Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

xxp whoa. when this story broke 3 weeks ago, I thought about how many producers (strictly producers - not people like J.J. Abrams) have name recognition. Harvey was #1 with a bullet, and the only other two I could think of were Ivan Reitman and Bob Iger.

have you heard of this guy Steve Mnuchin

he's kind of a big deal

Good call but he definitely did not have name recognition as producer before Trump admin.

Dune Entertainment seems to have strictly been on the financing side, rather than the director/cast supervising side.

It adds to the scorecard as DJP noted, but:

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/25/media/mark-halperin-sexual-harassment-allegations/index.html

And this is worth noting

This has been another open secret in the media....kudos to @oliverdarcy for nailing down what others couldn't. https://t.co/lsC0n2kAXz

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 26, 2017

Let's hear the joke pic.twitter.com/bAvyKeQnES

— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) October 26, 2017

Add Artforum’s publisher and Leon Wieseltier to the list.

http://www.vulture.com/2017/10/corey-feldman-crowdfunds-film-to-expose-child-sexual-abuse.html

go Corey go

Poppy Bush's joke (and this was straight from my acquaintance whom he 'encountered') was this:

"Guess my favorite magician?

It's David Cop-A-Feel!"

i'd have gone with 'guess my favourite metal lawman? it's robo-cop-a-feel!' myself

favorite character from Mr Rogers Neighborhood? Mr McFeely

funny how it never seems to happen with men

that joke is quoted here

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/26/george-hw-bush-issues-new-apology-after-second-actor-accuses-him-of-sexual-assault

maybe it's time to just have a... sigh... rolling sexual assault scandal thread

A spokesman for Bush, who is 93, said then: “President Bush would never – under any circumstance – intentionally cause anyone distress, so any distress you may be feeling is on you, I'm afraid."

I doubt dragging GHW Bush into this will help the cause of reducing workplace sexual harassment.

are we dragging him into it? or is he slithering into it?

doddering into it

tbh wouldn't be surprised if it's dementia related

Possibly, but is the fact that he's at least twice done his "cop-a-feel" joke followed by a grab raise the possibility that it's not?

It doesn't seem the persons who's ass was intentionally or inadvertently grabbed by GHW Bush at a public event was in a position where their job was threatened, if they spoke out.

At some point, putting this into the same category as film producers who demand erotic massages or leg-humping directors, belittles the experience of those who face workplace harassment.

Possibly, but is the fact that he's at least twice done his "cop-a-feel" joke followed by a grab raise the possibility that it's not?

People with dementia do the same things over and over again, it's a characteristic feature

as do many people without it. but it's unlikely we're going to provided with clinical evidence...

I am having a lot of difficulty getting past "David Cop-A-Feel"

It doesn't seem the persons who's ass was intentionally or inadvertently grabbed by GHW Bush at a public event was in a position where their job was threatened, if they spoke out.

It seems like all the stories (including my acquaintance's*) were at photo ops at things he was a guest at, so yeah.

*She's admitted the odd look on her face in the photo they took (which she's had up on FB since it was taken and also features other cast members of her show along with Mr. & Mrs. Bush) was because she was thinking "Did George Bush just goose me?"

'david cop-a-feel' sounds like the most stereotypical joke an old rich ruling class creep would make in front of his CIA friends in the seventies while they're all smoking cigars in a golf club lounge

he's probably been doing it for decades

or y'know, Skull & Bones

I doubt dragging GHW Bush into this will help the cause of reducing workplace sexual harassment.

― Sanpaku, Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:02 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

are we dragging him into it? or is he slithering into it?

― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Thursday, October 26, 2017 4:04 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

doddering into it

― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 26, 2017

rolled into it

groping his way through

it seems like calling out this behavior as shitty is key to reducing harassment, no?

lol dragging him into it. nobody made him act like a shithead. fuck this

his wife was standing right there and joked about it. fuck these people

by the time we're finished they're gonna wonder if david cop-a-feel was bush's running mate

CBS Diversity Showcase Director Rick Najera Exits Amid Harassment Allegations (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/nbVh9NnwME via @variety

— Ted Johnson (@tedstew) October 26, 2017

Today alone, 5 people reached out w/ sexual harassment allegations against 5 different media figures. This isn’t slowing. It’s snowballing.

— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) October 27, 2017

Good. I want these men to all be afraid, afraid for their jobs, their reputations. I want them to fucking quake in their shoes with fear and humiliation the way theyve been meting out to women for centuries.

Bush probably has done it for centuries...

jfc

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., recalled that when she was a young state legislator in her twenties, she asked the speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives for advice on getting her first bill out of committee.

"He looked at me and he paused and he said, 'Well, did you bring your knee pads?'" McCaskill said.

http://nymag.com/selectall/2017/10/shitty-men-in-media-list-published-on-reddit-and-twitter.html

well that sucks

also completely predictable

always be doxxing I say

i was surprised it was taking so long to leak

burn book always ends up in the wrong hands

pro woman burn book prob should not end up in cernovich's hands yes that is correct

Quinn Cummings:

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a13097605/quinn-cummings-child-actress/

The ending is particularly good.

But the whispers don’t stop with these obvious, public examples. The same women who spoke among themselves about Harvey, about Terry, also speak about well-known actors who are not quite the loving family men their publicists would have you believe. Instead of a bathrobe, it’s a private meeting. Instead of a clumsy grope, it’s a “helpful” lingering brush of your breast. Instead of a disgusting proposition, it’s a greasy little implication that a few minutes together could lead to something better down the road.

This is no longer black and white. It’s gray. And people don’t like gray, especially when it comes to sexual assault, which they really don’t want to be thinking about at all. They like their sexual assault clear, recognizable, and not committed by men who are America’s marital hall pass. Should these stories come out, the public’s response to the victims might not be nearly as supportive. But the fact remains, you can like someone very much and they can still be capable of terrible things. Unless Hollywood reconciles itself to the fact that not all sex criminals look like ogres, the question we should ask ourselves is what solidarity hashtag we’ll be using a year from now when nothing has changed.

Ronan Farrow's new story has run.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/weighing-the-costs-of-speaking-out-about-harvey-weinstein

Annabella Sciorra's story is a really horrific one

Please read my statement below. pic.twitter.com/8ld8k8DC6O

— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) October 27, 2017