Tag: Harvey Weinstein
Weinstein Co to become a women-led entertainment venture
NEW YORK: The Weinstein Co. revived a deal to sell its assets to a group of investors who want to transform the scandal-plagued film...
Road to Oscar debuts with Harvey Weinstein’s ‘Casting Couch’ statue
LOS ANGELES: A golden statue of a bathrobe-clad Harvey Weinstein, seated regally atop a couch with an Oscar in hand, took up temporary sidewalk...
Swiss chocolatiers sue Weinstein Company
NEW YORK: One of the most famous chocolate companies in the world is seemingly the latest victim in the Harvey Weinstein scandal, filing a...
Marathon runner launches anti-rape wear
LONDON: It was noon when marathon runner Sandra Seilz was assaulted by three men as she finished her training at a park in Germany....
Harvey Weinstein apologises to Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence
LOS ANGELES: Harvey Weinstein has apologised for using statements by Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence in an effort to dismiss a class action sexual misconduct...
South Korean director slams abuse allegations at Berlin fest
BERLIN: A South Korean director in the eye of a #MeToo storm defiantly rejected abuse accusations against him at the Berlin film festival Saturday,...
Emma Watson fronts movement to tackle harassment and bullying in UK
LONDON: Hollywood actress Emma Watson on Wednesday backed guidelines to tackle harassment and bullying in Britain’s film and television industry as sex abuse scandals...
Rose McGowan’s former manager commits suicide amidst Weinstein scandal
Jill Messick, a longtime studio executive, producer and manager reportedly has committed suicide at age of 50. She was a former manager of Rose...
Kate Winslet regrets working with ‘certain men of power’ while Diane...
Actor Kate Winslet said she has bitter regrets over her decision to work with certain “men of power”. The actor won an Oscar for...
Sharon Stone hopes Weinstein goes to jail
Sharon Stone hopes disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein goes to jail. However, she said all men accused of sexual misbehaviour cannot share the same fate.
“In...
Nigerian author believes #MeToo movement ‘long overdue’
PARIS: The great global reckoning with sexual harassment is "long overdue", says acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, however, the feminist figurehead in Africa...
Magician Copperfield joins the list of sexual perpetrators
A former teen model has accused illusionist David Copperfield of drugging and sexually assaulting her in 1988 after he judged a modelling competition in...
There are many Harvey Weinsteins in Bollywood: Shenaz Treasury
The Harvey Weinstein scandal that took the world by storm brought forward the topic of sexual harassment which has been brushed under the carpet...
New sunrise in Hollywood as producers outline anti-harassment guidelines
LOS ANGELES: Hollywood producers on Friday outlined steps aimed at preventing sexual harassment on and off television and movie sets in a response to...
‘Defamation’ suit filed against founder of French #MeToo
PARIS: The woman behind France's version of the #MeToo campaign stated that she was being sued for slander by the man she accused of...
Male models accuse top fashion photographers of sexual harassment
NEW YORK: In a detailed expose published in the New York Times, high-powered fashion photographers Bruce Weber and Mario Testino were accused of molestation, sexual advances,...
Catherine Deneuve apologises to victims of sex assault
PARIS: French film star Catherine Deneuve who touched off a worldwide feminist backlash over an open letter she had signed bashing the #MeToo movement...
