Tag: metoo
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...
Theater cancels Woody Allen musical following revival of harassment accusations
NEW YORK: An influential regional theatre has cancelled Woody Allen’s musical Bullets Over Broadway after his adopted daughter renewed allegations that he assaulted her.
The...
Grammy’s to feature white roses in support for Time’s Up
Halsey, Rapsody, Kelly Clarkson and other members of the music industry will wear white roses to show solidarity for the #TimesUp movement at the...
Women shine in Oscar 2018 nominations
LOS ANGELES: Sally Hawkins plays a mute cleaner with a passionate love life, Frances McDormand is a grieving woman in a fury about the...
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...
Casey Affleck pulls out as 2018 Oscar presenter amid sexual harassment...
LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winning Casey Affleck, who has been accused of sexual harassment by female crew members on an earlier film, has withdrawn as a...
Mehwish Hayat talks about the ‘misogynistic elements in our society’
The topic of sexual harassment and rape are being widely discussed all over the world in wake of Hollywood's Me Too movement along with...
#GirlPower – Women dominate the Screen Actors Guild awards
Dark comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won three prizes at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) awards on Sunday in a ceremony marked by...
India SC acquits director of raping American scholar
NEW DELHI: India's top court on Friday upheld the acquittal of a Bollywood director accused of raping an American research scholar in a case...
Men paraded as dogs and pigs on Paris’s catwalk
PARIS: Paris men's fashion week kickstarted with two collections showing what dogs and pigs men can be, as the industry reels from a new...
Woody Allen’s daughter accuses him of molestation on television for the...
NEW YORK: Dylan Farrow, the estranged, adopted daughter of Hollywood director Woody Allen, defiled her father's statement discrediting the claims that he molested her.
"He's...
‘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...
Matt Damon apologises for sexual harassment remarks
Matt Damon sparked immense outrage when he claimed that sexual misconduct comprises “a spectrum of behaviour,” and observed that there is “a difference between...
Brigitte Bardot slams ‘ridiculous’ #MeToo movement
PARIS: French film legend Brigitte Bardot attacked the #MeToo movement, claiming that actresses who complain of sexual harassment were just looking for publicity.
"The vast...
#MeToo movement has scared powerful men: Diane Kruger
Hollywood actress Diane Kruger said Monday that the #MeToo movement had scared powerful men, however, she is afraid that this change may be short-lived.
The...
Hollywood sexual harassment scandal has sparked ‘a witch hunt’: Liam Neeson
LONDON: Actor Liam Neeson says the Hollywood sexual harassment scandal has sparked “a bit of a witch hunt.”
Neeson spoke about the trending issue during an...
Reese Witherspoon opens up about her sexual assault experience
In a candid discussion hosted by Oprah, several celebrities sat down to talk about the Time's Up movement, and Reese Witherspoon opened up about...
