Russell Simmons

NEW YORK (AP) — The documentary about several women who have accused Russell Simmons of sexual abuse has found a distributor after Oprah Winfrey’s exit from the film left it in the lurch.

Oprah Winfrey’s forthcoming #MeToo documentary set to be released next year on Apple TV+ is already facing backlash, with  music mogul Russell Simmons and rapper-actor 50 Cent stepping forward to accuse Winfrey of strategic omissions and outright falsehoods.

A-list actress and comedian Tiffany Haddish created a stir over the weekend after announcing that she will protest law enforcement “killing black people” by continuing to wear fur, garnering scorn and praise from fellow African-American entertainers.

Embattled Def Jam mogul Russell Simmons will have to face his rape accuser in court after an L.A. judge refused to toss out a lawsuit.

Rap mogul Russell Simmons is unloading his properties in New York and Los Angeles as the sex abuse claims against him continue to climb, reports the Hollywood Reporter.

Another woman has accused media and fashion mogul Russell Simmons of rape, Variety reports.

Rap, media, and fashion mogul and entrepreneur Russell Simmons said in an Instagram post on Tuesday that he is Bali, Indonesia, where he is ‘closed for spiritual maintenance,’ following multiple rape accusations.

Left-wing music mogul Russell Simmons is being sued for $5 million by aspiring filmmaker Jennifer Jarosik, claiming he raped her in 2016.

Veteran actor William H. Macy admitted Sunday at the 24th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards that the series of sexual misconduct scandals engulfing some of Hollywood’s most powerful male figures has some men in his industry feeling like they’re ‘under attack and we need to apologize.’

Russell Simmons has put the brakes on his #NotMe social media campaign as two more women have filed police reports accusing the music mogul of rape.

Hundreds of powerful female Hollywood executives, directors, producers, actresses, and agents, have launched the ‘Time’s Up’ initiative to stamp out sexual harassment in Hollywood and workplaces across the country.

Russell Simmons is using the hashtag “#NOTME” to defend himself after three women accused the music mogul of rape this week.

Three women have come forward to accuse Russell Simmons of rape, weeks after the music mogul stepped down from his media empire after allegations of sexual misconduct from other women.

The Los Angeles Police Department says it is swamped with the sheer volume of ever-growing sexual harassment and assault allegations and complaints against powerful men in the entertainment industry.

J.C. Penney Co. ceased its association with Russell Simmons and pulled his clothing line after the music promoter was accused of sexual misconduct, according to reports.

HBO announced Thursday that it will remove Russell Simmons’ name and presence from the upcoming stand-up series, All Def Comedy, in the wake of sexual assault allegations against the music and fashion mogul.

Tom Hanks weighed in on the sexual misconduct and abuse scandal currently ripping through Hollywood, politics, and the media in a new interview Thursday, explaining that the raft of allegations against prominent men in the entertainment business does not surprise him.

Fashion mogul, music and TV super-producer Russell Simmons says he’s removing himself from his various companies after screenwriter Jenny Lumet claimed in a guest column in The Hollywood Reporter that the Def Jam co-founder forced her to have sex in 1991.

Actor Terry Crews said Sunday that music mogul Russell Simmons asked him to give a “pass” to the powerful Hollywood talent agent the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine star” accused of groping him.

Rap mogul Russell Simmons has become the latest prominent Hollywood figure to be accused of sexual assault, after a woman came forward to detail an incident alleged to have occurred at Simmons’s New York City apartment in 1991 in which film director Brett Ratner was also allegedly involved.

Celebrities took to social media Monday morning just hours after the tragic Las Vegas mass shooting and called for increased gun control measures.

Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons will host a rally dubbed “I Am a Muslim Too” on Sunday in Times Square to protest President Donald Trump’s recent executive action on immigration.

President Trump has gained many new friends and admirers over the past year and a half or so, during the campaign process, after winning the election, and after the inauguration itself.

Music mogul-turned Hollywood producer Russell Simmons slammed so-called “progressive activists” in Hollywood for turning the entertainment business into a racially segregated industry.

Entertainment mogul Russell Simmons says the controversy created by the Oscars’s lack of black nominees, which spawned the “Oscars So White” social media tsunami, is the least concern for black entertainers, in what he calls a very “segregated” Hollywood.

Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons demanded an apology from Bill Clinton after the former president clashed with Black Lives Matter protesters Thursday at a Hillary Clinton campaign rally in Philadelphia.

As violent leftwing protesters interrupted and ultimately shut down Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s rally in Chicago Friday evening, Hollywood liberals took to social media almost immediately to begin playing the blame game — and they placed the blame for the chaos squarely on Trump.

In lieu of this year’s so-called “White Oscars,” Def Jam co-founder and media mogul Russell Simmons has announced he will host his own movie awards ceremony, which is set to debut just days before the 88th Academy Awards.

Music mogul Russell Simmons sat down with HuffPost Live on Friday and said he hopes leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump wins the primary because that would be good for Democrats like socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders.

On Monday’s broadcast of “CBS This Morning,” music mogul Russell Simmons accused Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of fueling “fires of hate.” Host Charlie Rose asked, “Are you ready for President Trump?” Simmons said, “Trump? No. I think I’m ready for

In an open letter posted on his website, music mogul Russell Simmons called Donald Trump an “amazing friend” for over 30 years, but then compared the GOP frontrunner to Adolf Hitler and pleaded with him to “stop fueling fires of hate.”

Thursday, the co-founder of Def Jam records, Russell Simmons, who has been on a crusade to push New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) to ban the iconic horse-drawn carriages in the city, compared the plight of all animals

Hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons bashed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in a radio interview on Thursday, calling him a “b**ch” for not doing enough to enact meaningful police reform in the city.

On June 2 HBO, MTV, and a host of celebrities will be joining Michael Bloomberg and other pro-gun control groups to watch participating mayors proclaim “Gun Violence Awareness Day” in their cities.

Geraldo Rivera said Wednesday that rap music has done more damage to minorities than racism, even citing hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons as part of the problem. Simmons responded Thursday, and did not mince words in his opinion of Rivera.