Emerald Fennell, Cara Delevingne and Naomie Harris also among 25 signatories asking companies to fund the the Creative Industry Independent Standards Authority
A collection of stellar British film industry names, including Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris, have joined calls to ensure that funds will be available to back a newly established independent organisation designed to combat harassment across the creative industries.
They are among the signatories of an open letter calling on companies to commit to provide financial contributions to the Creative Industry Independent Standards Authority (Ciisa), which is due to begin operations in 2025. There are 25 signatories in all, including Saltburn director Emerald Fennell, Cara Delevingne, Rebecca Ferguson, Ruth Wilson and Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant Zelda Perkins.
A collection of stellar British film industry names, including Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Naomie Harris, have joined calls to ensure that funds will be available to back a newly established independent organisation designed to combat harassment across the creative industries.
They are among the signatories of an open letter calling on companies to commit to provide financial contributions to the Creative Industry Independent Standards Authority (Ciisa), which is due to begin operations in 2025. There are 25 signatories in all, including Saltburn director Emerald Fennell, Cara Delevingne, Rebecca Ferguson, Ruth Wilson and Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant Zelda Perkins.
- 6/5/2024
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Stars including Keira Knightley, Emerald Fennell and Gemma Chan have called for extra funding so that the UK’s new bullying and harassment reporting body for the film and TV industries can launch on time.
The trio are three of 25 to have signed an open letter to the creative industries seeking a “final commitment to the creation of the Ciisa, the new independent standards authority designed to keep our creative industries safe and to secure your support to this essential part of the ecosystem that is currently missing.”
Others to have signed include Cara Delevingne, Carey Mulligan, Rebecca Ferguson and Naomie Harris. The letter with signatories can be found below.
The body was first mooted three years ago in the wake of the Noel Clarke allegations, which he denies, by Time’s Up UK, but funds have been slow to come by. Ciisa has said that it will only be...
The trio are three of 25 to have signed an open letter to the creative industries seeking a “final commitment to the creation of the Ciisa, the new independent standards authority designed to keep our creative industries safe and to secure your support to this essential part of the ecosystem that is currently missing.”
Others to have signed include Cara Delevingne, Carey Mulligan, Rebecca Ferguson and Naomie Harris. The letter with signatories can be found below.
The body was first mooted three years ago in the wake of the Noel Clarke allegations, which he denies, by Time’s Up UK, but funds have been slow to come by. Ciisa has said that it will only be...
- 6/5/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Focus, the end-of-year meeting place for the international production community, returns to London as a live event Dec. 5-6. With over 60 conference sessions and more than 150 expert speakers, the event’s ninth edition remains free to attend for industry professionals and embraces the increasing convergence of all screen sectors, gathering thousands of attendees across film, TV, advertising, animation, games and Xr.
“From the first few months of the year, we could feel that Focus was attracting more and more interest from the makers of all the creative screen industries,” says Jean-Frederic Garcia, managing director of Focus. “There is tangible growing interest in the event and we are very excited to be about to open the biggest Focus ever by quite a margin.”
This year’s Focus conference program, presented in association with Variety, will reflect on key industry talking points of the year, from the challenges of financing projects in...
“From the first few months of the year, we could feel that Focus was attracting more and more interest from the makers of all the creative screen industries,” says Jean-Frederic Garcia, managing director of Focus. “There is tangible growing interest in the event and we are very excited to be about to open the biggest Focus ever by quite a margin.”
This year’s Focus conference program, presented in association with Variety, will reflect on key industry talking points of the year, from the challenges of financing projects in...
- 11/24/2023
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
Maria Schrader's 2022 film "She Said" is a terse and damning look into the depths of Harvey Weinstein's sex crimes. The film's main characters are the real-life New York Times investigative reporters Megan Twohy (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) who struggle endlessly trying to get some of Weinstein's many, many victims on the record with stories of their abuse and assault at his hands. In her film, Schrader plays an actual audio recording of Weinstein's crimes, and visits the hotel rooms where they took place. One of Weinstein's victims, Ashley Judd, even appears as herself. "She Said" not only relates Weinstein's mob-like intimidation tactics -- he threatens violence and legal action to keep victims from coming forward -- but exposes a complex structure of non-disclosure agreements and legal doublespeak to prevent any mention of his crimes. It's an intense drama, and one that will spark outrage for...
- 1/13/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
When Samantha Morton got the email about acting in Maria Schrader’s “She Said,” she was “insanely busy”: among the projects she was working on included recording an album, directing a feature film and acting in a TV show.
But despite that very full calendar, Morton knew she wanted to make time for the part of Zelda Perkins, who worked for convicted mogul Harvey Weinstein and whose career he ruined after she tried to speak out against him for raping a young colleague of hers.
“I think it’s massively important that this conversation doesn’t end and this story is extraordinary and needed to be in a film,” she says.
Schrader says when casting director Francine Maisler suggested Morton, she said yes immediately. “Sometimes you have a physical reaction and I felt she has to be the one, I got so excited,” Schrader says, praising Morton for being...
But despite that very full calendar, Morton knew she wanted to make time for the part of Zelda Perkins, who worked for convicted mogul Harvey Weinstein and whose career he ruined after she tried to speak out against him for raping a young colleague of hers.
“I think it’s massively important that this conversation doesn’t end and this story is extraordinary and needed to be in a film,” she says.
Schrader says when casting director Francine Maisler suggested Morton, she said yes immediately. “Sometimes you have a physical reaction and I felt she has to be the one, I got so excited,” Schrader says, praising Morton for being...
- 1/12/2023
- by Stuart Miller
- Variety Film + TV
With Oscar nomination voting beginning on Jan. 12, it’s not hard to figure out who the favorites are in most categories. (Here’s one rundown.) But for voters who want to look beyond the obvious picks — which should really mean all voters — TheWrap’s awards team would like to suggest a handful of our favorites that deserve a look before casting your ballots.
There are plenty of other deserving candidates out there, too, but here are 14 of our picks.
Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” (Searchlight Pictures)
As a widowed teacher seeking fulfillment of a different sort in her retirement years, Thompson deflects any possibility of cliché with her inimitable dexterity as she gives a performance for the ages—supple and moving, easily stacked up next to her many acclaimed roles of the last 30 years. Just because she’s one of the...
There are plenty of other deserving candidates out there, too, but here are 14 of our picks.
Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” (Searchlight Pictures)
As a widowed teacher seeking fulfillment of a different sort in her retirement years, Thompson deflects any possibility of cliché with her inimitable dexterity as she gives a performance for the ages—supple and moving, easily stacked up next to her many acclaimed roles of the last 30 years. Just because she’s one of the...
- 1/9/2023
- by TheWrap Staff
- The Wrap
There was a full circle moment at the Power Women Summit today, as TheWrap CEO and co-founder Sharon Waxman welcomed “She Said” producer Dede Gardner and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to talk about a pivotal scene from their film.
As Waxman pointed out in her introduction, the Power Women Summit was founded in the wake of the #MeToo movement, and “She Said” happens to be a powerful retelling of the New York Times’ investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein, reporting that would ultimately lead to the beginnings of the #MeToo movement.
