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"It's my favorite episode in the 11 years that I have been playing this character," says The Good Fight's Christine Baranski of the Season 4 opener "The Gang Deals with Alternate Reality" and its Hillary Clinton Presidency. "It's audacious, it's funny, it's deeply thoughtful, its provoking," the Emmy and Tony Award…

A bankruptcy court judge Monday confirmed a liquidation plan for the former Weinstein Co., which filed for Chapter 11 three years ago as disgraced mogul Harvey Weinstein imploded in a sea of sexual abuse and harassment accusations. Weinstein the man is serving a 23-year sentence for rape and assault at a correctional…

EXCLUSIVE: UPDATE, 1:11 PM:  When and how Harvey Weinstein will be coming out to Los Angeles to face rape and other sexual assault charges won’t be known until next year. An early morning extradition hearing scheduled in upstate New York tomorrow for the incarcerated producer is going to be pushed back until April 9…

Despite what you may have read, The Right Girl is not a musical about Harvey Weinstein. Then again, having been created by one of the first women to speak out against the rapist, it’s not not a musical about Harvey Weinstein. Had Broadway not gone dark with the coronavirus pandemic last March, audiences might already…

UPDATED with latest: Harvey Weinstein has tested negative for coronavirus, his reps confirmed Thursday, days after the jailed ex-mogul fell ill with a fever. He continues to be “closely monitored” at the maximum-security Wende Correctional Facility near Buffalo, NY. According to a statement today from spokesman Juda…

George Gascón's bid to be Los Angeles County's next District Attorney replacing two-term incumbent Jackie Lacey has all the drama of a Hollywood production, and the challenger has a lot of the industry’s backing to support that idea. Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings, newly minted Warner Bros TV boss Channing Dungey, FX…

A Delaware judge Tuesday denied a motion by some victims of jailed former mogul Harvey Weinstein to convert Weinstein Co.’s bankruptcy proceeding from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, allowing the long process to move forward. Chapter 7 can dispense with classes of creditors – of which abuse victims are one in this case — and…

The Right Girl, a new musical based on (and co-written by) the real-life story of former screenwriter Louisette Geiss and the sexual harassment by Harvey Weinstein she says ended her film career, will be presented in a film version to a live audience for the first time next month. The production features music by…

As the deep-pocketed runoff campaign between incumbent Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and challenger George Gascón heads into its final month, the L.A. DA’s office Friday filed even more new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein. "Case BA483663 was amended today to add three felony counts each of…

Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of his honorary CBE following his conviction for rape and sexual assault. An announcement in The London Gazette confirmed that British monarch Queen Elizabeth II has annulled the award, which was originally bestowed in 2004 for services to the film industry. Disgraced mogul Weinstein…

Once thought blocked, the long road to a global settlement for victims of Harvey Weinstein got a green light of sorts today in federal court. A Delaware judge Wednesday allowed attorneys for debtors to start contacting potential Weinstein victims who might want to file claims in the more than two-year-old bankruptcy…

(Updated with Weinstein lawyer statement) A new proposal to settle sex crimes claims against Harvey Weinstein should be DOA, lawyers representing several of the now incarcerated producer's victims say. "Filed in the middle of the night to avoid attention, the latest Weinstein settlement plan is more offensive than the…