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Harvey Weinstein will not be retried on rape charges in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors will not seek to retry Harvey Weinstein in the sexual assault of two women, including Jennifer Siebel Newsom, after a jury hung on those charges last year, prosecutors announced Tuesday.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 14, 2023

Harvey Weinstein will not be retried on rape and assault charges that left LA jury deadlocked

News stems from Weinstein’s Los Angeles trial, which ended with his conviction on rape and sexual assault charges

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

No Harvey Weinstein retrial on rape, sex assault charges

Los Angeles prosecutors say they will not retry Harvey Weinstein on rape and sexual assault charges involving two women

The Independent UK · Mar 14, 2023

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J-pop mogul Johnny Kitagawa was accused of sexually assaulting young boys in his care, but even in death, he was protected

Johnny Kitagawa was the most powerful man in J-pop before several men went on the record in 1999 to accuse him of historical child sexual offences. But rather than ending his career, the alleged crimes were largely swept under the rug for decades.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Last year had the slap. This year, the Oscars fight was backstage – but still on full view

After last year’s infamous slap and a build-up sullied by bad blood, Sunday’s ceremony arrives with the organisers craving calm

The Guardian - UK · Mar 10, 2023

‘It’s its own little world!’: why we should learn to love the Oscars more

With the relevancy of the Oscars still in question before this week’s event, writer Michael Schulman explains why they should be examined rather than ignored

The Guardian - US · Mar 10, 2023

Goldie Hawn recalls standing up to ‘bully’ Harvey Weinstein after he ‘undermined me and Madonna’

‘I said, “Don’t f*** with me,”’ Hawn remembered

The Independent UK · Mar 9, 2023

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Looking back at a cringeworthy Oscars for the ages 20 years later

LOS ANGELES — Twenty years ago, Rob Marshall’s “Chicago” won six Academy Awards, including best picture, beating out Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York,” Stephen Daldry’s “The Hours,” Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” and Roman Polanski’s “The Pianist.” The triumph of “Chicago” — one of…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 8, 2023

Daniel Day-Lewis over Bradley Cooper?!: The 13 most confusing Oscar screw-ups of all time

From awarding Rami Malek’s all-teeth performance as Freddie Mercury to Julianne Moore winning Best Actress for the wrong movie, the Oscars have always inspired confusion and frustration. Ahead of this year’s Academy Awards, Adam White explores the most egregious mistakes in recent Oscar history

The Independent UK · Mar 7, 2023

Wagatha Christie trial show coming to Dublin's Gaiety Theatre this summer

The production is adapted from seven days of High Court transcripts from the trial that dominated headlines last summer

Dublin Live · Mar 6, 2023

Dublin actress who worked with Harvey Weinstein says he 'got his comeuppance'

Weinstein, first jailed in 2020, was last week sentenced to 16 more years for the rape and sexual assault of another victim known as Jane Doe 1

Dublin Live · Mar 5, 2023

Irish actress who worked with Harvey Weinstein says he 'got his comeuppance'

Weinstein, first jailed in 2020, was last week sentenced to 16 more years for the rape and sexual assault of another victim known as Jane Doe 1.

Irish Mirror · Mar 5, 2023

Streaming: the best films about journalism

Gritty drama She Said, about the two reporters who exposed Harvey Weinstein, joins newsroom classics from His Girl Friday to All the President’s Men

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2023

Commentary: Harvey Weinstein’s 2nd sexual assault conviction demonstrates scope of ‘MeToo’ movement

When the MeToo movement barreled through our cultural norms, there were two extreme observations: All men are predatory or women are lying. Either every man was guilty or every woman was exaggerating.

Tribune News Service · Mar 3, 2023

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The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2023

‘I couldn’t be less interested in fashion’: the designer who dressed Mad Max and Cruella – and changed the world

Up for a fourth Oscar thanks to Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, Jenny Beavan talks about her bohemian childhood, her early work with Merchant Ivory and how she deals with difficult actors

Los Angeles Times · Feb 25, 2023

Paris Hilton says she was drugged and raped at 15 after meeting a man at an LA mall

LOS ANGELES — Paris Hilton has revealed she was drugged and raped as a teenager in a new interview published Thursday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 25, 2023

R. Kelly’s ‘one more year’ is another slight for the R&B singer’s victims

If he survives, Kelly will be an old man when he walks out of prison. I can’t predict the future, but more than likely, Kelly will never have the fame and fortune that allowed him to lure underage girls into a sexual trap.

Tribune News Service · Feb 25, 2023

Melinda Henneberger: ‘I never asked to join this club,’ says Jennifer Siebel Newsom after Weinstein sentencing

Victims of sexual violence have one hell of an ally in the newly unshackled Jennifer Siebel Newsom, feminist documentary filmmaker and wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom. And in one way, I’m sorry about that.

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Los Angeles Times · Feb 24, 2023

Woman whose testimony led to Harvey Weinstein's LA rape conviction reveals identity

LOS ANGELES — In December, Harvey Weinstein was convicted in L.A. of the 2013 rape of "Jane Doe 1." On Thursday, he got a 16-year sentence that, added to the 23-year sentence he's been serving in New York, likely ensures the 70-year-old is in prison for life.

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

Harvey Weinstein rape victim ‘Jane Doe’ breaks her silence: ‘I want my life back’

Evgeniya Chernyshova is speaking out after the disgraced Hollywood film producer was sentenced to 16 years in prison for raping her

Fortune · Feb 24, 2023

R. Kelly, Harvey Weinstein sentences and MeToo backlash

The sentences show that real consequences—and change—are possible.

The Independent UK · Feb 24, 2023

‘Security came and literally carried him away’: Paris Hilton shares ‘scary’ Harvey Weinstein experience

Media personality, whose new memoir is out next month, said incident ‘freaked’ her out

France 24 · Feb 23, 2023

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 years for rape

Harvey Weinstein, the onetime Hollywood titan who came to epitomize a culture of pervasive sexual misconduct by powerful men that ignited the #MeToo movement, was sentenced on Thursday to 16 years in prison for the 2013 rape of an actress in Los Angeles.

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Harvey Weinstein begs judge for ‘mercy’ as he receives 16-year sentence

Weinstein was found guilty of rape and two other sexual misconduct charges involving a woman known as Jane Doe One, after a trial in December.

Daily Record · Feb 23, 2023

Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 16 more years as he's convicted of raping model

The sentence comes on top of the more than 20 years the 70-year-old Weinstein has left to serve for a similar 2020 conviction

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