Watch Anatomy of a Scene: “She Said” in the video above.
The sequence that Gardner and Lenkiewicz chose involves reporter Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) as she travels overseas to interview Zelda Perkins (Samantha Morton), a former Weinstein colleague who spoke out against the disgraced film producer during the Times investigation.
What’s really incredible about the scene is that Waxman,...
As Waxman pointed out in her introduction, the Power Women Summit was founded in the wake of the #MeToo movement, and “She Said” happens to be a powerful retelling of the New York Times’ investigation into allegations against Harvey Weinstein, reporting that would ultimately lead to the beginnings of the #MeToo movement.
Watch Anatomy of a Scene: “She Said” in the video above.
The sequence that Gardner and Lenkiewicz chose involves reporter Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) as she travels overseas to interview Zelda Perkins (Samantha Morton), a former Weinstein colleague who spoke out against the disgraced film producer during the Times investigation.
What’s really incredible about the scene is that Waxman,...
- 12/13/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
In “She Said,” New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) wonder if their tireless work in reporting Harvey Weinstein‘s decades of sexual abuse and harassment will change anything — if anyone will care. Maria Schrader had a similar thought when she read their article on Oct. 5, 2017. “It was shocking. It was at the same time not really surprising. I was wondering what would follow, if there would be something following,” the director tells Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And then it did.”
The exposé sparked the #MeToo movement and led to the downfall of the now imprisoned mogul as more and more survivors of his systemic abuse spoke out. Kantor and Twohey won the Pulitzer Prize and wrote a book, “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” about their investigation, which was being adapted into a...
The exposé sparked the #MeToo movement and led to the downfall of the now imprisoned mogul as more and more survivors of his systemic abuse spoke out. Kantor and Twohey won the Pulitzer Prize and wrote a book, “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” about their investigation, which was being adapted into a...
- 12/6/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in ‘She Said’ (Photo © Universal Studios)
On October 5, 2017, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published an article in the New York Times that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s lengthy history of sexual assaults and catapulted the #MeToo movement into the mainstream lexicon. Kantor and Twohey’s incredible work is brought to life on the screen in She Said, a powerful drama adapted by Independent Spirit Award nominee Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Colette) and directed by Emmy Award winner Maria Schrader (Unorthodox).
She Said delves into Kantor and Twohey’s research process and how their award-winning exposé rocked Hollywood and heightened public awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces in the entertainment industry and beyond.
In 2022, the #MeToo movement’s widely accepted and embraced as pivotal in spurring changes in behavior both inside and outside the workplace. As for Weinstein, the disgraced media mogul and sexual predator...
On October 5, 2017, journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published an article in the New York Times that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s lengthy history of sexual assaults and catapulted the #MeToo movement into the mainstream lexicon. Kantor and Twohey’s incredible work is brought to life on the screen in She Said, a powerful drama adapted by Independent Spirit Award nominee Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Colette) and directed by Emmy Award winner Maria Schrader (Unorthodox).
She Said delves into Kantor and Twohey’s research process and how their award-winning exposé rocked Hollywood and heightened public awareness of the prevalence of sexual harassment in workplaces in the entertainment industry and beyond.
In 2022, the #MeToo movement’s widely accepted and embraced as pivotal in spurring changes in behavior both inside and outside the workplace. As for Weinstein, the disgraced media mogul and sexual predator...
- 11/28/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Some of the finest acting ever nominated for an Oscar constitutes no more than five percent of the movie it’s in. Over the past 20 years, Alan Arkin (“Argo”) and Sam Elliott (“A Star is Born”) have both gotten into Best Supporting Actor for roles that, combined, barely exceed 15 minutes of screen-time. Viola Davis(“Doubt”) and William Hurt (“A History of Violence”) were also recognized for the even trickier task of condensing their work to a one-scene cameo. It may not be glamorous, but credibly fleshing a character out against the clock is a craft unto itself.
Thankfully, the art of the single-scene performance is alive and well. A year after Bradley Cooper likely just missed an Academy Award nomination for stealing the show in “Licorice Pizza” with only about 10 minutes of screen-time, Judd Hirsch is poised to make the Supporting Actor shortlist. Gold Derby’s currrent odds rank him...
Thankfully, the art of the single-scene performance is alive and well. A year after Bradley Cooper likely just missed an Academy Award nomination for stealing the show in “Licorice Pizza” with only about 10 minutes of screen-time, Judd Hirsch is poised to make the Supporting Actor shortlist. Gold Derby’s currrent odds rank him...
- 11/25/2022
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Today’s launch of Harvey Weinstein exposé movie She Said has given a shot in the arm to a UK campaign to stop the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
The Can’t Buy My Silence campaign was launched by Zelda Perkins – played by Samantha Morton in Maria Schrader’s She Said – five years ago, and, today, Heather Rabbatts’ Time’s Up UK has declared public support and is seeking “vital funds” to continue its work.
Former Weinstein assistant Perkins says her friend was raped by the now imprisoned movie mogul in the 1990s and she was forced to sign an NDA worth £125,000, which she has since gone public about and launched her campaign. Perkins was at the New York Film Festival premiere last month alongside major stars and other survivors of Weinstein’s abuse.
Zelda Perkins (left) at the ‘She Said’ premiere. Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing
In urging legislation,...
The Can’t Buy My Silence campaign was launched by Zelda Perkins – played by Samantha Morton in Maria Schrader’s She Said – five years ago, and, today, Heather Rabbatts’ Time’s Up UK has declared public support and is seeking “vital funds” to continue its work.
Former Weinstein assistant Perkins says her friend was raped by the now imprisoned movie mogul in the 1990s and she was forced to sign an NDA worth £125,000, which she has since gone public about and launched her campaign. Perkins was at the New York Film Festival premiere last month alongside major stars and other survivors of Weinstein’s abuse.
Zelda Perkins (left) at the ‘She Said’ premiere. Image: Wiktor Szymanowicz/Future Publishing
In urging legislation,...
- 11/25/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Celebration
The Film and TV Charity is launching a campaign to celebrate those working behind the scenes in film and TV.
The charity has designated Nov. 28-Dec. 2 as Behind the Scenes Week, during which they are asking everyone working in production, post, distribution, projection or anywhere in between to celebrate each other on social media using the hashtag #TurnTheCameraAround. They can also nominate #hiddenheroes, who have made working life more special.
Over 35 U.K. organizations have already thrown their weight behind the campaign, including Aardman, Banijay, Disney, Framestore and Warner Bros Studios Leavesden.
“With Behind The Scenes Week we want the industry to take a moment to look around, and to cheer and thank each other for the amazing contributions each and everyone makes to film, TV, and cinema!” said Film and TV Charity CEO Alex Pumfrey.
For more information on how to get involved click here.
(Pictured above: A...
The Film and TV Charity is launching a campaign to celebrate those working behind the scenes in film and TV.
The charity has designated Nov. 28-Dec. 2 as Behind the Scenes Week, during which they are asking everyone working in production, post, distribution, projection or anywhere in between to celebrate each other on social media using the hashtag #TurnTheCameraAround. They can also nominate #hiddenheroes, who have made working life more special.
