2 h. ago Weinstein’s lawyers want him hospitalized instead of in jail during #MeToo retrial

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers are asking a judge to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City hospital instead of jail for the duration of his #MeToo rape retrial

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25 h. ago Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial is about to begin. Here’s where his cases stand

The Hollywood powerhouse, who’s been behind bars on rape and assault charges, faces his third trial this week after a court tossed his New York conviction

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26 h. ago Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York

Weinstein is being retried on two charges from his original trial, which ended with a rape conviction but was later overturned The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone – wiped away on appeal – and Weinstein is set to go on trial again, beginning Tuesday with jury selection. Continue reading...

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42 h. ago What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the disgraced movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations

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3 d. ago Harvey Weinstein: The #MeToo movement’s most notorious villain heads back to court for retrial

Harvey Weinstein is heading back to court in New York — a year after an appeals court threw out the conviction of the most famous bad man of the #MeToo era. Has the movement survived? asks Kelly Rissman

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3 d. ago Harvey Weinstein to stand trial this week in redo of #MeToo case

Re-examination puts one of biggest #MeToo victories back in court as backlash against women’s rights unfolds in USHarvey Weinstein goes back on trial in New York this week in a redo of the #MeToo-era case in which the disgraced movie mogul was convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree, but acquitted on three other counts, including the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault.The legal drama begins with jury selection that is expected to last up to a week. It puts one of the biggest victories of the #MeToo era back in the courtroom just as a backlash against women’s rights – from abortion access to the rise of controversial male influencers like Andrew Tate – unfolds across the US. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Woman can testify Weinstein used force to rape her despite his acquittal, judge rules

A judge says an accuser will be allowed to use the word “force” in her testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s retrial even though the disgraced movie mogul was acquitted of a rape charge that alleged he used physical force against her

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9 d. ago James Corden makes risky sexual joke about Dame Judi Dench, 90, which stuns audiences at the Breakthrough Prize ceremony in LA

He stirred much controversy and was forced to apologise after making a poorly timed joke about Harvey Weinstein in the wake of the sexual assault allegations against him in 2017.

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3 w. ago David Cronenberg says Brutalist AI controversy was a ‘campaign against’ the film by rival Oscar nominees

The director was discussing the row over Adrien Brody’s AI-enhanced Hungarian accent, saying ‘we mess with actors’ voices all the time’David Cronenberg has suggested the AI controversy over Adrien Brody’s Hungarian accent in The Brutalist was an issue manufactured by the campaign of a rival Oscar film.Cronenberg was speaking at the London Soundtrack festival alongside composer Howard Shore, and in remarks reported by the Hollywood Reporter, said that film-makers “mess with actors’ voices all the time”. Cronenberg said: “There was a discussion about Adrien Brody [and] apparently they used artificial intelligence to improve his accent. I think it was a campaign against The Brutalist by some other Oscar nominees. It’s very much a Harvey Weinstein kind of thing, though he wasn’t around.” Continue reading...

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last month Marvel director mocked for ‘tone deaf’ comments that Harvey Weinstein ‘vilified mainstream movies’

‘Make a good movie’ hit out social media users

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