In the wake of an explosive report in The New York Times outlining numerous sexual harassment and abuse allegations against film industry titan Harvey Weinstein, Salma Hayek wrote an op-ed for The Times in which she accused Weinstein of sexual harassment during the making of the 2002 film “Frida.” (Hayek starred as the title character.)…
Read moreMarchesa designer Georgina Chapman is speaking publicly about her soon-to-be-ex-husband Harvey Weinstein for the first time since the New York Times and the New Yorker published stories detailing accusations of harassment and assault against the movie mogul last fall. She released a short statement in October about her decision to leave her husband. “My heart…
Read moreYesterday, actress Ashley Judd filed a lawsuit against former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein alleging that her career was damaged by lies he spread against her in the Hollywood community after she rejected his sexual advances. Judd was one of the first women to come forward with her story about the producer. In October, she told…
Read moreWith 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…
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On Monday afternoon at New York’s Columbia University, The New York Times and The New Yorker were awarded a shared Pulitzer Prize in Public Service for their journalistic work on stories that ended up prompting the public’s focus on what we’ve come to know as the #MeToo movement. It’s not often that you can pinpoint…
Read moreBack in November, as allegations against Harvey Weinstein were mounting, Uma Thurman was asked about her experience with the producer on the red carpet. Her response, defined by its decisive control and emotional restraint, was chilling: “I don’t have a tidy sound bite for you,” she said. “Because I have learned—I am not a child,…
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