Over 35 U.K. organizations have already thrown their weight behind the campaign, including Aardman, Banijay, Disney, Framestore and Warner Bros Studios Leavesden.
“With Behind The Scenes Week we want the industry to take a moment to look around, and to cheer and thank each other for the amazing contributions each and everyone makes to film, TV, and cinema!” said Film and TV Charity CEO Alex Pumfrey.
For more information on how to get involved click here.
(Pictured above: A...
- 11/25/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Halfway through the film She Said, the New York Times journalist Megan Twohey, played by Carey Mulligan, screams in a man’s face. She is in a bar with her reporting partner, Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan), and editor, Rebecca Corbett (Patricia Clarkson); the trio have congregated to discuss their investigation into Harvey Weinstein. The confrontation happens after the man, who is drunk, hits on Megan.
“I have never done that,” says Twohey, smiling. “But I have had outbursts of that kind over the years, stretching back to when I was a kid and beat up a neighborhood bully for taunting me and my friends.” She pauses. “It would be naive for people to think that we, as journalists, could immerse ourselves in the outrageous prevalence of sexual abuse and not feel anger. I just don’t think that’s realistic.”
By now, the story of Twohey and Kantor’s reporting is well known.
“I have never done that,” says Twohey, smiling. “But I have had outbursts of that kind over the years, stretching back to when I was a kid and beat up a neighborhood bully for taunting me and my friends.” She pauses. “It would be naive for people to think that we, as journalists, could immerse ourselves in the outrageous prevalence of sexual abuse and not feel anger. I just don’t think that’s realistic.”
By now, the story of Twohey and Kantor’s reporting is well known.
- 11/24/2022
- by Olivia Petter
- The Independent - Film
For director Maria Schrader, “She Said” was more than a truthful and thrilling recreation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, #MeToo-bolstering New York Times report that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual abuse and harassment. It was also about the personal stories of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan). This made it a more complex and emotionally resonant film about female empowerment and the “crucible of motherhood,” which Schrader’s go-to editor, Hansjörg Weißbrich, leaned into.
“This was an investigative thriller and a more important aspect — their private life and how they got to know each other as a result of the collaboration,” Weißbrich told IndieWire. “This was an additional storyline that wasn’t in the book.”
But that first required Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to gain the trust of Kantor and Twohey, to let them include their struggle with parenting along with...
“This was an investigative thriller and a more important aspect — their private life and how they got to know each other as a result of the collaboration,” Weißbrich told IndieWire. “This was an additional storyline that wasn’t in the book.”
But that first required Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to gain the trust of Kantor and Twohey, to let them include their struggle with parenting along with...
- 11/23/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
Plot: New York Times journalists Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) try to break the Harvey Weinstein sexual assault story but are met with opposition from the vast network of silence and intimidation that protected the former Miramax head.
Review: Long before #MeToo, there had been rumblings about what kind of predator Harvey Weinstein was, even far outside Hollywood circles. Yet, even though he was infamous in this regard, he was still celebrated and while people may look back now and say they didn’t know – that’s been proven not to be the case over and over. All this leaves She Said in a tricky position, as it’s a movie about breaking the Harvey Weinstein story produced by a major studio (Universal) inside this system that protected him. To that extent, She Said smartly focuses on the excellent investigative work done by Twohey and Kantor,...
Review: Long before #MeToo, there had been rumblings about what kind of predator Harvey Weinstein was, even far outside Hollywood circles. Yet, even though he was infamous in this regard, he was still celebrated and while people may look back now and say they didn’t know – that’s been proven not to be the case over and over. All this leaves She Said in a tricky position, as it’s a movie about breaking the Harvey Weinstein story produced by a major studio (Universal) inside this system that protected him. To that extent, She Said smartly focuses on the excellent investigative work done by Twohey and Kantor,...
- 11/18/2022
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
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There’s a photo of the moment right before The New York Times published its very first story about Harvey Weinstein’s systemic sexual harassment. Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor are there, along with their editors at the newspaper. They’re gathered around a computer, giving the story one last read and waiting to press the button that would change not just Hollywood, but the world, sparking a movement that would leap from country to country. The second that She Said screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz saw the picture, with a composition that’s sort of Washington Crossing the Delaware meets The Last Supper, she knew it had to be a pivotal moment in the movie. “It became this iconic image to me,” she says. The film that she would go on to write, about the now-famous journalists whose Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation kicked off the...
There’s a photo of the moment right before The New York Times published its very first story about Harvey Weinstein’s systemic sexual harassment. Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor are there, along with their editors at the newspaper. They’re gathered around a computer, giving the story one last read and waiting to press the button that would change not just Hollywood, but the world, sparking a movement that would leap from country to country. The second that She Said screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz saw the picture, with a composition that’s sort of Washington Crossing the Delaware meets The Last Supper, she knew it had to be a pivotal moment in the movie. “It became this iconic image to me,” she says. The film that she would go on to write, about the now-famous journalists whose Pulitzer Prize-winning investigation kicked off the...
- 11/18/2022
- by Seija Rankin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In Maria Schrader’s She Said, two New York Times reporters investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood producer Harvey Weintstein. Their work not only leads to a measure of justice for victims, but helps inspire #MeToo, an ongoing effort to improve professional practices for women in a male-dominated industry. Schrader and her crew shot largely on location, including inside the New York Times headquarters near Times Square. The heavyweight cast includes Carey Mulligan (Megan Twohey), Zoe Kazan (Jodi Kantor), Patricia Clarkson (Rebecca Corbett), Jennifer Ehle (Laura Madden) and Samantha Morton (Zelda Perkins). Director of photography Natasha Braier has worked on […]
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- 11/17/2022
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
In Maria Schrader’s She Said, two New York Times reporters investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Hollywood producer Harvey Weintstein. Their work not only leads to a measure of justice for victims, but helps inspire #MeToo, an ongoing effort to improve professional practices for women in a male-dominated industry. Schrader and her crew shot largely on location, including inside the New York Times headquarters near Times Square. The heavyweight cast includes Carey Mulligan (Megan Twohey), Zoe Kazan (Jodi Kantor), Patricia Clarkson (Rebecca Corbett), Jennifer Ehle (Laura Madden) and Samantha Morton (Zelda Perkins). Director of photography Natasha Braier has worked on […]
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- 11/17/2022
- by Daniel Eagan
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Five years after allegations surfaced against Harvey Weinstein, the bombshell investigation that exposed the movie titan to be a serial sexual abuser is getting the Hollywood treatment — and his victims are helping filmmakers tell the story. “She Said,” based on the book by New York Times investigative journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, who first reported on Weinstein’s history of sexual harassment and assault in depth, hits theaters this weekend. The film doesn’t just center on the two reporters. It’s also about the women who came forward to expose Weinstein’s abuse across decades, igniting the hashtag #MeToo, blazing a cultural and societal fire of truth-telling and knocking down systemic abuses of power in the workplace. The Universal-distributed movie includes an unprecedented level of participation from these same women, many of whom advised the filmmakers and some of whom act on-screen.
When “She Said” premieres Nov.
