Brett Ratner isn’t the only Hollywood heavyweight whose history of alleged sexual misconduct was exposed today. Around the same time that The LA Times published their extensive report on Ratner, The Hollywood Reporter ran a guest column from Anna Graham Hunter, an author and former production assistant who alleges that Dustin Hoffman sexually harassed and forcibly groped her on the set of a 1985 TV film.
Following the growing number of sexual assault and harassment allegations against numerous powerful men in Hollywood, from Harvey Weinstein to director James Toback to Kevin Spacey, a new name has emerged among the accused. Brett Ratner, best known as the director of the Rush Hour movies and X-Men: The Last Stand, and producer behind The Revenant, Horrible Bosses, and FOX’s Prison Break, is the la
Over 40 women (and counting) have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and assault in the two short weeks since the former studio executive’s history of horrific misogyny was publicly exposed. Many celebrities and filmmakers have expressed remorse for their ignorance to the years of abuse endured by their peers, co-stars, and, occasionally, their friends. And while most have condemned Weinstein’s actions and called for an end to these abuses of power, only a few have spoken eloquently about the systemic misogyny that extends beyond Hollywood — which is merely a symptom of a larger epidemic. One of those few is indie filmmaker and actor Brit Marling.
It’s official: Harvey Weinstein is out as co-chairman of The Weinstein Company after the company’s remaining board met on Tuesday to accept his resignation.
Another major shift has taken place in the ongoing harassment awareness around Harvey Weinstein. Amazon Studio boss Roy Price has officially resigned his position, after being placed on leave for allegations by Man in the High Castle executive producer Isa Dick Hackett.