Defense lawyer Mark Werksman entered the plea on Weinstein’s behalf on Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court. Weinstein, co-founder of the once-powerful studio Miramax, was shackled and brought into the courtroom by sheriff’s deputies in a wheelchair, wearing a brown jail jumpsuit and a Covid-19 mask pulled down under …
Read More »Marvel + #MeToo + political propaganda = Black Widow, a middling, formulaic Disney money grab
This article contains plot points and minor spoilers for the movie Black Widow. After a two-year, Covid-induced drought, Marvel is finally back in theatres with the much-anticipated ‘Black Widow’. The movie was originally set to kick off Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in May last year, but …
Read More »Kevin Spacey lands 1st movie role after MeToo scandal halted his career in 2017
“I’m very happy Kevin agreed to participate in my film,” Nero told ABC News. “I consider him a great actor and I can’t wait to start the movie,” he said. The film, titled ‘L’uomo Che Disegno Dio’ (‘The Man Who Drew God’), will be shot in Italy and will feature …
Read More »The worldwide outpouring of red-hot female rage sparked by the destructive #METOO crusade will only spark a misogynistic backlash
The wildly destructive tidal wave of #METOO agitation that has washed over Australian politics in the past few weeks shows no sign of abating just yet. The politicisation of #METOO ferment that has occurred here could just as easily have occurred in the UK or America. In fact, the Sarah …
Read More »Pepe Le Pew CANCELED from ‘Space Jam’ sequel, as sleazy skunk has his own ‘MeToo’ moment
New York Times columnist Charles Blow opened up a new front in the never-ending culture wars over the weekend, when he accused Pepe Le Pew, the cartoon skunk whose failed attempts to woo women always land him in trouble, of perpetuating “rape culture.” Though the running gag is that Pepe, …
Read More »Live by the sword, die by #MeToo: If we’re judging Andrew Cuomo by his own standards, he must resign as New York’s governor
What Cuomo posted on Twitter on September 17, 2018 was pretty ironic. After finding himself in a similar situation, the same person who demanded a delay in the confirmation vote for Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is now stating that he won’t resign. Many women have come forward with …
Read More »#MeToo does Australia: Political manipulation around alleged rape wracks government
That, however, is precisely the situation that has arisen over the past three weeks in Canberra. The fact that Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government finds itself in such a predicament is due to the extraordinary power and irrationality of the #METOO movement, and the seeming inability of politicians to deal …
Read More »A #MeToo rape scandal has rocked the Australian parliament, but woke culture is obscuring what’s most important: the facts
During a week in which Prime Minister Scott Morrison was looking forward to basking in the glory of the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine program, he has spent most of his time trying to deal with the fallout from an allegation that a junior female political staffer, Ms Brittany Higgins, …
Read More »The swift cancellation of Marilyn Manson proves #MeToo is a more powerful cultural force than conservative Christianity ever was
Marilyn Manson, who rose to stardom as a self-proclaimed shock rock anti-Christ in the 1990s, has long had a target on his back. Ever since the minimally talented Manson hit it big with his cover of the Eurythmics’ Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) off his EP Smells Like Children …
Read More »‘They need a #MeToo moment’: FBI mired in sexual misconduct, AP finds
High-ranking FBI officials accused of sexual harassment and even assault have systematically avoided prosecution or any discipline at all, Associated Press has claimed in a report published Thursday. The outlet found at least six senior officials, among them an assistant director and heads of entire field offices, who had been …
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