turning it into another chapter in The Life of Lena.
― omar little, Thursday, 6 December 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
I'd go as far as to say she's not really a feminist, as that would require not being a blinkered narcissist
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 December 2018 00:00 (five years ago) link
.... necessarily so?
― puppy bash (darraghmac), Friday, 7 December 2018 00:21 (five years ago) link
yeah. a blinkered narcissist can repeat feminist nostrums ad infinitum, but it would have about as much meaning as if they were singing the alphabet. the moment any of it came into conflict with their convenience, it would be instantly pitched overboard.
― A is for (Aimless), Friday, 7 December 2018 01:44 (five years ago) link
Aurora suffered for our SINS
― Ludo, Friday, 7 December 2018 07:50 (five years ago) link
http://loudwire.com/kiss-gene-simmons-sued-sexual-battery/
― The Greta Van Gerwig (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 7 December 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link
yikes
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/woody-allens-secret-teen-lover-manhattan-muse-speaks-1169782
― maura, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:44 (five years ago) link
Assumed this revive would be for Yael Stone/Geoffrey Rush.
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
"Open and thoughtful, Engelhardt unspools a life story that took root in a strict German immigrant household and blossomed into a Zelig-esque series of adventures as she attempted to break into modeling: partying with Iman, jet-setting with Adnan Khashoggi, dining with Stephen King, working as a personal assistant to Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier later convicted for soliciting an underage girl. Following her time with Allen, she went on to become a platonic muse to Federico Fellini during the auteur's late-life journeys in Rome and Tulum, Mexico, then spent years tending to egos as a hostess in the executive dining room at Paramount before landing her current gig, working as an assistant for producer Bob Evans. What's made her attractive to these powerful men, both personally and professionally, she posits, is in part what Allen appreciated in the first place: "I was pretty enough, I was smart enough, I was nonconfrontational, I was non-judgmental, I was discreet, and nothing shocks me."
― maura, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:46 (five years ago) link
Jeffrey Epstein is rarely far from these stories huh (xp!!!)
― resident hack (Simon H.), Monday, 17 December 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
seriously. so gross
― maura, Monday, 17 December 2018 16:49 (five years ago) link
i have to read the yael stone piece. the times one was written by bari weiss ugh
I mean, Bananas?!
― j., Monday, 17 December 2018 17:11 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/news/kool-ad-formerly-of-das-racist-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-four-women/
― flappy bird, Monday, 17 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
https://news.avclub.com/eliza-dushku-has-now-released-her-own-account-of-harass-1831216368
― omar little, Thursday, 20 December 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
the fact that a 21st century Joe Penny like Michael Weatherly would be allowed to talk like that to Eliza Dushku says quite a bit about the continuing power dynamics of Hollywood.
― omar little, Thursday, 20 December 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
i blame old people and their terrible love for NCIS
― Nhex, Thursday, 20 December 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
the dushku piece is worth reading https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/12/19/eliza-dushku-responds-what-happened-cbs-took-job-and-because-objected-being-sexually-harassed-was-fired/OCh7h0pwg4Aq7xfwOUasyO/story.html
― maura, Thursday, 20 December 2018 22:32 (five years ago) link
I've been reading those pieces with a sense that something was different, without being able to put my finger on it. But I figured out what it is: The villains in the story are portrayed as being pitiful, sad and stupid. Weatherly doesn't really seem dangerous, nor does CBS, they seem utterly clueless and pathetic. And of course still misogynistic as fuck. This does actually seem like an important next step in the #MeToo movement. It portrays the mens club at CBS as behind the times, instead of just being the norm.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 20 December 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
perhaps you're right. although, it might be because Weatherly seems like such an obvious douche from his normal onscreen persona it's easy to imagine he's like at in real life, and he's a B-list star to boot. with Moonves, he still seems like a powerful, awful creep like the others.
― Nhex, Friday, 21 December 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kevin-spacey-facing-felony-sexual-assault-charges-alleged-incident-teen-193240674.html
― omar little, Monday, 24 December 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
jesus christ he tweeted a video in character, what a colossal, delusional prick
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Monday, 24 December 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
jesus
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Monday, 24 December 2018 21:17 (five years ago) link
That video is so weirdly Alex Jones-y.
― ... (Eazy), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 01:17 (five years ago) link
weeeird
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
"Like I ever played by anyone's rules before. I never did, and you loved it."
Nobody told him that maybe he shouldn't say that?
