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Corey Feldman Has Begun Naming Names

Ex child star calls out a former actor as one of his molesters

(Newser) - Corey Feldman last week promised to expose pedophilia in Hollywood, and he's just named a man he accuses of being one of his own molesters. Feldman went on the Dr. Oz Show Thursday and called out former actor Jon Grissom, reports E! Online . (The first name is often spelled...

Film Critic: Director in Abuse Scandal Threatened to Kill Me
2nd Woman Recounts
Pickup Line by Hoffman
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Nov 2, 2017 12:50 PM CDT

2nd Woman Recounts Pickup Line by Hoffman

'Wendy, have you ever been intimate with a man over 40?' she recalls him saying at meeting

(Newser) - The harassment accusations set off by the Harvey Weinstein scandal continue to reverberate in Hollywood and beyond. A rep for one of the big new targets, Kevin Spacey, announced he was seeking "evaluation and treatment," but Spacey's was far from the only name making headlines. Here's...

Brett Ratner Sues, Kevin Spacey Gets Help

As more Spacey accusers come forward

(Newser) - Brett Ratner is responding to at least one of his accusers … with a libel lawsuit. In the suit filed Wednesday in Hawaii, the director says an Oct. 20 Facebook post in which a Hawaii woman claimed Ratner raped her is "entirely false, fabricated, and fictional." He says...

Column: Dustin Hoffman Groped Me When I Was 17

Former production assistant recounts experience

(Newser) - Anna Graham Hunter was a 17-year-old high school senior in 1985 when she got an internship as a production assistant on the set of the Death of a Salesman TV movie. In a column for the Hollywood Reporter , using her own letters from her five weeks on set as a...

Corey Feldman Vows to Expose Hollywood Pedophilia

Former child actor raising money to produce documentary

(Newser) - Corey Feldman has been talking about pedophilia in Hollywood for years , and now he's pledged to make a documentary exposing the problem. In the wake of the sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Feldman—who has discussed the sexual abuse he says he and late friend Corey Haim suffered...

38 Women Detail Sexual Abuse by Director James Toback

31 were willing to go on the record to talk about the Black and White director filmmaker

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times is out with a potentially damning story about film director James Toback. The paper spoke with 38 women, 31 on the record, who say the longtime writer/director sexually harassed them on movie sets, during interviews, and even on the street, using his Hollywood credentials as a...

Reese Witherspoon: I Was Assaulted by Director at 16

America Ferrera says she was sexually assaulted, and Jennifer Lawrence shares her own tale

(Newser) - Reese Witherspoon was 16 when she was first sexually assaulted by a director, then further victimized by agents and producers "who made me feel that silence was a condition of my employment. And I wish that I could tell you that was an isolated incident in my career, but...

Carrie Fisher Had the Perfect Gift for a Sexual Predator

Don't mess with Carrie Fisher

(Newser) - With the Harvey Weinstein scandal engulfing Hollywood and people around the film industry wondering what can be done to prevent sexual harassment, the late actress Carrie Fisher may have the best answer yet, even from beyond the grave. Last week, Heather Ross, a screenwriter and friend of Fisher's, told...

Longtime Trump Associate May Save Weinstein Company

Financier Thomas Barrack of Colony Capital provides cash infusion

(Newser) - The beleaguered Weinstein Company has just secured what the New York Times calls a "financial lifeline." The Hollywood company, reeling from the sexual harassment and assault claims against co-founder Harvey Weinstein, struck a deal with Colony Capital for an "immediate capital infusion," TWC says in a...

Another Studio Chief Out After Sexual Harassment Claim

Producer says Amazon's Roy Price made lewd advances

(Newser) - The chief of Amazon's TV and movie division was suspended with immediate effect Thursday after a producer accused him of "shocking and surreal" sexual harassment. Isa Hackett, a producer of The Man in the High Castle, told the Hollywood Reporter that Amazon Studios chief Roy Price made lewd...