When “She Said” premieres Nov.
- 11/17/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
When journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published their first bombshell report on Harvey Weinstein in The New York Times in October 2017, the eventual Pulitzer Prize-winning expose included eight different accusers. Some of them were named (like actress Ashley Judd or former Miramax employee Lauren Madden), while others opted to tell their stories but to remain anonymous.
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
- 11/16/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
The judge in Harvey Weinstein’s case is allowing one additional woman to testify in the former Hollywood producer’s rape trial: one of Weinstein’s former assistants, Rowena Chiu. Chiu will be a supporting, uncharged witness in the trial – meaning that the charges Weinstein faces in the case do not stem from her account. But, the trial will see supporting witness (known casually as “#MeToo witnesses”) take the stand to testify about their allegations, in order to establish a pattern of behaviour over the years, reports Variety.
Chiu previously came forward with allegations against Weinstein after the #MeToo movement. She worked as an assistant at Miramax in the ’90s and had only met Weinstein two times before she claims he attempted to rape her on a business trip in 1998 at the Venice Film Festival.
She has said that during a late-night meeting to discuss scripts, Weinstein asked her to...
Chiu previously came forward with allegations against Weinstein after the #MeToo movement. She worked as an assistant at Miramax in the ’90s and had only met Weinstein two times before she claims he attempted to rape her on a business trip in 1998 at the Venice Film Festival.
She has said that during a late-night meeting to discuss scripts, Weinstein asked her to...
- 10/26/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
The judge in Harvey Weinstein’s case is allowing one additional woman to testify in the former Hollywood producer’s rape trial: one of Weinstein’s former assistants, Rowena Chiu.
Chiu will be a supporting, uncharged witness in the trial — meaning that the charges Weinstein faces in the case do not stem from her account. But, the trial will see supporting witness (known casually as “#MeToo witnesses”) take the stand to testify about their allegations, in order to establish a pattern of behavior over the years.
In the case, Chiu will be known simply as “Rowena C.,” but since she has spoken publicly about her allegations in various media interviews throughout the years, including with Variety in a lengthy 2020 conversation, Variety is referring to her by her full name.
Chiu previously came forward with allegations against Weinstein after the #MeToo movement. She worked as an assistant at Miramax in the...
Chiu will be a supporting, uncharged witness in the trial — meaning that the charges Weinstein faces in the case do not stem from her account. But, the trial will see supporting witness (known casually as “#MeToo witnesses”) take the stand to testify about their allegations, in order to establish a pattern of behavior over the years.
In the case, Chiu will be known simply as “Rowena C.,” but since she has spoken publicly about her allegations in various media interviews throughout the years, including with Variety in a lengthy 2020 conversation, Variety is referring to her by her full name.
Chiu previously came forward with allegations against Weinstein after the #MeToo movement. She worked as an assistant at Miramax in the...
- 10/25/2022
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are splitting up, at least in terms of their Oscar campaign. “She Said,” which premiered at the New York Film Festival, and then one day later at the Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia, will be campaigned by Universal Pictures in the highly competitive best actress category for Kazan while Mulligan will seek attention in the wide-open supporting actress race.
Directed by Maria Schrader, “She Said” tells the story of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey (Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Kazan), who helped launched the #MeToo movement by exposing the silence surrounding sexual assault in Hollywood, and particularly Harvey Weinstein.
With 30 reviews counted so far, the film currently sits at 80 on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics singling out the performances of its cast, specifically Mulligan and Samantha Morton, who plays Zelda Perkins, former personal assistant to Weinstein in the 1990s. Said to be only a single scene,...
Directed by Maria Schrader, “She Said” tells the story of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey (Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Kazan), who helped launched the #MeToo movement by exposing the silence surrounding sexual assault in Hollywood, and particularly Harvey Weinstein.
With 30 reviews counted so far, the film currently sits at 80 on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics singling out the performances of its cast, specifically Mulligan and Samantha Morton, who plays Zelda Perkins, former personal assistant to Weinstein in the 1990s. Said to be only a single scene,...
- 10/18/2022
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Last week’s world premiere for She Said in New York has afforded Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan an opportunity to reflect on the task they just undertook, to tell the story behind the story of Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey’s 2017 reporting for the New York Times that first exposed the harrowing abuses of Harvey Weinstein. It was a monumental journalistic achievement, and the impact of their reporting, as well as that of the New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow published just a few days later, brought about a seismic shift in industry attitudes to abuse, cracking open a door that survivors of Weinstein and the many other abusers exposed since have been able to step through. Kantor, Twohey and Farrow would go on to share the Pulitzer Prize for their reporting.
Directed by Maria Schrader from Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s script, and produced by Plan B’s Dede Garner and Jeremy Kleiner,...
Directed by Maria Schrader from Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s script, and produced by Plan B’s Dede Garner and Jeremy Kleiner,...
- 10/17/2022
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we look at two new entrants into the Best Actress race.
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! If it’s a day of the week that ends in the letter “y,” you know there’s a new Oscar contender that has caught my eye. So, this week, it’s “She Said,” which we both saw at the New York Film Festival on Thursday. Joyce, what a picture! The journalism thriller about the New York Times reporting that brought down Harvey Weinstein was a movie we discussed as a possible Oscars juggernaut way back in March, but the enthusiasm for the project kind of dimmed in the literal months since on account of its small festival footprint. Now having seen it, however, I...
Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! If it’s a day of the week that ends in the letter “y,” you know there’s a new Oscar contender that has caught my eye. So, this week, it’s “She Said,” which we both saw at the New York Film Festival on Thursday. Joyce, what a picture! The journalism thriller about the New York Times reporting that brought down Harvey Weinstein was a movie we discussed as a possible Oscars juggernaut way back in March, but the enthusiasm for the project kind of dimmed in the literal months since on account of its small festival footprint. Now having seen it, however, I...
- 10/14/2022
- by Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
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The headline was clear, concise and damning: “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades.” The story, written by New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor and published on Oct. 5, 2017, detailed how the powerful producer and Miramax co-founder swatted away allegations of sexual assault and harassment for decades. They spoke to his former assistants, prominent actresses and other film industry people to figure out the constellation of lawyers, employees and advisors who protected the Hollywood mogul. Twohey and Kantor’s reporting not only aided Weinstein survivors seeking redress; it also helped ignite a percolating movement.
Maria Schrader’s She Said dramatizes Twohey and Kantor’s investigative process, sensitively portraying the lengths the reporters went to in order to expose one of the most harrowing cases of workplace abuse, power and coercion in memory. (I was an employee at the Times...
The headline was clear, concise and damning: “Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades.” The story, written by New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor and published on Oct. 5, 2017, detailed how the powerful producer and Miramax co-founder swatted away allegations of sexual assault and harassment for decades. They spoke to his former assistants, prominent actresses and other film industry people to figure out the constellation of lawyers, employees and advisors who protected the Hollywood mogul. Twohey and Kantor’s reporting not only aided Weinstein survivors seeking redress; it also helped ignite a percolating movement.
