When giants like Harvey Weinstein and Les Moonves fall and the dust clears, has anything changed? A $9.5 million settlement reached in January 2018 by CBS and actress Eliza Dushku, who was fired after complaining of sexual harassment by a coworker, reveals — according to outside investigators — a culture of harassment and violation that…
It’s a strange day when feminists, muckrakers, and a gigantic corporation can all rejoice at once, but today is such a day. CBS announced that an investigation into sexual assault allegations against Les Moonves found that the ex-CEO committed widespread sexual misconduct and misled investigators. As a result, he will be fired as well as…
A longtime CBS board member and outspoken defender of former chairman Les Moonves has stepped down from his post, the Associated Press reported. William Cohen, the former Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton, stood behind the television executive after he was accused by several women of sexual misconduct. Moonves resigned after six more women…
“The Neighborhood,” a fall premiere for CBS, has all the ingredients of a classic sitcom: good-looking B-list talent, a hearty laugh track, a set comprised of well-appointed upper middle class living rooms and open-concept kitchens, and one more thing…the tension that arises when white families move into a historically black neighborhood and slowly begin to…
With CBS CEO Les Moonves’ career up in the air following numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, corporation vice-chairman Shari Redstone’s plan to recombine CBS and Viacom has a likely chance of coming to fruition, according to Vanity Fair. If that becomes the case, investors may have something to fear, as CBS’s stocks have already begun…
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. Sure, that’s what a certain fictional wizard said before awarding ten points to Gryffindor. (Happy birthday, Harry Potter!) Today, it’s true of Stephen Colbert as well. Colbert knew nothing, he said on…
Leslie Moonves, the CEO of CBS, isn’t someone you’ll see in movie theaters or tabloids, but he is one of the biggest power brokers in Hollywood. The Hollywood Reporter has found that Moonves will be accused of sexual misconduct Friday afternoon in a reported piece in the New Yorker by celebrated investigative journalist Ronan Farrow….
As Judge Judy Sheindlin likes to say, “You wouldn’t know the truth if it got up and slapped you in the face.” If she’s right (and she often is,) talent agency Rebel Entertainment Partners had better duck and cover. The syndicated megastar, whose daytime courtroom show makes an annual net profit of over $75 million…
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