placido out
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/arts/music/placido-domingo-met-opera-harassment.html
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 01:11 (four years ago) link
1/Just In: Actresses Sarah Tither-Kaplan and Toni Gaal tell NPR in an exclusive interview that they are suing actor and filmmaker James Franco for sexual exploitation and fraud, stemming from their time involved in his Studio 4 acting school in Los Angeles.— NPR (@NPR) October 3, 2019
― Simon H., Thursday, 3 October 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
Took long enough for that shoe to drop
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 3 October 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/03/robert-de-niro-sued-for-gender-discrimination-by-former-assistant.html
― Le Bateau Ivre, Thursday, 3 October 2019 21:20 (four years ago) link
Pretty thrilling read by Ronan Farrow, investigating the two guys assigned to tail him in 2017, with two more parts on Black Cube coming this week,
― ... (Eazy), Monday, 7 October 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
Well here's a read (from Farrow's reporting partner at NBC).
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/10/how-nbc-killed-its-weinstein-story
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 October 2019 17:55 (four years ago) link
At the time, I wondered if there was some sort of connection between NBC’s decision to stop me and Ronan from investigating Weinstein—a decision for which Oppenheim and Lack had offered no credible explanation—and the network’s rejection of any institutional responsibility for what Lauer had done. Weinstein was a staggeringly powerful man whose serial predation went on for years, in part because he was able to insulate himself via aggressive legal tactics that included payoffs and nondisclosure agreements. Could it be that NBC News knew it couldn’t risk having our reporting on Weinstein presented by a powerful news anchor with his own history of serial predation?I asked a former NBC executive that very question. Was our Weinstein story killed because NBC knew it had a Matt Lauer problem?“One thousand percent,” the former executive told me.
I asked a former NBC executive that very question. Was our Weinstein story killed because NBC knew it had a Matt Lauer problem?
“One thousand percent,” the former executive told me.
surprise surprise: AMI cited as Harvey's go-between, threatening to expose Lauer's multiple harassment, assault and rape cases in the Enquirer if NBC published on Weinstein
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Friday, 11 October 2019 20:50 (four years ago) link
When Ann Curry departed NBC, it was clearly a very tension-filled thing, there was some clear issues she had w/Lauer and vice-versa. And now we know she went to NBC execs to report what she'd heard about his predatory behavior, and the one who was effectively forced out shortly thereafter was her.
― omar little, Friday, 11 October 2019 20:55 (four years ago) link
weak cowards
― El Tomboto, Friday, 11 October 2019 22:04 (four years ago) link
that story is appalling
yikes
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Friday, 11 October 2019 22:53 (four years ago) link
Lauer's disgusting flex laundry-listing all the sex stuff he 'consensually' did during his 'affair' w/his rape accusor...
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 October 2019 05:08 (four years ago) link
having dissed him plenty in the past I want to give Chris Hayes some credit for his little segment on this the other night
― Simon H., Tuesday, 15 October 2019 11:09 (four years ago) link
powerful article about sexual abuse at Mount Sinai, the last line is devastatinghttps://www.thecut.com/2019/10/mount-sinai-david-newman.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 18 October 2019 16:30 (four years ago) link
There's an abuse tolerance story growing around the World Series, i guess this will do for the uninitiated:
https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/10/22/houston-astros-roberto-osuna-suspension
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 17:38 (four years ago) link
Follow @bellykachman who stood on stage last night and confronted Harvey Weinstein who was in the audience.Some of the men in the audience booed and told her to shut up...Follow @bellykachman https://t.co/oz0RviDaTL— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 24, 2019
― flappy bird, Thursday, 24 October 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
https://www.yelp.com/biz/downtime-bar-new-york
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Friday, 25 October 2019 14:35 (four years ago) link
Good. Glad to see that place dragged. I saw screenshots of their instgram story bullshit excuse about being a "safe space" that completely put the onus on "the heckler" that they threw out instead of his ass.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 25 October 2019 14:50 (four years ago) link
Hmm
NEWS: NBCUniversal offers to release "any former NBC News employee who believes that they cannot disclose their experience with sexual harassment" because of an NDA "from that perceived obligation." pic.twitter.com/zr2dewKDmR— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 26, 2019
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 26 October 2019 02:22 (four years ago) link
David Simon talks about why he chose to keep James Franco on The Deuce despite sexual misconduct allegations and it’s... not pretty.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/deuce-finale-david-simon-interview-part-2-james-franco-allegations-904238/
The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on.
Simon’s arguments are all over the place. First he claims that Franco didn’t use his power over the women but later goes on at length about how on his own set (!) there were examples of how Franco’s celebrity and power made other actors uncomfortable. Also claims that Franco has been a star for so long that he wasn’t aware that he had all this power? Which is just pure bs given that he spent several years being all James Franco acting as James Franco.
― Roz, Thursday, 31 October 2019 04:52 (four years ago) link
I've said it before and it bears repeating: David Simon is a pretty great showrunner and an irritating dumbass otherwise.