Maria Schrader’s She Said dramatizes Twohey and Kantor’s investigative process, sensitively portraying the lengths the reporters went to in order to expose one of the most harrowing cases of workplace abuse, power and coercion in memory. (I was an employee at the Times...
- 10/14/2022
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Harvey Weinstein is once again facing new legal troubles. Prosecutors in the U.K. announced Wednesday, June 8, that charges of indecent assault have been authorized against the disgraced former movie producer.
Weinstein is facing two counts of indecent assault against one woman for an alleged incident that took place in Aug. 1996. The alleged victim was not identified, nor did the Crown Prosecution Service share any details about their investigation or the accusations.
“Charges have been authorised against Harvey Weinstein, 70, following a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,...
Weinstein is facing two counts of indecent assault against one woman for an alleged incident that took place in Aug. 1996. The alleged victim was not identified, nor did the Crown Prosecution Service share any details about their investigation or the accusations.
“Charges have been authorised against Harvey Weinstein, 70, following a review of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police in its investigation,...
- 6/8/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Time’s Up UK Chair Heather Rabbatts has called for government legislation to tackle the scourge of bullying and harassment in the screen industries, along with focusing on inclusion at the highest levels.
Speaking at the Creative Coalition 2022 Festival, Rabbatts focussed on the damaging impact of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) on keeping victims silent, and said the government can step in.
“We need collective action and this is about legislation, whether to stop the use of NDAs or create a greater debate,” she added. “Having this infrastructure would be fundamentally important and could sit alongside industry codes of conduct and guidelines. An actor has to know they don’t need to go to a hotel for an audition, so they are clear about their rights.”
Rabbatts, a Dame and former BBC and Channel 4 exec, stuck her head above the parapet following the Noel Clarke allegations last summer, calling for the...
Speaking at the Creative Coalition 2022 Festival, Rabbatts focussed on the damaging impact of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) on keeping victims silent, and said the government can step in.
“We need collective action and this is about legislation, whether to stop the use of NDAs or create a greater debate,” she added. “Having this infrastructure would be fundamentally important and could sit alongside industry codes of conduct and guidelines. An actor has to know they don’t need to go to a hotel for an audition, so they are clear about their rights.”
Rabbatts, a Dame and former BBC and Channel 4 exec, stuck her head above the parapet following the Noel Clarke allegations last summer, calling for the...
- 2/2/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Ronan Farrow’s “Catch and Kill” is being adapted into a six-part HBO docuseries, the premium cable channel announced Monday.
The series, titled “Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes,” builds on the reporting featured in Farrow’s book and podcast of the same name, featuring “intimate, revealing interviews with whistleblowers, journalists, private investigators and other sources” connected to the allegations of misconduct against media figures including Harvey Weinstein.
The series will premiere on Monday, July 12 with two episodes airing back-to-back each week. Read full episode descriptions below and check out a trailer for the series above.
Fenton Baily and Randy Barbato (“Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking”) are directors and producers on the docuseries via World of Wonder. Farrow also serves as an executive producer.
The series is produced by Mona Card, produced and edited by Francy Kachler and produced by Unjin Lee. For HBO, Tina Nguyen is senior producer, and Nancy Abraham...
The series, titled “Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes,” builds on the reporting featured in Farrow’s book and podcast of the same name, featuring “intimate, revealing interviews with whistleblowers, journalists, private investigators and other sources” connected to the allegations of misconduct against media figures including Harvey Weinstein.
The series will premiere on Monday, July 12 with two episodes airing back-to-back each week. Read full episode descriptions below and check out a trailer for the series above.
Fenton Baily and Randy Barbato (“Carrie Fisher: Wishful Drinking”) are directors and producers on the docuseries via World of Wonder. Farrow also serves as an executive producer.
The series is produced by Mona Card, produced and edited by Francy Kachler and produced by Unjin Lee. For HBO, Tina Nguyen is senior producer, and Nancy Abraham...
- 6/14/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Once thought blocked, the long road to a global settlement for victims of Harvey Weinstein got a green light of sorts today in federal court.
A Delaware judge Wednesday allowed attorneys for debtors to start contacting potential Weinstein victims who might want to file claims in the more than two-year-old bankruptcy case of the imprisoned mogul.
The move at a hearing by Judge Mary Walrath in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware unlocked a step in the process. It didn’t address a controversial revised settlement that emerged overnight Tuesday, which was excoriated by attorneys of some victims. That settlement shrank the pot of cash available to victims but also eliminated a payout to reimburse Weinstein’s legal costs.
On the legal costs, “Judge Hellerstein called that obnoxious, and we heard that,” said Paul Zumbro of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, speaking for debtors at the hearing, referring to U.S.
A Delaware judge Wednesday allowed attorneys for debtors to start contacting potential Weinstein victims who might want to file claims in the more than two-year-old bankruptcy case of the imprisoned mogul.
The move at a hearing by Judge Mary Walrath in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware unlocked a step in the process. It didn’t address a controversial revised settlement that emerged overnight Tuesday, which was excoriated by attorneys of some victims. That settlement shrank the pot of cash available to victims but also eliminated a payout to reimburse Weinstein’s legal costs.
On the legal costs, “Judge Hellerstein called that obnoxious, and we heard that,” said Paul Zumbro of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, speaking for debtors at the hearing, referring to U.S.
- 9/2/2020
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
(Updated with Weinstein lawyer statement) A new proposal to settle sex crimes claims against Harvey Weinstein should be Doa, lawyers representing several of the now incarcerated producer’s victims say.
“Filed in the middle of the night to avoid attention, the latest Weinstein settlement plan is more offensive than the version that was rejected by Judge Hellerstein,” attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Kevin Mintzer said this morning (read the plan here). “Under the new plan, which is approximately $10 million less than the plan rejected by Judge Hellerstein, more than half of the settlement funds are paid to Robert Weinstein and the other ultra-wealthy former directors of The Weinstein Company, as well as TWC creditors including huge media companies and famous actors.”
“We continue to be perplexed by the Attorney General of New York’s endorsement of a resolution that is a complete and utter sellout of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” NYC-based...
“Filed in the middle of the night to avoid attention, the latest Weinstein settlement plan is more offensive than the version that was rejected by Judge Hellerstein,” attorneys Douglas Wigdor and Kevin Mintzer said this morning (read the plan here). “Under the new plan, which is approximately $10 million less than the plan rejected by Judge Hellerstein, more than half of the settlement funds are paid to Robert Weinstein and the other ultra-wealthy former directors of The Weinstein Company, as well as TWC creditors including huge media companies and famous actors.”
“We continue to be perplexed by the Attorney General of New York’s endorsement of a resolution that is a complete and utter sellout of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” NYC-based...
- 9/1/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A new settlement proposal to close out the bankruptcy of The Weinstein Company includes a reduction in payouts to accusers compared to a previous plan.
The revised $35.2 million proposal designed to close out TWC’s financial obligations includes a $17 million victims’ fund — a decrease from a settlement proposal filed and rejected in July, which included an $18.9 million victims’ fund that would allow women from both the TWC and Miramax era to make claims, as well as a $5.4 million settlement for 14 individual victims as part of the liquidation of TWC.
