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#MeToo Movement Has Gone Too Far, Catherine Deneuve Says

10:44am January 10, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

A debate is raging in France after prominent female actors and performers penned an open letter, saying the fallout from the Harvey Weinstein scandal was hurting innocent men.

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Hollywood Women Launch Initiative To Stop Sexual Harassment

6:22am January 02, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Some 300 actresses, writers, producers and talent agents took out a full-page ad in The New York Times to announce the campaign, which includes a $13 million legal defense fund.

In the wake of the "Me Too" movement, more victims of sexual harassment and assault continue to come forward.

In The Wake Of #MeToo, More Victims Seek Help For Repressed Trauma

12:14pm December 27, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

Some local rape crisis centers and national hotlines that help victims of sexual harassment and assault are reporting a flood of calls at what is usually a slower time of year.

'X-Men' Director Bryan Singer Accused Of Sexual Assault

10:36am December 08, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The director has been accused of forcing himself on a 17-year-old boy during a party aboard a yacht in Seattle in 2003.

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Legal Landscape Shifts As More Sexual Harassment Allegations Surface Online

4:14pm November 15, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

There has been a fundamental shift in the landscape of sexual harassment allegations and the way they are handled. Most of these accusations started on social media before they became headlines.

Kevin Spacey at the Tony Awards in New York in June (left) and Christopher Plummer during a portrait session in Beverly Hills, Calif., in July 2013.

Spacey Cut From Film; Scenes To Be Re-Shot With Actor Christopher Plummer

9:35am November 09, 2017

by Scott Neuman

In the wake of allegations of sexual abuse against Spacey, director Ridley Scott has decided to sub in Plummer in All the Money in the World, due for release next month.

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Report: Weinstein Hired Agents To Investigate And Suppress Accusations Against Him

6:08pm November 07, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

It reads like an espionage thriller: Weinstein hired multiple intelligence firms, one which used agents to extract information and try to stop The New York Times from publishing an article about him.

On Monday, French activists demonstrated against French-Polish director Roman Polanski, accused of a string of sexual assaults, prior to a screening in Paris.

World News

Instead of #MeToo, French Women Say 'Out Your Pig'

2:02pm November 03, 2017

by Eleanor Beardsley

In the wake of the #MeToo hashtag following reports of Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse, French women came up with a hashtag of their own. #BalanceTonPorc or "out your pig" shows no signs of abating.

Writer Anna Graham Hunter says Hoffman groped her on the set of a television adaptation of Death of a Salesman.

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Actor Dustin Hoffman And Director Brett Ratner Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

12:06pm November 02, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Writer Anna Graham Hunter says that in 1985, she was repeatedly groped by Hoffman on the set of a television adaptation of Death of a Salesman. Six women have accused Ratner of sexual misconduct.

Harvey Weinstein was banned from the Producers Guild of America in what the group called an "unprecedented" step.

Producers Guild Bans Harvey Weinstein For Life

12:38pm October 31, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Citing Weinstein's "decades of reprehensible conduct," the Producers Guild of America voted unanimously to remove him from its ranks, which it said was an "unprecedented step."