Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

i mean, she basically already said that when she said "my ex sold my movie to my rapist"

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— Ryan Gosling (@RyanGosling) October 12, 2017

you could at least do us the courtesy of saying our names https://t.co/IJEBkdopHV

— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 12, 2017

Yeah I find a lot of these public "solidarity" statements to read more like preemptive self-exculpations.

bla bla bla #notallmen and so on basically.

The more I'm reading of all this the angrier I'm getting. None of these men said jack shit and they all knew.

Eh, Affleck has also done (terrible) comedy Arab terrorist accents on late night shows. And I am convinced a blind item I read about a Hollywood leading man beat his wife was about him and Jennifer Garner. but even if that’s not true, he’s gross.

It just rings really weird also to make a public statement to the effect of "Im sorry that I didn't know. "

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— Tippi Hedren (@Tippi_Hedren) October 11, 2017

I'm confused, is she anonymously quoting another actress who wrote that to her?

This fool would say this.

Oliver Stone refuses to condemn Harvey Weinstein saying "It's not easy what he's going through." https://t.co/eLs4nPPnPU pic.twitter.com/SwmDPqpCqM

— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) October 13, 2017

Jesus.

Tarantino still hasn't commented, huh?

Utterly shocked by the revelations about Harvey. He is a good friend, but if he is guilty, there are issues that are inevitable.

— Quentin Tarantino (@qtarantino) October 11, 2017

The guilt of men on the face of the earth must be determined by Justice and ultimately by the possible existence of God.

— Quentin Tarantino (@qtarantino) October 11, 2017

We need to stand up and support victims of abuse such as the brave and inspiring women who have spoken out.

— Quentin Tarantino (@qtarantino) October 12, 2017

http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/a1/a141aedce06fa25daa9ab224ee784df6bd04626cf4bc0bbf7f4a928f1522ce91.jpg

why are these dillweeds all so bad at lying

I don't think that's a real account.

ok so one person is good at lying

oh nm

Can't wait for QT to turn this into a thinly-disguised revenge Western.

Filmmaker Robert Rodriguez has spoken out about Harvey Weinstein’s sexual harassment allegations.

Rodriguez has a long history with Weinstein’s company Miramax and was previously in a relationship with Rose McGowan, who said she was assaulted by Weinstein in 1997.

“I find the behavior of Harvey Weinstein truly disgusting, both what he did and how he covered his tracks, and it makes me wonder how many others can’t come forward and tell their full story because of legal and personal intimidation,” Rodriguez said in a statement obtained by Variety. “His repulsive behavior was an abuse of power. Thankfully, he’s now discovering what true power is.”

Rodriguez worked with the Weinstein’s and Miramax on a number of his films, including “The Spy Kids” series, “Roadracers,” “Four Rooms,” “From Dusk Til Dawn,” and “Sin City.”

"And yet I stood by and did nothing and continued to make mad bank via a man who did this to women including one I dated"

Somebody tweeted at Kevin Smith the other day...his response:

He financed the first 14 years of my career - and now I know while I was profiting, others were in terrible pain. It makes me feel ashamed. https://t.co/T0hInW7EqJ

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) October 9, 2017

Actress Tara Subkoff has opened up about her experience with Harvey Weinstein, alleging the producer sexually harassed her in the 1990s when she was up for a part in one of his movies.

“That night I was offered the role, and I went out to a premiere after party that Harvey Weinstein was also at,” she told Variety. “He motioned for me to come over to him, and then grabbed me to sit me on his lap. I was so surprised and shocked I couldn’t stop laughing because it was so awkward. But then I could feel that he had an erection. I got quiet, but got off his lap quickly. He then asked me to come outside with him and other things I don’t want to share, but it was implied that if I did not comply with doing what he asked me to do that I would not get the role that I had already been informally offered. I laughed in his face as I was in shock and so uncomfortable. I left the party right after that.”

