Latest in Asia Argento

Dario Argento's Berlin Film Festival Special Gala entry Dark Glasses plays out almost like a parody of his earlier work. Co-written with Franco Ferrini, it's a lurid giallo about a killer slaughtering women in contemporary Rome. It lacks the suspense and style of Argento's work in the 70s and 80s, while repeating…

EXCLUSIVE: Asia Argento (xXx), French rapper-actor JoeyStarr (Polisse) and Italian star Riccardo Scamarcio (John Wick: Chapter 2) are set to lead cast in French-language thriller Interstate (La Saveur De La Mort). The movie is a supernatural thriller in which a hitman (JoeyStarr), facing an existential crisis, decides…

Actress and director Asia Argento has come forward and accused The Fast and the Furious and xXx director Rob Cohen of sexual assault. A staunch, outspoken voice who was one of the many that accused Weinstein of harassment, Argento revealed the allegations against Cohen in an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Corr…

Daria Nicolodi, the Italian actress and screenwriter, has died at the age of 70. Her daughter Asia Argento confirmed the news in an Instagram post, writing in Italian: "Rest in peace beloved mother. Now you can fly free with your great spirit and you won’t have to suffer anymore. I will try to go on for your beloved…

Asia Argento seems to have accepted an apology from Rose McGowan over the latter’s incendiary comparison of Argento to Harvey Weinstein. “Although I am grateful to @rosemcgowan for her full apology following her groundless allegations about me, if she had issued it earlier, I may have kept my job on X-Factor and…

Thursday update, Sept 20: The time was set. The time has passed. Asia Argento has said on Twitter that she is moving ahead with plans to sue Rose McGowan. The actress updated, “I must inform you that I’ve instructed Mishcon de Reya to seek for substantial damages for deception, fraud, coercion and libel. You will hear…

An attorney for Jimmy Bennett said he is “disgusted” by the “misrepresentations and mischaracterizations” made by Asia Argento’s lawyer, who claimed the actress was the victim of sexual assault — not the young actor. In a lengthy post Wednesday, Argento’s attorney disputed allegations that Argento had sexually…

In a statement from her lawyer Mark Jay Heller, Asia Argento disputing sexual assault claims from Jimmy Bennett. And in a turn of events, Argento says that Bennett attacked her and that she is launching “Phase Two” of the #MeToo movement. The lengthy statement dubs Argento a pioneer of Phase One of the #MeToo…

Rose McGowan has opened up about being "betrayed" by fellow MeToo movement campaigner Asia Argento and referred to Harvey Weinstein as the "cult leader" of Hollywood. McGowan was in London doing the rounds of breakfast television series including Piers Morgan-fronted Good Morning Britain and Channel 5's Jeremy Vine…

Things are starting to get even worse for Asia Argento. CNN has pulled episodes of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown that feature Argento. It’s the latest development since the disgraced #MeToo advocate was accused of sexual assault by Jimmy Bennett. The news network has pulled two episodes that feature Argento which…

The Venice Film Festival has joined festivals in Cannes, Locarno and Sarajevo in putting its signature to a gender parity charter today. Biennale chief Paolo Baratta and fest director Alberto Barbera signed the pledge, begun at Cannes by French organization 5050×2020, with the associations Dissenso Comune and Women in…

“Be the person you wish Harvey could have been,” Rose McGowan bluntly asked Asia Argento today in a lengthy statement addressing the sexual assault claims against the filmmaker, activist and alleged Harvey Weinstein victim. In her second set of remarks since stories first emerged of Argento being involved with…