Filmmaker Roman Polanski on Trial in France Facing Defamation Charges
Veteran Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski goes on trial in France on Tuesday over allegations he defamed a British actress who accused him of sexual abuse in the 1980s.
Veteran Franco-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski goes on trial in France on Tuesday over allegations he defamed a British actress who accused him of sexual abuse in the 1980s.
Rennes (France) – A woman has accused French screen legend Gerard Depardieu of allegedly sexually assaulting her during a 2014 film shoot, according to the police complaint and a newspaper report.
The #MeToo movement took it in the neck this week with the news that Woody Allen’s newest film has found a U.S. distributor.
Paula Abdul has accused former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the reality competition show, according to a new lawsuit.
World-famous French actor Gerard Depardieu has received an outpouring of support from 56 of his fellow countrymen as he faces multiple allegations of rape.
A lawsuit has claimed that actor Vin Diesel, frontman for the Fast & Furious franchise, committed sexual battery in 2010 against his former assistant.
Actor Christian Keyes, who played Nathan on The Boys, has claimed that Hollywood power players offered him money for sex. He did not say who.
Frustrated by his inability to counter China’s rapidly declining birthrate, dictator Xi Jinping abandoned his rhetorical commitment to “gender equality” at a meeting with the All-China Women’s Federation and told women to start getting married and having babies to secure China’s future.
Kathy Hochul’s law, the Adult Survivors Act, was intended to hurt former President Donald Trump as he aims for re-election in 2024.
Rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs is being sued by a woman who says he drugged and sexually assaulted her in 1991.
A number of sexual harassment lawsuits have been filed against high-profile celebrities ahead of a deadline for a New York law “that suspended time constraints on claims involving allegations of sexual misconduct for one year,” according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR).
The hip-hop mogul Sean Combs, known more commonly as Diddy, has settled a lawsuit filed by his former longtime girlfriend and singer Cassie Ventura, who had accused him of rape and physical abuse.
A musician has filed a lawsuit against former Grammy Awards CEO Neil Portnow alleging that he sexually assaulted her in 2018.
Antonio “L.A.” Reid, the Grammy-winning music executive who influenced the career of artists including Pink, Usher, and Mariah Carey, was sued by a former music executive who says he sexually assaulted her and derailed her career.
Academy Award nominee Sharon Stone is alleging she was sexually harassed by a former head of Sony Studios back in the 1980s before she became a superstar.
Model and actress Cindy Crawford claims Oprah Winfrey made her feel like “chattel” in 1986, when she was 20 years old.
Luis Rubiales, president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), has resigned from his position amid uproar.
Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on a yacht multiple times. The pop star’s lawyers say the story is “meritless” — and she was previously warned she could be charged for filing a false police report.
FIFA suspended Spanish soccer federation president Luis Rubiales on Sunday over his refusal to resign for an unwanted kiss.
Nolte: The prestigious Venice Film Festival will welcome new features from Woody Allen, Roman Polanski, and Luc Besson.
Score another one for male feminists, as “Justin Sane,” lead singer of the tirelessly preachy punk band Anti-Flag, has been indirectly accused of sexual assault — apparently prompting the band to break up and go completely dark online.
Bill Cosby has been accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed Wednesday by nine women in Nevada. The plaintiffs allege the entertainer used his “enormous power, fame and prestige” to victimize them.
A pro-MeToo push to tackle sexual harassment within the European Union risks putting every single man “under general suspicion”, an MEP has warned.
British actress Ruth Wilson, known for her roles in Luther and The Affair, called out Hollywood’s #MeToo hypocrisy in a recent interview with the Guardian.
As we all know, plenty of people—Bill Murray, Frank Langella, Woody Allen, F. Murray Abraham, Nate Parker, Jonathan Majors—have been blacklisted over nothing at all or a much, much, much lesser sin.
In a moment of near-constant media shakeups, the firing of NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell on Monday is still a stunner. Shell, one of the most powerful men in media, was ousted after CNBC host Hadley Gamble showed company investigators a
NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell stepped down from his leadership position this weekend after admitting to an “inappropriate relationship.”
Remember, during the Hollywood McCarthyism of the 1950s, only private corporations (studios and sponsors) and private individuals (directors, producers, and stars) refused to work with certain people. Today’s #MeToo McCarthyism is no different.
Oscar-winner F. Murray Abraham has reportedly been fired from an Apple TV series for allegations of “sexual misconduct.”
Samantha Geimer, the woman Roman Polanski drugged, raped, and sodomized at age 13, wants to see the case against Polanski dismissed and finds the #MeToo movement anti-feminist.
French mega-star Gérard Depardieu is reportedly facing new accusations of sexual misconduct, with 13 women coming forward to allege the actor engaged in inappropriate behavior including unwanted touching, groping, sexual remarks, and “persistent groaning noises.”
Three months after “Rick and Morty” co-creator Justin Roiland was blacklisted, canceled by fascist Hollywood, the Orange County District Attorney’s dropped the charges against him.
NFL Films, the official production arm of the National Football League, reportedly maintained a database of cheerleader cleavage shots.
Baroness Nadine de Rothschild, the widow of deceased banker Edmond de Rothschild, has denounced the MeToo movement, attacking it as making men “soft” and women “charmless”.
Oscar-winning Hollywood producer and convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 16 years in jail in his Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial, all but guaranteeing that the 70-year-old movie boss will spend the rest of his life behind bars.
Armie Hammer has addressed his #MeToo scandal in his first interview since the lurid accusations broke two years ago, saying that he tried to commit suicide in a moment of desperation.
The corrupt #MeToo organization Time’s Up is ceasing operations, reports the left-wing Associated Press.
Time’s Up is shifting remaining funds to the independently administered Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund, and stopping other operations.
Pippo Zeffirelli, the son of Romeo and Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli, ripped into the film’s stars for filing an abuse lawsuit 55 years after the movie’s release.
Actress Frances McDormand says reading Miriam Toews’ book, Women Talking, after it was published in 2019 helped her recognize, process and express the feelings she was experiencing at the beginning of the MeToo movement.