There are white, middle aged creeps in Hollywood too

[pdq]

NYT, today:

Two decades ago, the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein invited Ashley Judd to the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel for what the young actress expected to be a business breakfast meeting. Instead, he had her sent up to his room, where he appeared in a bathrobe and asked if he could give her a massage or she could watch him shower, she recalled in an interview.

...An investigation by The New York Times found previously undisclosed allegations against Mr. Weinstein stretching over nearly three decades...

Eww.

[NewtonMP2100]

....saw that.....wow, this is a huge story.....like Bill Cosby big.....enough to destroy his career.....women will be coming out and telling their story......seems general people in the industry seem to be confirming that they knew of this.....

[Carnos Jax]

What a scumbag...first only to the women that marry him.

[hal]

Oh that sucks! He has been one of the greats in hollywood in recent years - I had always hoped that he'd be one of the good guys...

more from Variety: http://variety.com/2017/film/news/harvey...202580605/

[SteveG]

Harvey has been creeping out Hollywood for decades. This just adds to his list of accomplishments. Not surprising at all.

For a mild take on Weinstein see Harvey Weingard character in Entourage.


+Harvey Weingard first appears trying to buy Vince's independent movie at Sundance. Harvey Weinstein was famous for buying indy movies at Sundance.
+Both Harvey Weingard and Harvey Weinstein are obese.
+Harvey Weingard has had several temper tantrums on the show. Harvey Weinstein is well known for his ferocious temper. The New Yorker writer Ken Auletta describes Harvey as "a man with little self-control, whose tone of voice and whose body language can seem dangerous; at times, he appears about to burst with fury, his fists closed, his teeth clenched, his large head shaking as he loses the struggle to contain himself."
+Ari makes two references to Harvey and Kevin Smith. Kevin Smith is well known for making not-so-wildly successful Miramax movies for Harvey Weinstein.
+Ari says that Harvey Weingard recut Shakespeare in Love. This movie was made by Harvey Weinstein's Miramax studio.
+Ari refers to Harvey as having "Scissorhands". Harvey Weinstin is sometimes referred to as Harvey Scissorhands (after the Tim Burton movie), for his aggressive re-cutting of director's cuts.

[pdq]

Roman Polanski was in the news again lately, too.

Maybe if enough of this gets out, we can start to change the culture that enables this shit.

[Uncle Wig]

Nothing new about this. Powerful movie producers and studio executives have a long history of despicable behavior. I'm glad he's being called out on this, at last.

[DeusxMac]

How do you think the term "casting couch" originated?

"The legend of the Hollywood casting couch coincided with the rise of the studio system in the 1910s. Many moguls were rumoured to have been enthusiastic practitioners and it has been claimed that many actresses attempted, with varying degrees of success, to attain stardom via this route."

[NewtonMP2100]

....yes, everyone knows about the casting couch and that this goes on......however, no one expects such a huge player/big name to be a participant.......

[DeusxMac]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
....yes, everyone knows about the casting couch and that this goes on......however, no one expects such a huge player/big name to be a participant.......

"No one"? Really? How quaint.