Tag: metoo
Meesha Shafi receives support from #MeToo campaigner Rose McGowan
LAHORE: Meesha Shafi's explosive accusation of sexual harassment against Pakistan's popular singer-actor Ali Zafar has propelled a sort of #MeToo movement in Pakistan with...
After sexual harassment row, a #MeToo moment for Japan?
TOKYO: A firestorm in Japan over allegations of sexual harassment by the top finance ministry official is raising the possibility that the country could...
Meesha Shafi’s accusation sets off fireworks as more women accuse Ali...
LAHORE: If you thought that Ali Zafar's defense note against Meesha Shafi's accusation of sexual harassment would be the end of this saga, you were...
Mahira Khan, Hamza Ali Abbasi among others speak up on the...
LAHORE: The Pakistan film industry got its own taste of Hollywood's #MeToo movement Thursday when singer/actor Meesha Shafi accused fellow singer Ali Zafar of...
NYT, New Yorker win Pulitzer for #MeToo
NEW YORK: The New York Times and The New Yorker won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for explosive reporting that brought down Harvey...
Emily Blunt honoured for her work with Malala Foundation
NEW YORK: Hollywood actor Emily Blunt was recently cited for her work with the Malala Fund, named after Pakistani activist Malala Yousafazi, in promoting education...
Hollywood’s actor union calls for cancellation of auditions in hotels
LOS ANGELES: Amid a torrent of accusations of sexual misconduct, including rape, in Hollywood, the entertainment industry's biggest union demanded Thursday that actor auditions...
#MeToo casts long shadow over Bill Cosby as his second trial...
Disgraced US megastar comedian Bill Cosby returns to trial Monday for alleged sexual assault, a tougher legal fight the second time around and the...
Three quit as #MeToo scandal hits Nobel literature academy
STOCKHOLM: Three prominent members of the Swedish Academy resigned on Friday in protest at close ties between the institution, which awards the Nobel Literature...
Samsung’s ex-employee becomes S Korea’s #MeToo champion
SEOUL: The ground for the wave of #MeToo accusations sweeping socially conservative South Korea was laid by a defiant saleswoman who took on the...
Oscars chief being investigated for sexual harassment
LOS ANGELES: John Bailey, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body which hands out the Oscars, is being investigated...
South Korean actor found dead after #MeToo allegations
A South Korean actor accused of sexual assault was found dead on March 9, reports said, as a wave of #MeToo accusations sweeps the...
#MeToo, Dreamers, Trump and Sridevi: highlights from the Oscars
The #MeToo movement took a starring role Sunday at the first Oscars since the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse revelations, with the awards gala often...
Hollywood men initiate #AskMoreOfHim to support Time’s Up and #MeToo
A group of Hollywood men have launched #AskMoreOfHim, a movement that aims to shed a light on the importance of men speaking out against...
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...
French actresses launch own ‘Time’s Up’ with white ribbons
PARIS: Over 100 actresses and film professionals in France, including Vanessa Paradis and Diane Kruger, launched their own movement against sexual violence and said...
Monica Lewinsky calls Clinton affair ‘abuse of power’
WASHINGTON: Former White House intern Monica Lewinsky says she has been reexamining her affair with former US president Bill Clinton through the "new lens"...
