Last Friday, disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was formally arrested in New York City on charges that he raped one woman and forced another to perform oral sex. He appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court for only 10 minutes. Weinstein's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, paid his $1 million bail. The charges against Weinstein include first-degree and third-degree…
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On April 26th, a jury found Bill Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand, the former director of operations for Temple University’s women’s basketball team, in 2004. Cosby intially met Constand in 2002 through a mutual friend. Before the assault, the two shared a mentor-mentee relationship. In 2005, after confiding in her mother…
Get ready for film's biggest and brightest night! The 90th annual Oscar Awards will air this Sunday, March 4rd at 5pm EST. Brush up prior to tuning in with our predictions and roundup of frontrunners. THE PRESENCE OF #TIME'SUP Though it's unclear how many nominees will show their support of #Time'sUp and#Metoo and follow the…
Following in the footsteps of award ceremonies of the past few months, including the Golden Globes and the SAG Awards, stars wore black in honor of Time's Up to the 2018 BAFTA Awards. Prior to the ceremony, held at the Royal Albert Hall in London, several activists from the group Sisters Uncut crashed the red carpet…
On the evening of January 30th, 2018, Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union address at the United States Capitol. His speech, which emphasized an "America First" mindset and attempted to unite Democrats and Republicans with this rhetoric, was met with boisterous applause from the right and silence from the left. The starkest…
Last night in California, stars gathered for the Golden Globe Awards, this year's ceremony was hotly anticipated following the unveiling of Time's Up, an initiative founded by powerful Hollywood women (including Reese Witherspoon, Ashley Judd, Salma Hayek and Eva Longoria) to fight sexual misconduct in all industries and reach gender parity in various facets of…