The Perfect Storm continues
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:11 pm
The revelations about Harvey Weinstein were just the beginning The meme is spreading and will claim many before it dissipates
[NY Times] Ever since the New York Times and the New Yorker published a staggering amount of on-record accusations against the embattled super producer, dozens of women have come forward nearly every day to share their stories of similar treatment by powerful men in nearly every industry. Something appears to have changed. More and more women–and in some cases, men–feel newly emboldened by the courage of Weinstein’s accusers to tell stories they once may have thought would fall on deaf ears. After all, Weinstein’s behavior was an open secret in Hollywood for decades, an intimidating yardstick for what men could conceivably get away with, until the day it suddenly wasn’t (some argue that Weinstein’s accusers were only listened to now because his career was in decline). It’s about time. There’s nothing new about powerful men being accused of sexual harassment. For years we’ve seen allegations against men at the highest levels of their respective fields– Bill O’Reilly, R. Kelly, , Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, George H.W. Bush, the former president and of course Donald Trump, just for starters. Just this week Joe Biden and Charlie Rose were added to the list, that’s three POTUS’s and a VP. The accusations are running into the hundreds, below are some of the showbiz people involved. Some were a surprise, who knows who will be next,
• Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios,
Andy Signore, creator of Screen Junkies y Media.
• Ben Affleck, actor
• Bob Weinstein, super producer
• Oliver Stone,the director.
• James Toback, director Lockhart Steele, the creator of popular websites such as Curbed and Racked,
• Mark Halperin, the reporter, author, and media personality,
• Andrew Kramer, the Lionsgate executive, Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Prize-winning author and human-rights advocate
• Leon Wieseltier, formerly an editor at The New Republic
• Ethan Kath, the producer/performer behind Crystal Castles Chris Savino, the creator of Nickelodeon’s The Loud House
• Knight Landesman, the Artforum publisher and a power broker in the art world,..
• Kevin Spacey, the actor
• Jeremy Piven, the actor
• Hamilton Fish V, the publisher of The New Republic,
• Andy Dick, the famously assault-prone comedic performer
• Dustin Hoffman, the veteran Michael Oreskes, a top editor at NPR,.
• David Guillod, a manager and producer on films like Atomic Blonde, has been accused by actress Jessica Barth of sexual assault. Barth originally raised her allegation in 2012, but Guillod threatened to sue her if she proceeded. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Barth is now ready to press charges.
• David Corn, editor and chief executive at Mother JonesSteven Seagal, star of ’90s action films
• Ed Westwick, an actor best known for his work on Gossip Girl
• Louis CK, one of the most popular comedians in the world,
• Jann Wenner, the iconic publisher of Rolling
• George Takei, legendary actor and internet
• Andrew Kreisberg, show runner on The Flash,.
• Tom Sizemore, star of such films as Saving Private Ryan, Mark Schwahn, showrunner on One Tree Hill,
• Jeffrey Tambor, Emmy Award-winning star of Transparent,
Matt Zimmerman, Senior Vice President of Booking for News & Entertainment at NBC.
• Al Franken, the Minnesota senator and erstwhile comedy writer,
• Murray Miller, a writer formerly of HBO’s Girls, Glenn Thrush, a star political reporter for The New York Times,.
• Glenn Thrush, a star political reporter for The New York Times,
[NY Times] Ever since the New York Times and the New Yorker published a staggering amount of on-record accusations against the embattled super producer, dozens of women have come forward nearly every day to share their stories of similar treatment by powerful men in nearly every industry. Something appears to have changed. More and more women–and in some cases, men–feel newly emboldened by the courage of Weinstein’s accusers to tell stories they once may have thought would fall on deaf ears. After all, Weinstein’s behavior was an open secret in Hollywood for decades, an intimidating yardstick for what men could conceivably get away with, until the day it suddenly wasn’t (some argue that Weinstein’s accusers were only listened to now because his career was in decline). It’s about time. There’s nothing new about powerful men being accused of sexual harassment. For years we’ve seen allegations against men at the highest levels of their respective fields– Bill O’Reilly, R. Kelly, , Woody Allen, Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, George H.W. Bush, the former president and of course Donald Trump, just for starters. Just this week Joe Biden and Charlie Rose were added to the list, that’s three POTUS’s and a VP. The accusations are running into the hundreds, below are some of the showbiz people involved. Some were a surprise, who knows who will be next,
• Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios,
Andy Signore, creator of Screen Junkies y Media.
• Ben Affleck, actor
• Bob Weinstein, super producer
• Oliver Stone,the director.
• James Toback, director Lockhart Steele, the creator of popular websites such as Curbed and Racked,
• Mark Halperin, the reporter, author, and media personality,
• Andrew Kramer, the Lionsgate executive, Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Prize-winning author and human-rights advocate
• Leon Wieseltier, formerly an editor at The New Republic
• Ethan Kath, the producer/performer behind Crystal Castles Chris Savino, the creator of Nickelodeon’s The Loud House
• Knight Landesman, the Artforum publisher and a power broker in the art world,..
• Kevin Spacey, the actor
• Jeremy Piven, the actor
• Hamilton Fish V, the publisher of The New Republic,
• Andy Dick, the famously assault-prone comedic performer
• Dustin Hoffman, the veteran Michael Oreskes, a top editor at NPR,.
• David Guillod, a manager and producer on films like Atomic Blonde, has been accused by actress Jessica Barth of sexual assault. Barth originally raised her allegation in 2012, but Guillod threatened to sue her if she proceeded. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Barth is now ready to press charges.
• David Corn, editor and chief executive at Mother JonesSteven Seagal, star of ’90s action films
• Ed Westwick, an actor best known for his work on Gossip Girl
• Louis CK, one of the most popular comedians in the world,
• Jann Wenner, the iconic publisher of Rolling
• George Takei, legendary actor and internet
• Andrew Kreisberg, show runner on The Flash,.
• Tom Sizemore, star of such films as Saving Private Ryan, Mark Schwahn, showrunner on One Tree Hill,
• Jeffrey Tambor, Emmy Award-winning star of Transparent,
Matt Zimmerman, Senior Vice President of Booking for News & Entertainment at NBC.
• Al Franken, the Minnesota senator and erstwhile comedy writer,
• Murray Miller, a writer formerly of HBO’s Girls, Glenn Thrush, a star political reporter for The New York Times,.
• Glenn Thrush, a star political reporter for The New York Times,