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Twitter Is Really Unhappy That Johnny Depp Is Returning for the 'Fantastic Beasts' Sequel


Before Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey, before Mark Schwahn and Louis C.K., it wasn’t impossible for allegations of sexual and domestic assault to have little impact on a powerful man’s career. It seemed like they skipped past the consequences of their actions and straight into the “second chance” or “redemptive” phases of their legacy.

In 2016, one of the year’s biggest Hollywood-adjacent stories was Amber Heard and Johnny Depp’s divorce. It wrapped with Depp paying Heard $7 million and Heard—who had earlier filed for a restraining order against Depp and reportedly submitted a photo in court of her with a bruised eye—dropping her case against Depp alleging domestic violence.

In 2016, Depp appeared in Disney’s Alice Through the Looking Glass and Warner Bros.’ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, where he played the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald. In 2017, he’s slated for 20th Century Fox’s Murder on the Orient Express and Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge, along with four other films. His IMDb page lists three other movies in production and two others that have been announced. One of these includes 2018’s—and, once again, Disney’s—Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.

At a time when production studios are reportedly entertaining cutting Kevin Spacey from House of Cards and severing ties with Transparent star Jeffrey Tambor, also under fire for alleged sexual misconduct, it’s not impossible to remove men who have been accused of physical, sexual, or emotional violence and abuse of their power from their projects from shows that center around them—and discuss, simultaneously, ways that those shows can still go on.

Which is why Twitter is really angry that Depp is still going to be in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. The plot will reportedly focus on Depp’s character, the aforementioned Grindelwald, and last week the movie’s official Twitter account tweeted a look at the cast:

Almost immediately, users took to the “reply” feature to express their distaste that Depp remained in the cast picture.

Some pleaded for the return of Colin Farrell, who played a version of Grindelwald in the first Fantastic Beasts.

Others volunteered Jeff Goldblum…

…or the casting of Christopher Plummer (who replaced Kevin Spacey in the film All the Money in the World once allegations against him reached a fever pitch).

Some called on J.K. Rowling to exert her influence over the casting and get Depp out of the role.

Still others vowed to boycott the franchise:

It’s pretty much summed up in this tweet, though:

Although it still seems unlikely Depp will be recast, his role in the movie is creating a lot of division among fans of the franchise. Given the raft of allegations against so many men in Hollywood—and the demand for consequences—it’ll be interesting to see how J.K. Rowling and those behind the film respond to the outcry.

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Alec Baldwin Got in a Twitter Fight With Asia Argento and Anthony Bourdain Through His Foundation’s Account


Alec Baldwin appeared on PBS News Hour on Friday talking about sexism, misogyny, and rape culture in the wake of the Weinstein sexual assault and harassment allegations, as well as those that have taken down other powerful men in Hollywood in the subsequent weeks—including director James Toback, who Baldwin had worked with in the past. His comments during his interview addressing those issues drew accusations of victim-blaming and mansplaining from more than a few notable women, who came for him on Twitter. It didn’t take long, then, for him to get embroiled in a tussle on the platform—using his foundation’s account, since he shut down his personal account—with actress and vocal Weinstein accuser Asia Argento, as well as her boyfriend, celebrity chef/foodie Anthony Bourdain.

The key part of his interview that women took issue with was when he appeared to criticize women taking settlements in exchange for their silence about acts of sexual assault and harassment. “What happened was that Rose McGowan took a payment of $100,000 and settled her case with him, and it was for Rose McGowan to prosecute that case,” he said. “When women take money and are silenced by that money, even though they took the money and were silenced because they were told, beyond the money, it was the right thing for them to do, keep quiet, don’t make too many waves, it is going to hurt your career. When they do it nonetheless, does it set back the cause of change?”

Not great, as women, including Argento, pointed out.

Baldwin suspended his Twitter on Saturday around midday, “for a period of and in the current climate,” with the note that “It was never my intention, in my public statements, to ‘blame the victim’ in the many sexual assault cases that have emerged recently … my goal is to do better in all things related to gender equality.”

