Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

matt damon really is an endless wellspring of bad takes huh

And, to his mind, not all such crimes are equal. “I do believe that there’s a spectrum of behavior,” he begins. “And we’re going to have to figure — you know, there’s a difference between, you know, patting someone on the butt and rape or child molestation, right? Both of those behaviors need to be confronted and eradicated without question, but they shouldn’t be conflated, right?”

idk, does anyone actually disagree with this?

yea there's obviously a spectrum, a difference between al franken and john lasseter and louis c.k. and harvey weinstein and bill cosby, but matt damon's comments are just poorly worded and poorly timed. it's clumsy, like everything else he does

Well Roy Moore got called a paedophile for coming on to ppl that weren't children, so

(I've known many (far too many) women who were sexually abused pre-pubescence and that really pissed me off)

not nec relevant, but Matt Damon broke MD's heart once i think.

btw in every movement, yes, there are some loonies who say all transgressions are equal. Call them Aristotelian Twitter. (obv a small minority etc)

jfc

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mario-batali-newsletter-apology-inexplicably-features-cinnamon-article-1.3702226

see my rolling "hate reads" entries for more like that. clanging bathos is practically a newsletter genre in itself

cinnamon rolls

amazing

...that's not a clickhole spoof?

After being accused of “a shocking and egregious case of rape and sexual assault” by publicist Haleigh Breest today, Oscar winner Paul Haggis is fighting back in court against what he says were demands for $9 million payment to make “these outrageous and wholly baseless demands” go away.

http://deadline.com/2017/12/paul-haggis-denies-rape-allegation-lawsuit-1202228350/

I went googling to see if any pics from that premiere would confirm/deny the “back brace” defense and found this instead

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/02/01/article-2271948-1749FD4E000005DC-179_634x445.jpg

another layer to the Damon thing is that, I believe he also said that 'if it's my friend I believe them' which I assume is his defense of Casey Affleck.

#believebros

scary onlooking Michael Douglas there

good lord yeah

Who is the guy on the right?

Haggis presumably

Yeah I was searching “Paul Haggis Side-Effects premiere” because of the article Morbius linked

https://electricliterature.com/the-book-that-made-me-a-feminist-was-written-by-an-abuser-4c6891f548cf

art/artist reflection on marion zimmer bradley

Just seeing this after I awoke, I burst out crying. There it is, confirmation that Harvey Weinstein derailed my career, something I suspected but was unsure. Thank you Peter Jackson for being honest. I’m just heartsick https://t.co/ljK9NqICbm

— Mira Sorvino (@MiraSorvino) December 15, 2017

I was interested in casting Mira Sorvino in BAD SANTA, but every time I mentioned her over the phone to the Weinsteins, I'd hear a CLICK. What type of person just hangs up on you like that?! I guess we all know what type of person now. I'm really sorry Mira. https://t.co/9U0PsL2yS5

— Terry Zwigoff (@realzwigoff) December 16, 2017

someone tell j to stop killfiling me

sorry man

i can't keep up

just joshin (ie drunk) <3

There was that Dustin Hoffman Playboy article making the rounds but I can't find it in the original source. http://dustinhoffman13.blogspot.cl/

Can a mod delete the disgusting quote and just leave the link

Whoops sorry, Tom.

Jesus.

bleh

anyway Minnie Driver is great

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/dec/16/minnie-driver-matt-damon-men-cannot-understand-abuse

done

"you're not allowed to say anything"

can this line of 'reasoning' forever

jesus, that virginity story in the Hoffman interview

"can this line of 'reasoning' forever"

I can never it

just checkin real quick if you are making fun of the grammar of that sentence bc "can" is a verb as in "to stop" or "to stfu"

yeah I know that but I prefer to make an old skook ILX callback when I can

OLD SKOOK

Star wars 9 villain

https://medium.com/@natalieweiner/is-the-sports-world-ready-for-a-zero-tolerance-policy-on-violence-against-women-552893cb711b

The Sports Illustrated article this week on Carolina Panther's owner Jerry Richardson is worth looking up. I think 'Mister' is going to lose a lot of money. Hard to believe.

No surprise: Alex Kozinski steps down.

BBC Documentary in the making about HW - http://deadline.com/2017/12/bbc-lines-up-feature-doc-on-harvey-weinstein-scandal-1202226850/

maybe i'm paranoid but it feels like there's going to be more to this story

http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/21804776/john-skipper-resigns-espn-president

maybe I'm cynical but it feels like there's going to be more of these stories

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/18/manchin-franken-senate-resign-300843

bluh

shocking, just shocking
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2017/12/17/kiss-frontman-gene-simmons-denies-accusations-sexual-misconduct/959583001/

Who would have thought? And how can we now fully appreciate "Lick It Up"?

the KISS stuff could just be endless

We mustn't forget that when you're famous they let you do it.