has impacted her. She explained that she didn’t just want represent voices in her own industry, but those of every woman that has been a victim of such “such a sadly common phenomenon.”

“Every fiber of who I am on a cellular level has been changed since I sent that tweet. It would be impossible not to be affected or impacted by the stories that people have shared with me,” she writes.



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