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A group of women in the entertainment industry who sued Harvey Weinstein over allegations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and rape announced Tuesday evenng they have reached an $18.875 million settlement with Harvey Weinstein, The Weinstein Company Holdings and certain former officers, directors and employees of…

After almost two years in state prison for the 2004 rape of Andrea Constand, Bill Cosby will get to argue part of his case before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in an appeal granted Tuesday. Having failed on almost a dozen occasions to have the matter reopened or re-litigated, this limited review does present the…

UPDATE, 10:58 AM: A new lawsuit from four woman claiming Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted them over the decades, including the alleged rape of a 17-year old in 1994, could turn into a long legal war from the imprisoned director and the Walt Disney Company. “Mr. Weinstein intends to defend against the claims filed…

As the pandemic wears on, New York and Los Angeles have never felt farther apart—and it seems likely that even more distancing, both social and cultural, will be the unhappy drill for years to come. In truth, the two great sister cities have never been as close as you might think, at least in movie and media terms…

An NBCUniversal spokesperson said the company is not aware of any inquiry by the New York’s attorney general into allegations of sexual harassment, retaliation and gender discrimination. The Daily Mail and Variety reported on an investigation on Tuesday, one day after it was announced that Andrew Lack, chairman of NBC…

As NBC veterans digest a reorganization announced Monday by NBCUniversal CEO Jeff Shell, what was not entirely surprising was the departure of Andrew Lack. He had for some time been seen as exiting, perhaps at the end of the year. What was a bit surprising was choice of Cesar Conde to lead a newly formed NBCUniversal…

Harvey Weinstein is out of coronavirus isolation in a New York state prison, but the convicted sex offender now is facing even more charges out in Los Angeles. Just over four months after L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey hit the Oscar-winning producer with a series and rape and sex-crime charges, the City of…

EXCLUSIVE: Still in medical isolation in prison, Harvey Weinstein has not exhibited any signs of severe illness, despite having tested positive for the coronavirus earlier this week. In fact, the convicted sex offender is doing better, I hear. "He is fine," a source with knowledge of Weinstein’s condition told…

Two months ago, after striking out again and again, lawyers for Bill Cosby filed yet another motion to get the man once labeled “America's Dad” out of prison for the 2004 rape of a Temple University employee. Now, the accelerating spread of the coronavirus may achieve for Cosby what the courts would not…

Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in prison. Just days after being transferred to the Wende Correctional Facility from NYC's Rikers Island, the Oscar winning producer and convicted rapist is now in medical isolation, an Empire State law enforcement official confirms to Deadline. Under the…

Harvey Weinstein, convicted of rape and sexual assault in a New York courtroom on Feb. 24 and sentenced to 23 years in prison, has been transferred from Rikers Island to a state prison in Fishkill, N.Y., Deadline has confirmed. A spokesman for Weinstein said the move was requested because the Downstate Correctional…

Once again, Harvey Weinstein has ended up in hospital after receiving bad news in court. Hours after being sentenced today to 23 yers in prison for multiple sex crimes by a New York State Supreme Court judge, the disgraced producer is back in Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital. This time 67-year old and wheelchair bound…