And that’s when things started to kick off. Argento bid him a not-so-fond farewell:

Apparently Baldwin didn’t want to leave that unanswered, so he began tweeting from the Alec Baldwin Foundation page, which, um…isn’t a good look for a nonprofit.

Bourdain chimed in to stick up for his partner, and quickly followed it up with a casted stone of his own:

Baldwin then responded with a now-deleted tweet that Bourdain was careful to screencap and later posted.

Argento came back for it, but @ABFoundation had blocked her.

Baldwin wasn’t done yet, though—a few minutes later, he tweeted again at Bourdain:

Things kinda fizzed out (at least in our non-DM view) after that, but on Sunday morning, Alec Baldwin’s foundation retweeted a tweet of Rose McGowan’s—a highly vocal figure in the Weinstein fallout—that is…interesting.

So, not sure entirely what is happening, but given the rest of the day’s tweets, someone at his organization seems to have wrested control back of the account—with a dash of sass thrown in there. Never a dull moment on Twitter these days!

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Twitter Is Ready for Robin Wright to Take Over 'House of Cards' After Netflix Fired Kevin Spacey


The first of several sexual assault and harassment allegations against House of Cards star Kevin Spacey broke on Sunday when Star Trek: Discovery actor Anthony Rapp alleged that Spacey made an inappropriate sexual advance toward him when he was 14 and Spacey was 26. Since then, eight current and former House of Cards employees have come forward anonymously, alleging they experienced inappropriate sexual conduct from Spacey on the Netflix show’s set. In the wake of these allegations and others, production on the show’s next season has been suspended, and Netflix fired Spacey from the show on Friday. (Netflix has also canceled an upcoming Gore Vidal biopic he starred in and produced.)

Spacey’s firing has left the question of what to do with the final season of the hit show now that the central character is gone. He played Frank Underwood, a politician manipulating his way to the Oval Office and eventually succeeding in his journey. But fans think a new lead character could be a reasonable way to wrap the series—and their vote goes to the frosty, calculating Claire Underwood, Frank’s co-conspiring wife and politician in her own right, who is played on the show by Robin Wright.

The employees who worked with Spacey on the set of House of Cards told CNN that the star created a toxic work environment. One employee alleged he was sexually assaulted by Spacey. “I have no doubt that this type of predatory behavior was routine for him and that my experience was one of many and that Kevin had few if any qualms about exploiting his status and position,” he told CNN. “It was a toxic environment for young men who had to interact with him at all in the crew, cast, background actors.”

House of Cards‘s production is currently suspended to allow writers to rework the show’s final season and write out Spacey’s character, according to what sources have told The Hollywood Reporter.

In the meantime, fans are making their voices heard on Twitter. They don’t want the show to be canceled; instead, they want season six to begin with Wright’s character, Claire, explaining that her husband has died, and she’s taking over the White House.

It’s official: Twitter is voting for Claire Underwood 2018.

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Betsy DeVos Dressed As Ms. Frizzle for Halloween and Twitter Is Not Happy About It


At Monday night’s annual White House Halloween bash, a handful of administration officials stopped by the South Lawn to take part in the spooky festivities. Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders posed for photos with the President and First Lady, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin donned a classic knife-through-the-headband, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions dressed as…Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Going all out in her costume, however, was Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who dressed up as The Magic Schoolbus‘ Ms. Frizzle.

Of course, the dichotomy between DeVos and her costume choice was staggering. After all, Ms. Frizzle is one of the most beloved literary characters of all time. DeVos is a woman who tries to divert money away from public schools, has no prior experience in public education, and recently reversed a slew of protections for survivors of sexual assault on college campuses.

As expected, Twitter was furious about Devos-as-Frizzle, and fired off a wave of angry tweets:





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Kim Kardashian Faces Twitter Backlash for Her Aaliyah Halloween Costume


Kim Kardashian decided to spend Halloween this year paying tribute to some of music’s greatest divas. She kicked things off Friday night with her ’70s-era Cher costume. (Her friend, Jonathan Cheban, dressed as Cher’s ex and longtime musical partner, Sonny Bono.) On Sunday night, she and big sis Kourtney Kardashian went as Madonna and Michael Jackson circa the 1991 Academy Awards. Both looks were, naturally, glamorous as hell.