Subkoff made her film debut in 1994’s thriller “When the Bough Breaks,” and appeared in the 1997 Jack Nicholson comedy “As Good as It Gets,” the 1997 “All Over Me,” and the 1998 Whit Stillman film “The Last Days of Disco.” Subkoff said after denying Weinstein’s advances that night, she was stripped of the informally offered part and blacklisted from acting in Hollywood.

“My reputation was ruined by false gossip, and I was called ‘too difficult to work with,'” she said. “It became impossible for me to get work as an actress after this, so I then had to start a new career path and started Imitation of Christ, a fashion and art label.

In 2015, Subkoff stepped back into entertainment and made her directorial debut with the feature film “#Horror.”

“The Weinstein company executives snuck into a cast and crew screening of my film and told me they loved it,” she recalled. “Then they took it to Harvey, who then refused to watch it but then bad-mouthed it to everyone all over Cannes.”

Still, the movie was picked up for distribution by IFC Midnight. “[IFC was] so supportive of me and the movie, even though Harvey tried to ruin any potential success it could have had,” she said. “It is challenging enough to get work in Hollywood as a female, let alone being a female filmmaker producer/director. And when people attempt to ruin your reputation on top of that, it makes it next to impossible.”

Subkoff said she hopes the growing list of women coming forward with their stories will set a precedent for how women are treated in all places of work. “I have a 17 month old daughter, and I hope she never has a story like this to share.”

Though she has never shared her story before, Subkoff said she opened up about her experience to demonstrate how “powerful men abusing their power can affect not only a few careers, but all of ours,” adding, “I had it affect and ruin my career as an actress. And then almost twenty years later it almost affected my first feature film I wrote directed and produced getting distribution. That refusing to comply with one powerful man’s sexual advances could not only ruin my first career as an actress, but almost twenty years later also had the power to affect my first and only feature film to get distribution is so important to show how the abuse of power by the patriarchy is affecting all female artists everywhere.”

if there are people out there who had the guts to say "I've heard all the stories about this guy and you know what I don't want his money" we've probably never heard their names. That doesn't necessarily mean Kevin Smith knew but come on some of these motherfuckers definitely did.

Tarantino & Rodriguez obviously did. Probably Gosling. people like Kevin Smith, I'm not sure... I mean when something is such a widespread open secret, how much purchase do you really have if you only know vague rumors & you're three or four steps removed from the people involved?

considering how many projects Weinstein worked on, you can see a pattern w/a lot of his accusers where they never worked with him again. i have no doubt it was an open secret, but i also think a lot of these guys--when they're saying "i didn't know"--are really saying "i didn't believe the accusers or the rumors i heard." or possibly, "i didn't care until i couldn't afford not to care anymore."

That last story is horrifying particularly due to the fact he effectively stalked Subkoff years after she rebuffed him, to go out of his way to damage her reputation! I mean that goes beyond being butthurt and into the realm of fucked up controlling psychopath.

Well, his Mallrats star knew.

#HarveyWeinstein #ClaireForlani #MyStory pic.twitter.com/gEVDkbP5ec

— Claire Forlani (@ClaireAForlani) October 12, 2017

http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/12/media/amazon-studios-roy-price-harvey-weinstein/index.html

Head of Amazon Studios put on leave for telling Philip K Dick's daughter (producer of Man in the HIgh Castle) "you'd love my dick" and yelling "Anal sex!" in her ear.

<3 claire forlani

all this truth is so hard to take on board but so important to be heard, seen

I suspect we're going to hear so many more stories coming out over the next several days, weeks, months, etc. He used his position to be a predator stalking an entire generation of young actresses. And even from my limited scope here, you'd hear stories. When Rose McGowan would drop hints over the past couple years, it didn't take much guessing to know who it was. Everyone knew, but the people who could do something felt powerless or they turned a blind eye or they assisted.

And i think unfortunately producers like him, having to work with people like him, it's considered to be some perverse rite of passage, like "oh there are a lot of assholes in Hollywood ha ha!". the ones i'd always hear about was Scott Rudin, and from the old-school Jon Peters. But those stories were always out there, no coverups. They were just legendarily abusive to their underlings, but you'd never hear about actual crimes.

