Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

weinstein talked to TAKI, good lord talk about rats banding together

1. I don't quite believe any woman in the history of ever has said this.

“if he doesn’t want to be called a rapist then all he has to do is ... not rape anyone.”

it's sad how simple this is, really

Meanwhile, everyone's favorite

https://deadline.com/2018/07/harvey-weinstein-movie-jobs-sex-spectator-interview-rose-mcgowan-asia-argento-anthony-bourdain-1202426212/

Cavill was probably confusing harassment or stalking with rape, which is easy to do, when you aren't very bright and have never really thought about it for more than two seconds.

Well well

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/columnist-retracts-new-harvey-weinstein-interview-1127027?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

(This columnist is, BTW, the very horrible Taki.)

"You were born rich and privileged and you were handsome," Weinstein is quoted as saying to Theodoracopulos.

L M A OOOOOOOOOO

Theodoracopulos said in the story that he and Weinstein were reunited because Weinstein came to him with a "world exclusive" pitch about the relationship between Asia Argento and the late Anthony Bourdain.

what a piece of steaming shit he is

which one??

“I was present for the conversation; it was not an interview, but a social meeting between old friends," says Brafman in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. "Harvey and Taki did not discuss the case, nor would I allow him to. They talked about old Hollywood and the contrast to European culture, and I think Taki sees Harvey in that older light. Mr. Weinstein never said anything about trading movie roles for sexual favors. You have my word that Harvey did not say that.”

"that older light"

good lord burn it all down

icymi

A new, hour-long daily show hosted by Leonard Lopate premiered yesterday on WBAI, a progressive radio station that is owned by the Pacifica Foundation... Lopate was suspended and eventually fired from WNYC last December, where he worked for more than 30 years, amid allegations of “inappropriate conduct.”...

WBAI approached Lopate and convinced him to come back on the air, according to a press release published by the station. The show seems intended to resemble Lopate’s old one, and will air weekdays from 1 to 2pm. On WNYC, Lopate often hosted guests to talk art, music, culture, and the news of the day, and featured listener call-ins. Lopate at Large is likely to mimic this format, though the inaugural broadcast featured no calls.

Lopate, who worked at WNYC for more than 30 years, was suspended from the air on December 6, 2017, alongside Jonathan Schwartz, pending an investigation into “inappropriate conduct.” Station management did not immediately disclose details concerning the nature of the conduct, but reports say that Lopate had been made to take one-on-one anti-harassment training in February of 2017 after previous complaints of inappropriate comments and bullying. The complaints were substantiated by an investigation according to WNYC.

Lopate is just one of the many men accused as part of the #MeToo movement who are now beginning to appeal to the media community and the public for a second chance. In recent months, Charlie Rose, Tom Ashbrook, Matt Lauer, Louis C.K., and Garrison Keillor have also attempted comebacks.

Currently, WBAI producers do not get paid for their work hosting and producing their shows. But WBAI’s General Manager Berthold Reimers confirmed that Lopate and his producer will both be paid....

Some producers at WBAI have questioned the hire and say it is in opposition with what they view as the station’s fundamental values.

“I felt a great sense of betrayal of what my interests are in the #MeToo movement,” producer Fran Luck tells CJR. The theme of Luck’s show, Joy of Resistance, is multicultural feminism and it often covers the wider effects of misconduct in the workplace. “This is not a small matter, even if what Leonard Lopate did wasn’t on the same level as what Harvey Weinstein did,” she says. “He was obviously a problem for a lot of people he worked with, but particularly for women.”

https://www.cjr.org/analysis/wnyc-leonard-lopate.php

yeah i heard about this from jay smooth. seems shitty. pacifica not exactly known for its fantastic management decisions....

Pacifica is an absolute mess that still manages to have individually brilliant stations and programs -- this will meet with member station resistance for sure. That said, they've always had a soft spot for creepy white dudes and I'm a little surprised Gary Null hasn't gotten me tooed yet.