The Tuesday filing, reviewed by TheWrap, said that the $35,214,882.30 proposed settlement, to be paid out by insurance companies, would be divided as such: “(i) the aggregate Cash amount of the Sexual Misconduct Claims Fund; (ii) the aggregate Cash amount to the Estates in the amount of the Liquidation Trust Settlement Payment; (iii) the aggregate Cash amount of the Former Representatives Defense Costs.
The revised $35.2 million proposal designed to close out TWC’s financial obligations includes a $17 million victims’ fund — a decrease from a settlement proposal filed and rejected in July, which included an $18.9 million victims’ fund that would allow women from both the TWC and Miramax era to make claims, as well as a $5.4 million settlement for 14 individual victims as part of the liquidation of TWC.
The Tuesday filing, reviewed by TheWrap, said that the $35,214,882.30 proposed settlement, to be paid out by insurance companies, would be divided as such: “(i) the aggregate Cash amount of the Sexual Misconduct Claims Fund; (ii) the aggregate Cash amount to the Estates in the amount of the Liquidation Trust Settlement Payment; (iii) the aggregate Cash amount of the Former Representatives Defense Costs.
- 9/1/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Two weeks after a federal judge decimated a proposed $19 million class action settlement for victims of the currently incarcerated Harvey Weinstein, lawyers for several women involved want the New York Attorney General to put the brakes on an emerging sleight of hand legal move.
“It appears that Harvey and Robert Weinstein, their insurers and corporate enablers are so desperate to secure the deal that Judge Hellerstein immediately rejected as “obnoxious” that they are now going to ask the bankruptcy court to approve what Judge Hellerstein would not,” said Douglas Wignor and Kevin Mintzer after a filing in Bankruptcy court on Tuesday by the estate of the Weinstein Co.
“This conduct is downright offensive and the New York Attorney General should immediately make it clear that she will refuse to endorse this end-around scheme,” the long objecting counsel for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff...
“It appears that Harvey and Robert Weinstein, their insurers and corporate enablers are so desperate to secure the deal that Judge Hellerstein immediately rejected as “obnoxious” that they are now going to ask the bankruptcy court to approve what Judge Hellerstein would not,” said Douglas Wignor and Kevin Mintzer after a filing in Bankruptcy court on Tuesday by the estate of the Weinstein Co.
“This conduct is downright offensive and the New York Attorney General should immediately make it clear that she will refuse to endorse this end-around scheme,” the long objecting counsel for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff...
- 7/28/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein Tuesday rejected the proposed settlement of the misconduct cases against Harvey Weinstein. The settlement includes a $18.9 million victims’ fund.
“This is not a class action,” Hellerstein said. “I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement.”
Hellerstein also rejected the notion Weinstein, his brother Bob, and board members of the Weinstein Co. would benefit financially, stating, “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious.”
Also Read: Weinstein Accusers File Opposition to Insurance Settlement, Call It 'Cruel Hoax'
The decision came one day after attorneys for Weinstein accusers Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins and Tarale Wulff filed an opposition document to the proposed settlement.
The attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit, said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement,...
“This is not a class action,” Hellerstein said. “I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement.”
Hellerstein also rejected the notion Weinstein, his brother Bob, and board members of the Weinstein Co. would benefit financially, stating, “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious.”
Also Read: Weinstein Accusers File Opposition to Insurance Settlement, Call It 'Cruel Hoax'
The decision came one day after attorneys for Weinstein accusers Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins and Tarale Wulff filed an opposition document to the proposed settlement.
The attorneys, Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit, said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement,...
- 7/14/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Amidst a growing chorus of objections, a federal judge this morning just killed the proposed $19 million settlement for victims of Harvey Weinstein.
“Based on my studies of the papers, based on my study of the objection papers, and based on the flaws that I have already noted, I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement,” declared Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Tuesday.
With repeated questioning, the US District Court judge pulled apart the terms of the June 30 unveiled multi-million-dollar deal in the short telephone conference this morning after listening to plaintiffs’ chief lawyer Elizabeth Fagan lay out the case for the settlement. “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious,” Judge Hallerstein who oversaw the 9/11 settlement case years ago, said. “The idea you can regulate the claims of people not in the settlement — I can’t subscribe to that,” he added, sweeping...
“Based on my studies of the papers, based on my study of the objection papers, and based on the flaws that I have already noted, I will not give preliminary approval to the settlement,” declared Judge Alvin Hellerstein on Tuesday.
With repeated questioning, the US District Court judge pulled apart the terms of the June 30 unveiled multi-million-dollar deal in the short telephone conference this morning after listening to plaintiffs’ chief lawyer Elizabeth Fagan lay out the case for the settlement. “The idea that Harvey Weinstein can get a defense fund ahead of the claimants is obnoxious,” Judge Hallerstein who oversaw the 9/11 settlement case years ago, said. “The idea you can regulate the claims of people not in the settlement — I can’t subscribe to that,” he added, sweeping...
- 7/14/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein accusers Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins and Tarale Wulff filed an opposition document to the proposed settlement Monday.
They said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement, Weinstein will not accept responsibility for his actions. The settlement, they said, is one-sided and unfair.
Also Read: Harvey Weinstein Accusers Finalize $24 Million Settlement With The Weinstein Company
They argued that Weinstein, Robert Weinstein and the former directors of The Weinstein Company would not only contribute nothing and be absolved from liability, but would likely collectively take in about $15 million from the proposed settlement agreement. That amount, they argued, would likely be more than the accusers would divide among each other.
Lawyers Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit said in a joint Monday statement, “As our opposition papers make clear,...
They said the settlement was a “cruel hoax” in the document, reviewed by TheWrap.
The lawyers said that with the settlement, Weinstein will not accept responsibility for his actions. The settlement, they said, is one-sided and unfair.
Also Read: Harvey Weinstein Accusers Finalize $24 Million Settlement With The Weinstein Company
They argued that Weinstein, Robert Weinstein and the former directors of The Weinstein Company would not only contribute nothing and be absolved from liability, but would likely collectively take in about $15 million from the proposed settlement agreement. That amount, they argued, would likely be more than the accusers would divide among each other.
Lawyers Douglas H. Wigdor, Kevin Mintzer and Bryan Arbeit said in a joint Monday statement, “As our opposition papers make clear,...
- 7/13/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Expected to soon launch his long-anticipated appeal over being sentenced earlier this year to 23 years behind bars for a plethora of sex crimes, Harvey Weinstein now will also be facing confrontation over a proposed multi-million-dollar settlement for more women the producer sexually assaulted.
“The class settlement, filed in the name of class representatives who deserve better, will
provide little relief for most of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” says an opposition filed today in federal court to the proposed $19 million dollar deal, made public on June 30 “Although the deal speaks about individual awards up to $750,000 and the New York State Attorney General has bragged about a ‘win’ for victims, that is all a cruel hoax,” the objection from attorneys for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff states (Read It Here).
“The truth is that the average award to class members under this proposal is...