But it’s the costume Kim wore in between these two that has the Internet in a heated debate. The reality star decided to dress up as the late R&B singer Aaliyah for one of her events. She specifically mimicked the look from Aaliyah’s “Try Again” video: a glittery bikini top and pants, a sparkly choker, and pin-straight hair. She even copied Aaliyah’s smoky-eyed makeup look from the clip. Here’s the Snapchat Kim uploaded of her final costume:

The backlash for this outfit was almost immediate, with several people accusing Kim of cultural appropriation. “Legend or not Aaliyah is a Black woman and you’re not. It’s offensive and you shouldn’t push this limit, but OK,” one person tweeted at Kim. “It’s offensive because [Aaliyah] is dead and you can’t pay homage when you’re an Armenian just using her look as a costume. That’s the issue,” wrote another. Check out these responses, below:

But a few people defended Kim’s look, noting that she didn’t dress in Blackface or appropriate Black culture is any direct way: She just copied a music video outfit. “There’s nothing wrong with what she did or her pick. She just wanted to pay homage to her icons including Cher, Aaliyah, Madonna and etc.,” one person tweeted. “She dressed up as a musical artist. No Blackface, nothing offensive. Y’all love to hate and reach for nothing. Stop it. It’s Halloween,” wrote someone else. Here are those tweets:

Kim hasn’t commented on the backlash yet, but we’ll update this post if she does.

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Twitter Is Dragging Conservative Pundit Tomi Lahren for Wearing a Flag Costume for Halloween


Conservative political pundit Tomi Lahren is known for being outspoken about right-wing issues: We’ve seen her criticize government-funded subsidies for birth control (with little indication she knows how much it costs) and come out against allowing military members who are transgender to serve their country. Lately, she’s used her platform to criticize athletes who choose to take a knee when the national anthem is sung at their sporting events. In a monologue on Fox in September, Lahren said that those who chose to kneel to protest the oppression of people of color were doing it for the attention. As part of her argument, she cited the flag as a living symbol of what it means to be American and implied that those who kneel were unpatriotic.

With all this talk about the sacredness of the American flag, it’s not entirely surprising that Lahren faced a lot of backlash on Twitter when she stepped out on Halloween dressed in full flag gear. The criticism didn’t necessarily come from conservatives—whose comments were largely supportive—but liberals, who flagged (ha) her apparent hypocrisy.

In case it’s been a while since you were in the Scouts, the U.S. Code dealing with “respect for the flag” says that “No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform.” (It also mentions that the flag shouldn’t be used for “printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discard.” Granted, this is in a section dealing with advertising purposes, but Halloween costumes are nothing if not for temporary use.)

Here is her Make America Great Again/flag costume, complete with a charming caption:

Conservative Twitter was very excited about seeing her wearing all sorts of flag regalia.

The president’s son even weighed in, typically tactfully and eloquently:

Et cetera, TBH.

But others on Twitter came for it:

Jezebel really honed in with what honestly felt like the most important fashion take on the issue: “Tomi Lahren’s Fannypack Is a National Abomination.”

Lahren clapped back with some legal code that she apparently got by Googling “wearing the flag”:

When we did a quick check, we got a whole range of answers from different sources. Although her response makes some sense—yeah, it’s probably not great to turn an actual flag into a Halloween costume—the aforementioned section of the code does mention that it shouldn’t be printed on anything meant for temporary use, which would presumably include fabric used for a costume. I don’t know, though; I’m just a former high-school debater, not an actual legal expert.

So, like many sections of the law, it probably depends on how broadly or narrowly you read into it. If you feel strongly about it, you should definitely check with a lawyer well versed on flag law. Or, you know, find a less controversial Halloween costume.

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