― jmm, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
it's like he decided to give a version of the Nicholson speech in A Few Good Men but forgot that the speech just made it worse
― omar little, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
i just realized kevin spacey tried to grade his video like fincher would rofl— cd (@CDWritten) December 25, 2018
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
I wonder if he monetized his youtube for his legal fund.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 03:02 (five years ago) link
or his presidential campaign
― Roz, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 05:47 (five years ago) link
Guys no one makes money off of YouTube anymore except racist gamers
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 05:49 (five years ago) link
the double down / galaxy brain approach taken by CK, Harvey, and now, once again, by Kevin "I identify as a gay man" Spacey
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 05:54 (five years ago) link
KEVIN SPACEY: and you’re sure this will helpDIRECTOR WHO LOOKS A LOT LIKE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY WITH A FAKE MUSTACHE: absolutely. for sure— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) December 24, 2018
― resident hack (Simon H.), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 05:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/
― Number None, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 14:42 (five years ago) link
“Underage men”??
― just1n3, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 16:08 (five years ago) link
y’know, adult boys
― “I'm the sexy gorilla and I'm going to hell“ (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 16:11 (five years ago) link
Statement from reporters Maximillian Potter and Alex French on investigation of Bryan Singer published in @TheAtlantic: pic.twitter.com/iouvNZGQtz— The Atlantic Communications (@TheAtlanticPR) January 23, 2019
― resident hack (Simon H.), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:39 (five years ago) link
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― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link
try herehttps://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/03/bryan-singers-accusers-speak-out/580462/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:41 (five years ago) link
This is notable.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
Whoops, sorry, already posted above!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 18:45 (five years ago) link
i want this story to get real, longlasting traction so badly. not just Singer, but the whole ring. drag them into the light like cockroaches. they’ve skated by for SO long undermining the believability of their victims. not to get all red stringed out here but it makes me crazy that Singer’s still getting awards & kids like Brad Renfro who were in his circle die by their own hand & this sex ring just keeps right on being the worst-kept secret for the last, what, 30 years?
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 January 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
i get how easily this could/can devolve into gay panic & homophobia...but i also think this kind of extreme coordinated predatory behavior has to be called out and ~believed~ honestly my hope is that ppl with more clout can back up the named victims & come forward to support them & get some kind of justice
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 January 2019 03:15 (five years ago) link
on another note https://entertainment.theonion.com/bryan-singer-celebrates-bohemian-rhapsody-oscar-nomin-1831988697
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 January 2019 03:49 (five years ago) link
There were active rumors about Singer going around when I first moved to L.A. twenty (fucking Christ) years ago. not like Apt Pupil stuff but a lot of stuff like this. Parties and drugs and rape.
But to me when I read the Apt Pupil stories at the time even from the far outside they sounded very credible and creepy in a way that other stories didn’t but they never gained traction bc by he was a hot new director and also the ones coming out with the stories being even more powerless than the ones coming out with stories now.
It should also be noted that Singer is not especially talented, his films are mostly extremely boring to look at and staged unimaginatively and whatever good qualities they have I’m not willing to give him much credit for. I think Usual Suspects was mediocre but the good bits were McQuarrie-related, X2 was good despite him, X1 could have been better if not for him. And yet this very boring filmmaker kept getting work despite the rumors.
― omar little, Thursday, 24 January 2019 03:56 (five years ago) link
the whole ~concept~ of DEN, let alone the backgrounds of the players involved is bananas when you see it all laid out ...ffs they should have just called it the Red Flag Networkand it just goes along under everyone’s noses
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 January 2019 04:21 (five years ago) link
The entertainment industry is such a cesspit that everyone who deals with this guy in the business absolutely knows all this. That's before getting into all the other industry figures attending these parties.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 24 January 2019 05:24 (five years ago) link
got nothing to add except I was young in LA 20 years ago and what omar said. and every time something singer-related comes out it's like yup. but then he just keeps on getting gigs. this is the thing about open secrets.
this is beyond OTM and has always been baffling. he's not especially gifted and comes with baggage... and yet:
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Thursday, 24 January 2019 05:54 (five years ago) link
money is your answer there.
― Ludo, Thursday, 24 January 2019 07:47 (five years ago) link
It's heart breaking and infuriating reading the article. Shed a tear for Renfro. :-( And all the other victims.
― nathom, Thursday, 24 January 2019 10:11 (five years ago) link