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The Laura Dern-starring drama The Tale, which follows the real-life story and the sexual abuse of writer-director Jennifer Fox, reportedly caused drama during it Sundance Film Festival debut over the weekend with some viewers cheering the film while others stormed out of a viewing session.

Veteran movie director Steven Soderbergh says he’s happy that the culture of sexual abuse and harassment in Hollywood has been exposed but fears that some male power brokers may stop hiring women, in an attempt to avoid scandal.

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.’

Gloria Allred says that those facing allegations of sexual misconduct should be blacklisted from winning an Oscar or any other Hollywood award.

Actor and filmmaker Robert Redford has claimed that the #MeToo movement is a “tipping point” for women in Hollywood that will ultimately provide them with more opportunities.

The McCarthyism era has returned with #MeToo blacklisting Woody Allen over 25 year-old allegations he molested his daughter Dylan Farrow.

HLN’s Ashleigh Banfield started a feud this week with Babe.net reporter Katie Way after the 50 year-old HLN anchor launched a simple-minded and thoughtless attack against Way’s story about a young woman accusing left-wing comedian Aziz Ansari’ of sexual misconduct.

French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the #MeToo movement Wednesday, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity.

Actress and liberal activist Shailene Woodley took to Instagram on Tuesday to declare that last week’s Golden Globes and the Time’s Up anti-sexual harassment movement is “ushering in sacred matriarchy.”

Actress Keira Knightley has said she does not wish to participate in films set in the modern day because the female characters “nearly always get raped.”

Georgetown University advisor Jeff Bernstein resigned from his post on Monday after he faced a backlash online for wishing a sexual assault upon conservative commentator Allie Stuckey.

A former Planned Parenthood health center director says her main goal is not to make abortion illegal or even to defund Planned Parenthood, but, instead to make the entire idea of abortion “unthinkable.”

A Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service advisor wished a sexual assault upon conservative commentator Allie Stuckey.

Carmen, the opera heroine, gets to live instead of being slain — thanks to a bold twist to the finale of the Georges Bizet work by some who believe it’s time to say enough to violence against women.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. needs some brushing up on current events. The undefeated champion recently did an interview with Men’s Health, in which he revealed a rather high level of ignorance about what the #MeToo movement actually means.

PARIS (AP) — An open letter signed by movie star Catherine Deneuve and dozens of other French women about men being unfairly targeted by sexual misconduct allegations has prompted a backlash in the French press and on social media.

The #MeToo campaign reached a fever pitch in America this winter, taking down a slew of high-profile Hollywood, Washington, and news media figures. But those who served in the military say there has been no similar reckoning for them.

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.

During the Golden Globe Awards Sunday night, Planned Parenthood and abortion industry political lobbyist NARAL joined in on the hashtags #MeToo and #TimesUp to celebrate the cause.

Actress Ally Sheedy called out James Franco Sunday night in a series of cryptic tweets that have since been deleted after the ‘Disaster Artist’ star won the Best Actor prize at the Golden Globes.

If Oprah Winfrey runs for president, she faces uncomfortable questions about her relationship with Harvey Weinstein and a Swiss race hoax.

NBC’s late-night funnyman Seth Meyers came out swinging Sunday night in his opening monologue, taking several swipes at disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, actor Kevin Spacey, and President Donald Trump.

Actress Debra Messing slammed E! networks during a red carpet interview Sunday at the 75th Golden Globe Awards, ripping the network for failing to pay its female hosts as much as their male counterparts.

A-list actresses including Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon, Emma Stone, and Laura Dern will bring activists along as their guests to this Sunday’s Golden Globes, in a year in which the entertainment industry’s sexual harassment scandal and the #MeToo movement have dominated the conversation.

Following the #MeToo hashtag aimed at raising awareness of sexual assault, Silicon Valley has begun capitalizing on the issue of workplace harassment.

The high profile that the “secret settlements” have taken over the past few months is just a harbinger of things to come as the holidays come to a close.

No doubt one of the things 2017 will be remembered for was the cascade of sexual harassment allegations and resignations rolling through the worlds of entertainment and politics, beginning with the spectacular fall of once-untouchable Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. Partisan opportunists should not be allowed to distract us from the devastating indictment of centralized power and the hypocrisy of the political class delivered by the “#MeToo” story.

Vice, the Canadian counter-culture ‘zine turned left-wing TV and web media empire was hit by a scathing New York Times investigative report Saturday, citing “dozens” of current and former female employees to portray a “boy’s club” atmosphere.

Women who blew the whistle on the culture of sexual harassment in Brussels have been accused of “populism” and damaging the EU’s image.

The New York Times’s left-wing reporter Glenn Thrush has been suspended for two months and removed from his job as the paper’s White House correspondent amid allegations of sexual misconduct, the company has announced.

It began with a news story, and then a tweet, and suddenly it seemed like everything had changed overnight. 2017 will forever be known as the Year of the Reckoning.

The left-wing Swedish governing coalition is looking to drastically tighten the country’s sexual consent laws which will require prior verbal or written consent from both partners in the near future. The government has said the new laws, which will go

Travis Smiley warns that in the rush to protect women from abusers, we risk criminalizing legitimate relationships between consenting adults. This time, the media may listen.

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

Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX) will not seek re-election for a fifth term, announcing his decision Wednesday under pressure from a “harassment” settlement concerning no sexual contact but a propensity for lewd jokes and insults.

Kentucky State Rep. Dan Johnson is dead. Bullitt County Sheriff Donnie Tinnell described the death as a suicide to local station WDRB, apparently brought on by allegations he sexually assualted his daughter’s 17-year-old friend.