“The class settlement, filed in the name of class representatives who deserve better, will
provide little relief for most of Harvey Weinstein’s victims,” says an opposition filed today in federal court to the proposed $19 million dollar deal, made public on June 30 “Although the deal speaks about individual awards up to $750,000 and the New York State Attorney General has bragged about a ‘win’ for victims, that is all a cruel hoax,” the objection from attorneys for Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Kaja Sokola, Rowena Chiu, Zelda Perkins, and Tarale Wulff states (Read It Here).
“The truth is that the average award to class members under this proposal is...
- 7/13/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Rowena Chiu claims Harvey Weinstein attempted to rape her on a business trip in 1998. She had only met Weinstein two times and had begun working as a new assistant at Miramax, just one month prior to the Venice Film Festival when the alleged incident occurred. During a late-night meeting to discuss film productions and scripts, Chiu says she declined Weinstein’s request for massages, before the producer pushed her up against the bed and took off her tights. Chiu managed to escape the room, but the lasting effects of the incident never went away.
More than 20 years later, Weinstein — who is serving a 23-year sentence in New York state prison after being convicted on two charges of rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act — still denies the attack ever happened.
“I’m breaking my Nda right now,” Chiu tells Variety in an exclusive interview, conducted over the...
More than 20 years later, Weinstein — who is serving a 23-year sentence in New York state prison after being convicted on two charges of rape in the third degree and a criminal sex act — still denies the attack ever happened.
“I’m breaking my Nda right now,” Chiu tells Variety in an exclusive interview, conducted over the...
- 5/21/2020
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister
- Variety Film + TV
The sentence that Harvey Weinstein got in court on Wednesday was breathtaking. Historic, earth-moving, epic.
For those of us who work day to day in Hollywood and who knew Weinstein at the height of his fame and power, it is a reality warp to know that the 67-year-old was rolled into a New York courtroom in a wheelchair and sent to prison for 23 years, quite possibly the rest of his life.
For the better part of three decades, this man didn’t make a move without multiple assistants, had the White House (or Democratic leadership) on speed dial, counted movie stars and billionaires as his best buddies and for a long stretch more or less owned the Academy Awards. Look at the documents released by New York prosecutors on Monday — the man direct-dialed Apple’s Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg when he got in trouble.
His...
For those of us who work day to day in Hollywood and who knew Weinstein at the height of his fame and power, it is a reality warp to know that the 67-year-old was rolled into a New York courtroom in a wheelchair and sent to prison for 23 years, quite possibly the rest of his life.
For the better part of three decades, this man didn’t make a move without multiple assistants, had the White House (or Democratic leadership) on speed dial, counted movie stars and billionaires as his best buddies and for a long stretch more or less owned the Academy Awards. Look at the documents released by New York prosecutors on Monday — the man direct-dialed Apple’s Tim Cook, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Mike Bloomberg when he got in trouble.
His...
- 3/11/2020
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Ben Affleck was on Harvey Weinstein’s “red flag list,” according to recently unsealed court documents.
Prior to the publication of bombshell reports, which ignited the #MeToo movement and led to the former movie mogul’s downfall, Weinstein kept a list of names of people he was concerned could be talking to journalists in 2017 about his sexual conduct with women. Affleck’s name appeared on that document, known as the red flag list, which was reviewed by Variety on Tuesday afternoon.
The list was part of roughly 1,000 pages of documents that were unsealed at the New York City criminal courthouse, ahead of Weinstein’s sentencing on Wednesday.
The doc was brought up during Weinstein’s seven-week trial, but only accuser Annabella Sciorra’s name was revealed to be on the list. The lead prosecutor requested that the list (which included both men and women) be provided to the jury so...
Prior to the publication of bombshell reports, which ignited the #MeToo movement and led to the former movie mogul’s downfall, Weinstein kept a list of names of people he was concerned could be talking to journalists in 2017 about his sexual conduct with women. Affleck’s name appeared on that document, known as the red flag list, which was reviewed by Variety on Tuesday afternoon.
The list was part of roughly 1,000 pages of documents that were unsealed at the New York City criminal courthouse, ahead of Weinstein’s sentencing on Wednesday.
The doc was brought up during Weinstein’s seven-week trial, but only accuser Annabella Sciorra’s name was revealed to be on the list. The lead prosecutor requested that the list (which included both men and women) be provided to the jury so...
- 3/10/2020
- by Elizabeth Wagmeister and Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
“Respectfully, it is time to step up and come out of the shadows,” open letter asks New York state attorney general.
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be nearing a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be nearing a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
- 3/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
“Respectfully, it is time to step up and come out of the shadows,” open letter asks New York state attorney general.
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be near a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
Zelda Perkins, the British former assistant to convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, is one of seven women who have branded as “insulting” a proposed $25m global settlement in a class action lawsuit and called upon the New York state attorney general to renegotiate terms.
Weinstein, who currently resides in Rikers Island prison awaiting sentencing on Wednesday after he was convicted of first-degree sexual assault and third-degree rape, was said to be near a deal with his accusers last December.
Under the terms of the agreement,...
- 3/10/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Seven women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct have implored New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, to renegotiate the terms of a $25 million civil settlement that some of Weinstein’s accusers have tentatively reached with the convicted producer so that it “adequately compensates victims and doesn’t fund the alleged wrongdoers’ defense.”
The open letter from Zoë Brock, Alexandra Canosa, Rowena Chiu, Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Zelda Perkins, and Kaja Sokola and published on Medium called the settlement “insulting to all of the survivors.” The accusers said the money only “represents a small fraction of what should be paid by Mr. Weinstein, his former directors and officers, and large multi-billion dollar insurance companies.”
The letter went further, condemning how the money would be divided: “By supporting a settlement which takes funds that would otherwise go to a victim to a victimizer, the Attorney General’s Office will effectively...
The open letter from Zoë Brock, Alexandra Canosa, Rowena Chiu, Wedil David, Dominique Huett, Zelda Perkins, and Kaja Sokola and published on Medium called the settlement “insulting to all of the survivors.” The accusers said the money only “represents a small fraction of what should be paid by Mr. Weinstein, his former directors and officers, and large multi-billion dollar insurance companies.”
The letter went further, condemning how the money would be divided: “By supporting a settlement which takes funds that would otherwise go to a victim to a victimizer, the Attorney General’s Office will effectively...
- 3/9/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Former Miramax assistant Rowena Chiu has opened up about why it took her almost two decades to speak out about Harvey Weinstein allegedly trying to rape her in an op-ed for The New York Times.
Chiu was first revealed last month as one of Weinstein's accusers and a source for New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, with her story included in their book She Said. Chiu says Weinstein tried to rape her at the Venice International Film Festival. in 1998 Unable to find support among senior executives as she and colleague Zelda Perkins reported Weinstein, but Chiu signed a restrictive nondisclosure agreement ...
Chiu was first revealed last month as one of Weinstein's accusers and a source for New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, with her story included in their book She Said. Chiu says Weinstein tried to rape her at the Venice International Film Festival. in 1998 Unable to find support among senior executives as she and colleague Zelda Perkins reported Weinstein, but Chiu signed a restrictive nondisclosure agreement ...
- 10/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Former Miramax assistant Rowena Chiu has opened up about why it took her almost two decades to speak out about Harvey Weinstein allegedly trying to rape her in an op-ed for The New York Times.
