Harvey Weinstein the serial sexual harasser.

mandrill

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I wonder if the Canadian entertainment industry has some dark secrets too? It's significantly smaller both in size and the money that could be being thrown around, but who knows really.
Err, Gian Ghomeshi ring a bell??
 

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I had a distinct displeasure of meeting Mr. Crowe one very late night at Park Hyatt. Everything that's being said about him is true. He's a champion asshole, maybe because he's short. Who knows?
Are you sure that was really him and not a lookalike??
According to celeb heights he's around 6 feet tall:

https://www.google.ca/search?lr=&as....64.psy-ab..0.8.929...0i22i30k1.0._2iZJ-6CF2M

https://www.google.com/search?lr=&a...ab..3.4.587...0i227i67k1j0i67k1.0.SN1sfK5Yjak
 

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Thanks jcpro.

Looking at this another way, if Blake Lively came out and said Weinsten groped her, I would believe her. Granted she was part of the Hollywood establishment even before she started her career and I don't think much of her acting, but she's neither a hypocrite nor a liar. I would believe her.

And she cooks, she's becoming kind of cool.

 

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https://apnews.com/8633ead4811943268ad652d762dcd5e9

Weinstein also closely connected with Steve Bannon. Will Bannon make a formal statement on the scandal?

Steve Bannon, the former Trump White House strategist and current head of Breitbart News, is the latest politico touched by the scandal. Bannon, whose website has hammered Democrats for accepting Weinstein’s political donations, himself profited off a relationship with the movie mogul, in an ill-fated joint venture more than a decade ago. Bannon served as chairman of a small company that distributed DVDs and home videos, and went into business in 2005 with The Weinstein Co., led by Harvey Weinstein and his brother Bob. The Weinsteins became 70 percent owners of the now defunct venture, Genius Products.

Clinton and Obama have both issued statements denouncing Weinstein’s actions in the wake of The New York Times’ reporting about his serial sexual assaults on women. Other leading Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, have announced plans to donate his campaign contributions to charities.

Bannon was not immediately available to comment, according to a spokeswoman.

The ties to Weinstein open Bannon up to charges of hypocrisy given Breitbart’s intense focus on the scandal and its political fallout. In recent days the site has featured a blog with live updates on the story; headlines calling out Obama, Clinton and top Democrats for their ties to the producer; and stories attacking other news outlets for failing to cover the scandal with the same ferocity as Breitbart.

The connection between Bannon and Weinstein began more than a decade ago when Bannon, who had been a Goldman Sachs banker, was dabbling in Hollywood investments.
Transcripts of investor conference calls at the time show Bannon enthusing about the business opportunities with the Weinsteins.

“We are extremely honored to be in business with the new Weinstein Company,” Bannon told investors in one such call, declaring that “the Weinsteins have the most impressive track record in the film industry” and that “Bob and Harvey are two of the most prolific studio heads in the history of Hollywood.”

Ultimately, Genius Products ended up in bankruptcy in 2011, but not before Bannon reported substantial revenues from the venture. His company Bannon Strategic Advisers had a consulting agreement worth $500,000 with Genius Products in 2006, and he was awarded bonuses of more than $200,000, according to SEC filings. Bannon also was awarded stock options in 2005 that were valued at well over $1 million at the time.

Weinstein has been fired as co-chairman from The Weinstein Co. The company’s board of directors has strongly denied that it knew about Weinstein’s behavior, which allegedly stretched back decades.
 

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True. I also wonder about an equivalent person at Weinstein's level that was doing something similar.
I don't believe that Canada has an equivalent to Weinstein.
 

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I don't believe that Canada has an equivalent to Weinstein.
That is correct, because Canada doesn't have a Hollywood, but their are parallels in the Canadian military, the CBC and other media outlets.
 

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Weinstein, seeming had more than a touch of hubris, when he even harassed a well connected Hollywood insider such as Gwyneth Paltrow. At that rate it is a bit surprising that this didn't all come out well before now.
 

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That is correct, because Canada doesn't have a Hollywood, but their are parallels in the Canadian military, the CBC and other media outlets.
Oh yes, Col Russel Williams. Thank God they threw him in prison, but the slap in the face is that he has a military pension.
 

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The "casting couch" is as old as Hollywood itself. I'm sure many stars of the past male and female were "victims" over the years of the Silver Screen era. Nothing really new.
 

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The person that must be the happiest about this is his wife. Her jail sentence is basically over now. She doesn't have suck that old cock one more day, and she'll probably end up with a good portion of property.I'm looking forward to her wailing about feeling betrayed PPFTTTTTT!!!!!...I'm betting she knew some of it and was happy he looking elsewhere as much as he could..
Yup...
 

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The "casting couch" is as old as Hollywood itself. I'm sure many stars of the past male and female were "victims" over the years of the Silver Screen era. Nothing really new.
That's not what this is. This is not trading sex for a leg up.

The "casting couch" may be sleazy but it's consensual. He is accused of non consensual sexual assault and rape.
 

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That's not what this is. This is not trading sex for a leg up.

The "casting couch" may be sleazy but it's consensual. He is accused of non consensual sexual assault and rape.
Not so sure of consensual. Guys like Warner Meyer Goldwyn ran Hollywood. I'm sure they got what they wanted.
 
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