By LYNN ELBER, AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC is standing firm against giving fired “Today” host Matt Lauer a payout on the multimillion-dollar salary he’s leaving behind, according to a person at the network. Lauer, said to have earned around $25 million a year, reportedly is negotiating to receive the remainder of his …
By MARK KENNEDY, AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Russell Simmons has stepped away from his companies following a second allegation of sexual misconduct, though the Def Jam founder again denied ever being violent. “Rachel Getting Married” screenwriter Jenny Lumet — the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet — wrote an essay published by The Hollywood …
An explosive new report details a pattern of allegedly sexually predatory behavior
By DAVID BAUDER , AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Charlie Rose is the latest public figure to be felled by sexual misconduct allegations, with PBS halting distribution of his nightly interview show and CBS News suspending him Monday following a Washington Post report with the accusations of eight women. The women, who all …
“I felt belittled. I was ashamed.”
An interview has resurfaced in which bestselling author John Grisham says he believes it is unfair to imprison middle-aged white men simply for viewing child pornography. As accusations of sexual harassment, abuse and misconduct in politics and the entertainment business has remained at the forefront of the news cycle since explosive allegations against megaproducer Harvey …
By LEANNE ITALIE, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The “Star Trek” icon George Takei took to Twitter on Saturday to deny he ever knew a struggling actor and model who has accused him of sexual assault in 1981. “The events he describes back in the 1980s simply did not occur, and I do not know …
After weeks of allegations from dozens of accusers, one actress who worked closely with former Hollywood executive Harvey Weinstein on multiple projects said she is still too angry to speak publicly on the topic. Uma Thurman, who worked with Weinstein on films including “Pulp Fiction” and “Kill Bill,” was asked by an Access Hollywood reporter …
Roman Polanski was met with a group of protesters when he was honored for his cinematic achievements in France, according to the Guardian. Polanski, who fled the U.S. decades ago as he was facing sentencing for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl, was honored in Paris on Monday with a retrospective of his films. …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Kevin Spacey said Sunday he is “beyond horrified” by allegations that he made a sexual advance on a teen boy decades ago. The two-time Oscar winner posted on Twitter that he doesn’t remember the encounter. “But if I did behave then as he describes, I owe him the sincerest apology …
‘He’s been talking about revealing the names of his and other abusers for seven years, since my son died.’
Another woman has come forward to accuse director Roman Polanski of molesting her when she was a minor. Artist Marianne Barnard revealed to The Sun that Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, allegedly assaulted her during a disturbing “photo shoot” in California in …