What's different here was the deep rot that had to set in everywhere for so many people to ignore it, or not investigate further. So I have to give massive respect for life to Rose McGowan, I'm complete in my admiration for her. And also for those others behind the scenes who--though they might have felt like they couldn't go to the authorities or the press with proof--nonetheless warned people away from him. And respect to those who had to deal with the PTSD from having him attack them. and i mean i'll never judge anyone for not coming forward, i do not doubt for a second that a lot of people found themselves in a position where they knew their careers could be ruined by this guy, and they felt stuck. it's horrific.

xps I like Clerks and Dogma well enough, but Smith strikes me as probably an enabler. Unless someone's got a strong case that his best pal Jason Mewes was unlikely to have been a constant harasser.

Hollywood is steeped in disease to varying "open secret" degrees. The whole "casting couch" thing is practically a punchline, which is pretty sick; talk about an open secret. HW seems to be several steps beyond the norm, whatever that may be, but the fact that literally everyone knows what the proverbial casting couch is shows how deep and far back this stuff goes, no doubt in and at every level of every industry but especially where this boys club mentality appears to be encouraged and dismissed (see: Fox News, the President, everywhere, etc.).

From Quentin Tarantino: pic.twitter.com/jv0VQNrI91

— Amber Tamblyn (@ambertamblyn) October 13, 2017

God, seeing these names I haven't seen in forever (Tara Subkoff! Claire Forlani!) and realizing the probable reasons why I haven't seen their names in forever is just the most awful shit. It's not enough that he physically violated these women, he also had to actively snuff out their careers.

fuck Batman, what a piece of shit enabler

I ran through about 5 names in my mind before I realized you were talking about Affleck

Claire Forlani was in a pretty recent Lifetime movie about a sadistic (exercise) trainer/life coach who preyed on exercise-obsessed Forlani until her spirit was broken. Not bad for a Lifetime movie. Not great.

xp: ditto.

I've been very skeptical about all these Hollywood people claiming ignorance about Weinstein. I think it's possible they weren't aware of the rape and sexual assault details, but they surely knew that he wasn't a good person, it was common knowledge. I even think this extends to Hillary Clinton and other politicians that took money from him and treated him like a friend. It's dumb that there's been this whole side conversation about Clinton, she doesn't deserve to be dragged through the mud, nor should this conversation even be about her. But I can't help but feel ambivalent about her and other democrats taking his money. Again, it's completely possible they had no idea about the rape allegations, but they must have known they were dealing with a bad character.

My impressions about Weinstein come primarily from reading Down and Dirty Pictures by Peter Biskind about 10 years ago. I don't remember much about that book. The main thing I do remember about it is that it clearly paints Weinstein as a monster, a horrible person who you should avoid working with at all costs. I don't think the book touches on anything to do with sex, but it is very clear that he is no good.

Interestingly, Biskind was interviewed by Slate regarding these new allegations:

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/interrogation/2017/10/peter_biskind_on_the_harvey_weinstein_abuse_allegations.html

He comes off as weirdly defensive about the whole thing because he didn't include any details of sexual abuse. He's very vague about whether he knew anything or not. I guess I can understand that he wants to cover his own ass, but I don't see how anyone could read his book and end up with anything but a highly negative view about Weinstein.

I take it there's been no comment from Trump.

He said he knows Weinstein and he's not surprised.

lol @ tarantino "The guilt of men on the face of the earth must be determined by Justice and ultimately by the possible existence of God."

*farts*

that was fake tho right?

ok nm i guess it is a fake account lol

sorry

Is it a joke account or some person trying to pretend they are him?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/prosecutor-threw-away-slam-dunk-cases-against-weinstein-and-trump-kids?source=facebook&via=mobile

(author is a law professor, specialist in prosecutorial misconduct, and former manhattan prosecutor, so he knows what he is talking about)

Yeah I think the only real comment from him so far is that one I linked. (That said, it's a lame comment.)