Sandra Bullock has spoken out for the first time about Harvey Weinstein. She had a few things to say. Bullock told the Sunday Times that she never personally had a bad experience with Weinstein, but she knew that other people did. “I heard about Harvey and I was afraid of him,” she said. Imagine Sandra…
(JTA) — Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty to charges of rape and a criminal sexual act. The disgraced movie mogul appeared Tuesday morning in New York state Supreme Court in Manhattan. His bail was set at $1 million, which he already posted. His next scheduled court appearance is Sept. 20. If convicted on the most…
Prominent New York attorney Benjamin Brafman is once again in the news for representing a high-profile client, this time the former Hollywood mogul and accused rapist Harvey Weinstein. The criminal defense lawyer has gone to bat for several notable figures, including P. Diddy and Charles Kushner. But how much do we know about the man…
Movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on charges of rape in the first and third degrees, and criminal sexual act in the first degree, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance said in a statement on Wednesday. Weinstein’s indictment by a grand jury follows his arrest and court appearance last Friday. Weinstein has been accused of…
Readers, I have some disturbing news: According to a new book by Bill Niven, “Hitler and Film: The Führer’s Hidden Passion,” the murderous fascist dictator was “delighted” when he received 12 “Walt Disney ‘Mickey Mouse’ films” from Joseph Goebbels, Nazi mniister of propaganda, in 1937. Later, Niven writes that Walt Disney himself entertained Leni Riefenstahl…
Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood producer whose alleged sexual transgressions spurred the #MeToo movement, is reportedly expected to surrender to New York City police to face sex crimes charges. The New York Daily News reported the news along with The New York Times. The fallen movie exec is facing charges related to the claim by Lucia…
The estranged wife of producer Harvey Weinstein, designer Georgina Chapman, on Thursday broke her silence on accusations of sexual misconduct against him, saying they sickened her. Chapman, co-founder of the Marchesa fashion label, told Vogue magazine in her first interview since the scandal broke last October, “I lost ten pounds in five days. I couldn’t…
We seem to have entered round two (or three or four) of #MeToo revelations. On Friday, the writer Zizi Clemons alleged via Tweet that Junot Diaz had forcibly kissed her. Last week, Tom Brokaw was accused of sexual misconduct. And New York Times editor Wendell Jamieson resigned amid accusations of misconduct made by three female…
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