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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…

UPDATED, 9:55 AM: In an unsurprising declaration, Harvey Weinstein on Monday entered a plea of not guilty in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on grand jury indictments of rape, battery and other sex crimes. With the exact same plea he first entered two months ago after being extradited from incarceration in upstate…

Angelina Jolie opened up to the Guardian on Sunday about her life and her new book, Know Your Rights and Claim Them: A Guide for Youth. The book and much of Jolie’s activism are dedicated to ensuring the rights of children around the world. Her new work is written in partnership with child rights lawyer Geraldine Van…

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to order grand jury transcripts and exhibits sealed in the case of the disgraced film producer, contending that the documents’ release could prejudice Weinstein’s right to a fair trial on charges involving five women. Those charges include forcible rape. “Few cases in…

UPDATED with details and attorney statement: A Los Angeles judge on Thursday rejected a bid to dismiss two sex-related charges against disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein, despite defense claims they are precluded by the statute of limitations. Judge Lisa Lench, however, told prosecutors to return to a grand jury to…

UPDATED, 11:18 AM: One day after being extradited to Los Angeles to face rape charges that could see him behind bars for up to 140 years, Harvey Weinstein made his first court appearance in the West Coast case on Wednesday morning. The former movie mogul, already a convicted sex offender due to a successful…

Universal Pictures has set a November 18, 2022, release date for She Said, about the reporters who broke the Harvey Weinstein sexual-assault story. Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) and Zoe Kazan (The Big Sick) star as New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor, respectively. They broke one of the most…

UPDATE, 3:30 PM PT: Bill Cosby had nothing to say in front of the cameras just over an hour ago today after his rape conviction and prison sentence was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. However, the now freed and much-accused actor, or someone in his camp, just took to social media to speak out. In a…