Opinion: It’s still not easy to say #MeToo in Hollywood. Here’s why we must
As difficult and as awkward as speaking out can be, it’s our responsibility to so many who can’t.
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How ‘Wrinkle in Time’ director Ava DuVernay is breaking down walls in Hollywood
Known to millions of readers, Madeleine L'Engle's beloved fantasy book "A Wrinkle in Time" is breaking into a new dimension: as a big-budget Disney film. Director Ava DuVernay is the first African-American woman to lead a $100 million film production,…
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The ‘Homeland’ TV director who made it her mission to mentor women
Behind the scenes of the acclaimed Showtime series “Homeland” is Lesli Linka Glatter, a prolific TV director whose success she tries to make less of an anomaly. As Hollywood comes to terms with issues of gender inequity and sexual misconduct,…
Anita Hill to lead Hollywood commission on sexual harassment
A coalition of powerful Hollywood and media figures on Friday formed a commission meant to address the avalanche of sexual misconduct claims in the entertainment industry that have emerged in recent months.
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Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey this week created a special task force to investigate sexual assault in the entertainment industry. The announcement came as a growing number of people spoke out to allege sexual assault or harassment by…
Revelations about sexual harassment and the deep-rooted culture of complicity in Hollywood continue to emerge since the Weinstein allegations first broke. Alec Baldwin sits down with Jeffrey Brown As part of an interview about his new book parodying President Trump,…
What do the Harvey Weinstein allegations reveal about power and gender in Hollywood? When Tom Hanks recently sat down with Jeffrey Brown for a conversation about his first collection of short stories, the legendary actor also discussed whether Weinstein's behavior…
"The dam has burst here in a big way, and it is not just the halls of places like Harvey Weinstein’s office," he said.
