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Almost a year after Harvey Weinstein was extradited to Los Angeles to face rape and other multiple sex crimes charges, the incarcerated former producer today learned when his trial will begin. At a downtown hearing this morning with Weinstein present, LA Superior Court Judge Lisa Lench marked October 10 on the…

The disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is to be charged with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in August 1996. According to the UK’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), Weinstein has been charged following a review of evidence by the Metropolitan Police, with the CPS “reminding all concerned…

Over two years after Harvey Weinstein was tried, convicted and jailed for rape and sexual assault in Manhattan, a new York Appeals court today upheld the verdict, rejecting the former movie mogul’s defense arguments that the proceedings heavily favored the prosecution. The five-judge panel did not find any errors by…

Awaiting trial in Los Angeles on sex crimes, Harvey Weinstein today became a lurid literary sensation. A self-published tome about the incarcerated producer surfaced for sale on Amazon, and Weinstein’s team is considering legal action. Titled Harvey Weinstein: My Story, the memoir was independently published by in…

After spending the entire week trapped in the bowels of a smoke-filled, maskless, jam-packed Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for CinemaCon, and after sitting through the various studio presentations in search of possible clues to what might be in play for the 95th annual Academy Awards, I can say two of the names we are…

A column chronicling events and conversations on the awards circuit.  I always have begun this column with the above line that it is all about “events and conversations on the awards circuit”, but sadly in the past two years the great percentage of those “events and conversations” have moved online into the virtual…

Time’s Up UK Chair Heather Rabbatts has called for government legislation to tackle the scourge of bullying and harassment in the screen industries, along with focusing on inclusion at the highest levels. Speaking at the Creative Coalition 2022 Festival, Rabbatts focussed on the damaging impact of non-disclosure…

Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction was under intense scrutiny today before an all-female bench of appeals court judges in New York. With terms including "overkill" and "that argument rubs me the wrong way" thrown at the office of outgoing Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance II, the five justices of the…

A partial shackled Harvey Weinstein spent most of the morning today in a downtown LA courtroom in a pretrial hearing for rape, battery and other sex crimes, but he won't be facing Rose McGowan or RICO charges any time soon. The convicted sex offender will, however, be facing West Coast justice on grand jury…

UPDATE, 2:06 PM: It is fair to say that there doesn’t look like there is going to be a lot of nuance in the showdown between Quentin Tarantino and Miramax over the Pulp Fiction director’s decision to auction off NFTs of his classic Oscar winning film. Yesterday, the Bill Block run company took its one time Golden boy…

Eric Adams has been elected the 110th Mayor of New York City. Facing Republican rival and Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday’s vote, the former New York Police Department captain and longtime Brooklyn borough president was declared the winner by AP at 9:10 PM ET — that’s literally mere minutes after the…

Infamous former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has experienced what would happen if he got on Peter Jackson’s bad side.  While reflecting on his time filming Lord of the Rings, its star Elijah Wood appeared on the Armchair Podcast and told host Dax Shepard that one of the orcs in the movie was designed to look…