Terry Crews Shares Own Story After Weinstein Scandal

He says Hollywood exec groped him at party

(Newser) - Terry Crews says the flood of stories coming out about Harvey Weinstein's behavior has inspired him to share a sexual harassment story of his own in the hope of deterring predators and helping those who feel hopeless. In a series of tweets Tuesday, the NFL star-turned-actor described how a...

Meryl Streep: No, I Didn't Know of 'Inexcusable' Weinstein Acts

She calls women who have gone public 'heroes'

(Newser) - One common refrain being heard about the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment debacle is that his behavior was the worst-kept secret in Hollywood. And that has left people wondering why prominent, longtime collaborators never spoke up. On Monday, none other than Meryl Streep addressed that very question. "Not everybody knew,...

Linda Hamilton Announcement Means the Gang's All Here

She'll be part of the 6th installment of the Terminator films

(Newser) - Brace yourself for plenty of "she'll be back" quips: Linda Hamilton will have a role in the new Terminator flick being produced by James Cameron, who hasn't had a part in the franchise since 1991's Terminator 2: Judgment Day. They'll be joined by Arnold Schwarzenegger...

Hollywood Fighting Back Against the Tomatometer

As Rotten Tomatoes' fortunes rise, Hollywood's sink

(Newser) - Hollywood isn't blaming Netflix or Amazon or even its own product for its terrible summer but rather the film-review aggregation Web site Rotten Tomatoes. Per the New York Times , the box office brought in $3.8 billion between the first weekend in May and Labor Day this year, down...

Writer Says He's Solved Mystery of Hollywood's Billboard Blonde

But Angelyne says there are 'a lot of inaccuracies'

(Newser) - About a year after Hollywood Reporter journalist Gary Baum profiled Angelyne, the mysterious billboard bombshell he describes as LA's "modern myth," a hobbyist genealogist contacted him claiming to have proof of a compelling back story: that she was born in Poland to Holocaust survivors. Now, also for...

Hollywood Has Little Room for Women, On and Off-Screen

Women were two-fifths of characters and only one-twelfth of directors since 2007

(Newser) - In 2017, Hollywood films continue to look less like Girls Trip and more like the Entourage movie. "Every year we're hopeful that we will actually see change," researcher Stacy Smith tells the AP . "Unfortunately that hope has not quite been realized." Researchers at USC used...

Halle Berry Says Oscar Win Was Meaningless

She's still fighting for diversity in Hollywood

(Newser) - In her off-the-cuff acceptance speech, Halle Berry dedicated her 2002 Oscar for best actress to "every nameless, faceless woman of color that now has a chance because this door tonight has been opened." But 15 years later, the opportunities are not at all like she imagined they would...

Alleged Superhero Pay Gap Has Internet Up in Arms

Henry Cavill likely wasn't paid $13.7M more than Gal Gadot, despite report

(Newser) - Elle dropped a Hollywood bombshell Tuesday: Gal Gadot made a piddly $300,000 for Wonder Woman while Henry Cavill got a staggering $14 million for Man of Steel. This striking example of the gender pay gap sent shock waves through Twitter despite being, in the words of one inside...

DiCaprio May Have to Return Millions in Artwork

Feds are seizing assets related to Malaysian corruption

(Newser) - The feds are in the midst of a complex money-laundering investigation tied to Malaysian financiers, but it's got some easy-to-understand ramifications: Leonardo DiCaprio has to return a Picasso and an old Oscar that once belonged to Marlon Brando. As Reuters reports, DiCaprio himself is not charged with any wrongdoing,...

Last-Minute Deal Averts Hollywood Writers' Strike

WGA still needs to ratify deal with producers

(Newser) - A tentative deal was reached between screenwriters and producers Tuesday, averting a strike that could have crippled TV and film production and inflicted harm on the wider California economy. The three-year agreement, which requires ratification by members of the Writers Guild of America, was confirmed by the guild and producers'...

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