― Simon H., Thursday, 31 October 2019 05:07 (four years ago) link
also "taking plastic guards off actors' vulvas and having oral sex with them during a scene" does not count as "exploiting his power"
― now let's play big lunch take little lunch (sic), Thursday, 31 October 2019 05:10 (four years ago) link
This ^^ is truly nauseating
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 October 2019 13:55 (four years ago) link
gross
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 October 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link
what?? i didn't hear about that
― Nhex, Thursday, 31 October 2019 14:57 (four years ago) link
the original LA Times story: https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-james-franco-allegations-20180111-htmlstory.html
There was also a woman he dated who claimed he forced her to give him a blowjob. and he's also admitted to trying to pick up an underage girl on Instagram.
― Roz, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:14 (four years ago) link
the lawsuit/LA Times stuff about the complaints is p bullshit imo. The women enrolled in a class that was literally about performing sex scenes - with James Franco - and then complained that the course made them uncomfortable. To be fair Franco even offering a class like that seems like a p bad idea on paper, but the situation is not analogous to others like Weinstein or Louis CK or whoever.
the girlfriend + instagram thing sound skeevy but idk
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:17 (four years ago) link
How is it bullshit?
You can have an acting class about performing sex scenes in a way that would make everyone involved comfortable e.g. by having an intimacy/sensitivity coach present, or by not storming off and throwing a tantrum if women refused to take their tops off, or by not uploading footage with nudity that they had shot for class online without the women's consent, or by not removing the protective guards that you know, WERE SUPPOSED TO MAKE THE WOMEN COMFORTABLE (this btw was not part of the class but was a shoot for an unscripted movie scene that Franco invited his students to be part of, which makes it even more gross.)
To be fair Franco even offering a class like that seems like a p bad idea on paper, but the situation is not analogous to others like Weinstein or Louis CK or whoever.
Well Louis CK defenders would say his situation was not analogous to Weinstein either since he never actually assaulted anyone but that's bullshit too. Being a woman is constantly having to deal with men shifting the goalposts, being all like "This is OK, but *this* is not OK". NO. None of them are fucking OK.
― Roz, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
an acting class about performing sex scenes in a way that would make everyone involved comfortable
I don't think you can, actually
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
(but then I think the large majority of sex scenes in film are gratuitous and stupid and unnecessary)
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:58 (four years ago) link
fine, "as comfortable as possible" then. my point stands.
― Roz, Thursday, 31 October 2019 15:59 (four years ago) link
you could certainly get a better teacher for that than James Franco
― flappy bird, Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:13 (four years ago) link
i agree with you about sex scenes shakey
Roz otm Franco offering sex scene classes should never have gotten the green light any more than a class about alcohol temperance should be taught by like a Richard Burton or something.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
idk i'm pretty sure it's possible to perform sex scenes comfortably
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
I would honestly think a course about performing sex scenes would be about learning how to do them comfortably? Most people know how to have sex.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:23 (four years ago) link
i also assume we're all professional actors here and we all know what's involved in a sex scene
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:24 (four years ago) link
Most people know how to have sex.
don't think this is true either lol
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:28 (four years ago) link
i think people are also forgetting what Franco's public image was like less than a decade ago - he was Renaissance man, the dude juggling a busy acting career with pursuing multiple degrees, releasing poetry and essay collections etc. Hey *I* thought he was hot too. So it's not surprising that people enrolled in his classes would expect at least a basic level of professionalism.
― Roz, Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
huh. I would expect a "hot" actor to act like an asshole.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
that's cool, they, reasonably, didn't
― american bradass (BradNelson), Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:49 (four years ago) link
If you want to read about predatory acting workshops / directors, this is the doozy:
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/profiles-theatre-theater-abuse-investigation/Content?oid=22415861
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
so the shakey view is "because franco was obviously a sleaze, you can't complain about what happens when you take a sex scene workshop with him"?
v interesting perspective
― ت (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
I just don't think "I signed up for a sex scene class and then the sex turned out to be really uncomfortable" is grounds for a lawsuit or the same thing as a producer raping an actress in a hotel room. It's gross and stupid but also really predictable.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 October 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
the tendency to say "this isn't like Weinstein" reduces all forms of sexual assault to "Is Weinstein" and "Is Not Weinstein" when in fact its a wide spectrum of shitty behavior
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:00 (four years ago) link
Like, Weinstein is a level 10 creep and Aziz Ansari is a level 3 creep and the tiny percentage of people who actually think about any of this shit at all ever are gonna make up their own mind
― The Mandymoorian (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:04 (four years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 31, 2019 9:58 AM (six minutes ago)
you know the difference between "sex" and "sex scenes" right
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
like Shakey I know you have a shtick but you're being dense
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
(but then I think the large majority of sex scenes in film are gratuitous and stupid and unnecessary)― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:58 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Οὖτις, Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:58 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
This is completely beside the point tbh and also I’m not sure it’s true esp when compared to other much more common types of scenes in films.
― omar little, Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:09 (four years ago) link
like when the boss of a big company has a corner office and is playing put put golf in it
― flappy bird, Thursday, 31 October 2019 17:10 (four years ago) link