Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

I mean, Bananas?!

https://pitchfork.com/news/kool-ad-formerly-of-das-racist-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-four-women/

https://news.avclub.com/eliza-dushku-has-now-released-her-own-account-of-harass-1831216368

the fact that a 21st century Joe Penny like Michael Weatherly would be allowed to talk like that to Eliza Dushku says quite a bit about the continuing power dynamics of Hollywood.

i blame old people and their terrible love for NCIS

the dushku piece is worth reading

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/12/19/eliza-dushku-responds-what-happened-cbs-took-job-and-because-objected-being-sexually-harassed-was-fired/OCh7h0pwg4Aq7xfwOUasyO/story.html

I've been reading those pieces with a sense that something was different, without being able to put my finger on it. But I figured out what it is: The villains in the story are portrayed as being pitiful, sad and stupid. Weatherly doesn't really seem dangerous, nor does CBS, they seem utterly clueless and pathetic. And of course still misogynistic as fuck. This does actually seem like an important next step in the #MeToo movement. It portrays the mens club at CBS as behind the times, instead of just being the norm.

perhaps you're right. although, it might be because Weatherly seems like such an obvious douche from his normal onscreen persona it's easy to imagine he's like at in real life, and he's a B-list star to boot. with Moonves, he still seems like a powerful, awful creep like the others.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kevin-spacey-facing-felony-sexual-assault-charges-alleged-incident-teen-193240674.html

jesus christ he tweeted a video in character, what a colossal, delusional prick

jesus

That video is so weirdly Alex Jones-y.

weeeird

"Like I ever played by anyone's rules before. I never did, and you loved it."

Nobody told him that maybe he shouldn't say that?

it's like he decided to give a version of the Nicholson speech in A Few Good Men but forgot that the speech just made it worse

i just realized kevin spacey tried to grade his video like fincher would rofl

— cd (@CDWritten) December 25, 2018

I wonder if he monetized his youtube for his legal fund.

or his presidential campaign

Guys no one makes money off of YouTube anymore except racist gamers

the double down / galaxy brain approach taken by CK, Harvey, and now, once again, by Kevin "I identify as a gay man" Spacey

KEVIN SPACEY: and you’re sure this will help
DIRECTOR WHO LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH A FAKE MUSTACHE: absolutely. for sure

— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) December 24, 2018

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/

“Underage men”??

y’know, adult boys

Statement from reporters Maximillian Potter and Alex French on investigation of Bryan Singer published in @TheAtlantic: pic.twitter.com/iouvNZGQtz

— The Atlantic Communications (@TheAtlanticPR) January 23, 2019

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/

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This is notable.

Statement from reporters Maximillian Potter and Alex French on investigation of Bryan Singer published in @TheAtlantic: pic.twitter.com/iouvNZGQtz

— The Atlantic Communications (@TheAtlanticPR) January 23, 2019

Whoops, sorry, already posted above!

i want this story to get real, longlasting traction so badly. not just Singer, but the whole ring. drag them into the light like cockroaches. they’ve skated by for SO long undermining the believability of their victims.

not to get all red stringed out here but it makes me crazy that Singer’s still getting awards & kids like Brad Renfro who were in his circle die by their own hand & this sex ring just keeps right on being the worst-kept secret for the last, what, 30 years?

i get how easily this could/can devolve into gay panic & homophobia...but i also think this kind of extreme coordinated predatory behavior has to be called out and ~believed~

honestly my hope is that ppl with more clout can back up the named victims & come forward to support them & get some kind of justice

on another note

https://entertainment.theonion.com/bryan-singer-celebrates-bohemian-rhapsody-oscar-nomin-1831988697

There were active rumors about Singer going around when I first moved to L.A. twenty (fucking Christ) years ago. not like Apt Pupil stuff but a lot of stuff like this. Parties and drugs and rape.

But to me when I read the Apt Pupil stories at the time even from the far outside they sounded very credible and creepy in a way that other stories didn’t but they never gained traction bc by he was a hot new director and also the ones coming out with the stories being even more powerless than the ones coming out with stories now.

It should also be noted that Singer is not especially talented, his films are mostly extremely boring to look at and staged unimaginatively and whatever good qualities they have I’m not willing to give him much credit for. I think Usual Suspects was mediocre but the good bits were McQuarrie-related, X2 was good despite him, X1 could have been better if not for him. And yet this very boring filmmaker kept getting work despite the rumors.

the whole ~concept~ of DEN, let alone the backgrounds of the players involved is bananas when you see it all laid out ...ffs they should have just called it the Red Flag Network
and it just goes along under everyone’s noses

The entertainment industry is such a cesspit that everyone who deals with this guy in the business absolutely knows all this. That's before getting into all the other industry figures attending these parties.

got nothing to add except I was young in LA 20 years ago and what omar said. and every time something singer-related comes out it's like yup. but then he just keeps on getting gigs. this is the thing about open secrets.

this is beyond OTM and has always been baffling. he's not especially gifted and comes with baggage... and yet:

It should also be noted that Singer is not especially talented, his films are mostly extremely boring to look at and staged unimaginatively and whatever good qualities they have I’m not willing to give him much credit for. I think Usual Suspects was mediocre but the good bits were McQuarrie-related, X2 was good despite him, X1 could have been better if not for him. And yet this very boring filmmaker kept getting work despite the rumors.

money is your answer there.

It's heart breaking and infuriating reading the article. Shed a tear for Renfro. :-( And all the other victims.

Snider’s concerns weren’t about sexual-abuse allegations. As far as she knew, there had been only one case against Singer—Michael Egan’s—and it had been dismissed.

Money money money money

money is your answer there.

― Ludo, Wednesday, January 23, 2019

not following this at all tbh. like, he works cheap? or is known to deliver projects under budget?

apparently in Hollywood there's a shortage of non-creeps who can direct movies, and that's why we keep getting the same douche bags

i know it will likely never, ever happen, but just one time I want someone who has multiple serious allegations against him, just fucking apologize directly for their actions and take the fucking punishment. This repeated revictimizing of victims by 100% denying everything is so messed up.

the worst is when i hear them claim that the sex was consensual
it really is traumatizing

Xpost if they would, they wldnt mean it. Bec these assholes think they arent doing anything "wrong."

i really believe they know they are doing something wrong and they cover up for each other and themselves since the dawn of time
they know they're doing something wrong and they don't care

i know this is corny but another reason to hope this gets traction for me personally would also be to see some vindication for Corey Feldman, who’s been trying to get attention on the broader sex ring issue since Corey Haim died (maybe even before then too iirc)

i mean i ~know~ he’s nutty as a fruitcake now but his commitment to this cause obv comes from a very sincere & clearly painful place

Hoping Ronan Farrow will follow up with a reveal on who has been delivering the threats described at the article's end (as he did with Weinstein).

https://news.avclub.com/as-if-there-was-any-doubt-bryan-singer-will-still-dire-1832033241

avi lerner, the piece of shit who himself has been accused of sexual harassment and tried to threaten terry crews when he spoke out

Pretty depressed that some of the most monstrous people called to account for being sexual predators are fellow Jews. Not sure what to do with that feeling.