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The James Toback film The Private Life of a Modern Woman starring Sienna Miller will make its German premiere at the Oldenburg Film Festival and there has been an outcry of disapproval considering the sexual assault allegations hovering over the disgraced filmmaker. The film made its premiere last year at Venice and…

The Los Angeles District Attorney's office has declined to prosecute writer-director James Toback on five allegations of sexual assault and abuse. Hundreds of other women also have accused him of sex crimes – many relating to the casting of his movies – but the DA has dismissed these five cases because they were…

As they move to enforce new standards of conduct in the post-Weinstein era, governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have been promising not to become, as their president John Bailey said in October, "an inquisitorial court." But they might find it harder to keep from looking like a movie-land…

Grey’s Anatomy actress Ellen Pompeo recently shared her own stories involving James Toback and Harvey Weinstein, both of which were incidents where she was fortunate enough to walk away unharmed. In an interview with USA Today, she said that there was a situation where she told Toback to “go **** himself.”  Pompeo…

Already under investigation by the NYPD, LAPD and London’s Metro Police for allegations of sexual assault, Harvey Weinstein and director James Toback are now under the microscope of the Beverly Hills Police Department. "The Beverly Hills Police Department has recently received multiple complaints involving Harvey…

In the wake of the Los Angeles Times‘ October 23 exposé on James Toback’s history of sexual harassment, reporter Glenn Whipp tried to get the filmmaker’s Seduced and Abandoned co-star and producer Alec Baldwin on the record. That finally happened Sunday night. In sum, Baldwin told Whipp that in his time with Toback on…

The now-familiar 2012 photograph of Alec Baldwin with James Toback interviewing Roman Polanski at the Cannes Film Festival has gotten another high-profile boost in visibility, with Baldwin and actress Asia Argento tweet-discussing the image. “I found this pic of #romanpolanski #JamesToback and @AlecBaldwin last week,&#8221…

Director James Toback denied claims of sexual harassment against him in a stark interview with Rolling Stone four days before Sunday’s exposé in the Los Angeles Times in which 38 women came forward accusing the director of sexual harassment. The Rolling Stone interview with reporter Hillel Aron was conducted Tuesday…

Selma Blair and Rachel McAdams went on the record with Vanity Fair this morning about the sexual harassment they experienced with James Toback early in their careers while auditioning for his movie Harvard Man.  Their experiences, previously unreported, are similar to allegations made public earlier this week by 38…

In regards to 38 women who accused filmmaker James Toback of sexual harassment, Oscar winner Julianne Moore knows exactly what they’re talking about, because The Pick-up Artist director tried to lure in the actress once during the 1980s. Moore shared on Twitter today with Los Angeles Times reporter Glenn Whipp…

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn says he’s been warning people about James Toback for more than 20 years. “I couldn’t stop him,” Gunn writes, “but I could warn people about him.” In a lengthy, blunt Facebook post today – tweeted by Gunn with the message “Why I’ve despised James Toback for over 20 years”…

Rose McGowan, Paul Feig and Asia Argento were among the first today to condemn director James Toback after the Los Angeles Times’ devastating report of sexual harassment allegations. According to The Times, 38 women have come forward, prompting McGowan to tweet “James Toback damn you for stealing, damn you for…