Chiu was first revealed last month as one of Weinstein's accusers and a source for New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, with her story included in their book She Said. Chiu says Weinstein tried to rape her at the Venice International Film Festival. in 1998 Unable to find support among senior executives as she and colleague Zelda Perkins reported Weinstein, but Chiu signed a restrictive nondisclosure agreement ...
Chiu was first revealed last month as one of Weinstein's accusers and a source for New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, with her story included in their book She Said. Chiu says Weinstein tried to rape her at the Venice International Film Festival. in 1998 Unable to find support among senior executives as she and colleague Zelda Perkins reported Weinstein, but Chiu signed a restrictive nondisclosure agreement ...
- 10/6/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Ursula MacFarlane’s feature doc Untouchable: The Rise and Fall of Harvey Weinstein was watched by 1M viewers on its British television debut. The 90-minute film, which was original commissioned by the British public broadcaster, scored the 1M peak between 9pm and 10:30pm on Sunday night on BBC Two in the UK.
Untouchable averaged 942,000 viewers with a 5.9% share across its entirety – a respectable but not extraordinary rating for the channel. It was up against Peaky Blinders on BBC One, which averaged 3.6M viewers and PBS co-production Sanditon on ITV, which averaged 3M. It beat The Handmaid’s Tale on Channel 4 in the 9pm slot.
The feature-length documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and airs from Monday on Hulu in the U.S., was directed by MacFarlane, who has directed docs including Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris and worked on Netflix series Captive, and produced...
Untouchable averaged 942,000 viewers with a 5.9% share across its entirety – a respectable but not extraordinary rating for the channel. It was up against Peaky Blinders on BBC One, which averaged 3.6M viewers and PBS co-production Sanditon on ITV, which averaged 3M. It beat The Handmaid’s Tale on Channel 4 in the 9pm slot.
The feature-length documentary, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and airs from Monday on Hulu in the U.S., was directed by MacFarlane, who has directed docs including Charlie Hebdo: Three Days That Shook Paris and worked on Netflix series Captive, and produced...
- 9/2/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Matthew Macfadyen (Succession), Kristine Froseth (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) and Makenzie Leigh (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk) have joined Julia Garner in writer-director Kitty Green’s untitled movie based on a day in the life of one of Harvey Weinstein’s assistants.
James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain), Scott Macaulay (Casting JonBenet) and Jen Dana (Brigsby Bear) are producing the Symbolic Exchange feature whose plot details are being kept under wraps. The movie is currently in production in New York.
Garner (Ozark) will star in the lead role; Macfadyen will play a human resources exec; Froseth will play an applicant to an intern program, with few skills for the job, who is put up in a nice hotel; and Leigh will play an actress auditioning for a film. It is unclear at this stage whether the character of Weinstein will appear in the film. His shadow will certainly loom large.
James Schamus (Brokeback Mountain), Scott Macaulay (Casting JonBenet) and Jen Dana (Brigsby Bear) are producing the Symbolic Exchange feature whose plot details are being kept under wraps. The movie is currently in production in New York.
Garner (Ozark) will star in the lead role; Macfadyen will play a human resources exec; Froseth will play an applicant to an intern program, with few skills for the job, who is put up in a nice hotel; and Leigh will play an actress auditioning for a film. It is unclear at this stage whether the character of Weinstein will appear in the film. His shadow will certainly loom large.
- 4/8/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Of all the terrifying things Harvey Weinstein has ever said — insults hurled, jobs threatened, tantrums unleashed — perhaps the most blood-chilling are these six words: “Don’t you know who I am!?” That’s the line actress Nannette Klatt recalls the producer bellowing when she declined his advances in a private hotel-room meeting. For decades, Weinstein — a Hollywood outsider who’d hustled his way into the industry’s inner circle — was one of the most powerful men in showbiz. He could make careers, and he could crush them.
For the nearly quarter-century he was on top — earning Oscars, making money, and peddling influence — Weinstein was above the law. He was, so to speak, “Untouchable.”
In her powerhouse documentary of the same name, director Ursula Macfarlane turns that word against Weinstein, empowering his accusers while also holding those who’d been complicit in his crimes accountable. For months after The New York Times...
For the nearly quarter-century he was on top — earning Oscars, making money, and peddling influence — Weinstein was above the law. He was, so to speak, “Untouchable.”
In her powerhouse documentary of the same name, director Ursula Macfarlane turns that word against Weinstein, empowering his accusers while also holding those who’d been complicit in his crimes accountable. For months after The New York Times...
- 1/26/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Had enough of Harvey Weinstein? Not just yet.
There’s not a lot of new information in “Untouchable,” a creditable documentary about the scandal that upended Hollywood and unleashed a #MeToo movement across the world, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday night.
But for those eager to hear more about this conundrum of a man – a tastemaker who made culture-defining movies for two decades but was allegedly also a monstrous, serial rapist who damaged the lives of dozens of women – this movie is for you.
Also Read: 'The Inventor' Chronicles the Cautionary Tale of Theranos and the Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
The Hollywood crowd in attendance was certainly riveted. It included everyone from former Ticketmaster CEO Fred Rosen to TV legend Norman Lear and his wife Lyn Lear to former MGM CEO Chris McGurk, among others who packed the Marc Theatre.
That’s no surprise,...
There’s not a lot of new information in “Untouchable,” a creditable documentary about the scandal that upended Hollywood and unleashed a #MeToo movement across the world, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday night.
But for those eager to hear more about this conundrum of a man – a tastemaker who made culture-defining movies for two decades but was allegedly also a monstrous, serial rapist who damaged the lives of dozens of women – this movie is for you.
Also Read: 'The Inventor' Chronicles the Cautionary Tale of Theranos and the Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
The Hollywood crowd in attendance was certainly riveted. It included everyone from former Ticketmaster CEO Fred Rosen to TV legend Norman Lear and his wife Lyn Lear to former MGM CEO Chris McGurk, among others who packed the Marc Theatre.
That’s no surprise,...
- 1/26/2019
- by Sharon Waxman
- The Wrap
Woman who kept quiet after signing non-disclosure agreement decided to speak out after 20 fearful years
For 20 years, Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant kept her silence over the man who had allegedly sexually harassed her and attempted to rape a colleague.
Last October, Zelda Perkins made the fraught decision to break a non-disclosure agreement she had signed with the now disgraced movie mogul in order to expose how he had used legal contracts to suppress alleged harassment victims. Now, 10 months later, Perkins is driving a campaign calling for a ban on the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to cover up workplace crimes, including sexual misconduct and racism.
For 20 years, Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant kept her silence over the man who had allegedly sexually harassed her and attempted to rape a colleague.
Last October, Zelda Perkins made the fraught decision to break a non-disclosure agreement she had signed with the now disgraced movie mogul in order to expose how he had used legal contracts to suppress alleged harassment victims. Now, 10 months later, Perkins is driving a campaign calling for a ban on the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to cover up workplace crimes, including sexual misconduct and racism.
- 8/26/2018
- by Mark Townsend
- The Guardian - Film News
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