One of the top #metoo groups on Facebook appears to have been a long con in which women shared their personal stories of sexual violence and a group of admins later turned them into "erotica" and used them as fodder for further harassmenthttps://t.co/g30tAVHLak by @lmatsakis

— Jason Koebler (@jason_koebler) July 19, 2018

christ

So I don't normally support the death penalty but

Facebook is a great place to spend your time and you should definitely not delete your account.

Big news locally: http://kuow.org/post/five-women-accuse-seattle-s-david-meinert-sexual-misconduct-including-rape

Hiring crisis communications PR firms is definitely a thing that people who have never sexually assaulted anyone do

A skin-crawling read

Hardwick back: https://www.spin.com/2018/07/chris-hardwick-amc-return-cleared/

Most of Meinert's businesses divesting themselves of him: https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/07/25/29718279/david-meinerts-business-empire-fractures-following-rape-allegations

i’m sure that investigation was super thorough 🙄

https://people.com/movies/olivia-hussey-reveals-she-was-raped-in-the-charles-manson-murder-home/

x-post: yeah, Loeb & Loeb don't just have a lot of experience in similar investigations; they have a lot of experience making shitloads of money off of Hardwick's in-laws.

lmao

https://www.loeb.com/experience-williamrandolphhearsttrust

https://www.loeb.com/experience-representhearstfamilytrustees

What should happen is that people who have greater pull should refuse to work with Hardwick.

I can’t imagine willingly watching or listening to one thing Chris Hardwick has been involved in since Singled Out went off the air 20 years ago.

I imagine there’s a lot of crossover between that audience and men who call in bomb threats to video game developers because they took out Sonic’s camel toe or something

Stark.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/26/business/ken-kurson-jared-kushner.html

Now I am googling Sonic's cameltoe.

Let us know what you find

You would think with the amount of furry/fursona shit on the internet that 70% of the population is into it.

Good article above kink, consent, and certain progressive men:

https://longreads.com/2018/07/25/the-rub-of-rough-sex/

*about

Heads up

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/leslie-moonves-accused-sexual-misconduct-ronan-farrow-expose-1130268

K.K. profiled in the NYT above was a friend of mine in the '90s. This was before Guiliani and all the rest.

I'm glad for his ex-wife, at least.

http://i.redditmedia.com/XeJ6GincDR9a8CJc_a-ph_Zupy4jV7i4-7Vwm68So74.png?s=6d0636e80a4d65aa8ace4055ff5df978

K.K. profiled in the NYT above was a friend of mine in the '90s. This was before Guiliani and all the rest.

I'm glad for his ex-wife, at least.

― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, July 27, 2018 12:22 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I knew KK in '90-'93, and subbed for the drummer in his band a bunch of times. He asked me to drop out of college to join his band, which...would not have been a good idea, for many reasons. I found him generally creepy and unpleasant to be around. He was a staunch liberal in those days, though.

Moonves piece is out:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/08/06/les-moonves-and-cbs-face-allegations-of-sexual-misconduct/

Headlines I didn't need from all of this:

Who is Illeana Douglas, the actress who accused CBS executive Les Moonves of sexual misconduct?

TO DIE FOR remains criminally underrated

Aw man, I love Illeana Douglas. I'd like to kick this rich, old white man's ass myself. With each passing day of this situation, i'm more and more convinced that rich, old white men (not money alone) are the true root of all evil. And yes a few have been African-American but the overwhelming majority are the aforementioned ROWMs. Crap acronym too. I sincerely hope Miss Douglas emerges from this strong and happy.

https://i.giphy.com/media/l4FGuE8LtZg2wKmZi/200w.gif

Sweet gif Bizarro!

God Moonves is such a piece of shit

bdsm is really problematic for me these days. i understand very well why people want to submit. i have never understood, however, why people want to dominate. also, the older i get, the more i find that none of the "safe, sane, consensual" troika are either/or propositions. if bdsm is about pretending, ssc is part of that pretense.

Probably not the thread to go into a deep discussion on this topic, but I strongly disagree with all of that.

yeah, you're wrong

X-post yes, Vegemite grrl, he certainly is.

Was there a bdsm part to the Moonves piece?