Weinsteins step down as Miramax CEOs

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xpost I could also revive my oven-baked muffin pan latke scheme (no deep fryer required) if people are into tots and hash browns they will definitely be into my muffin pan latkes

http://deadline.com/2017/12/bryan-singer-teen-ex-lover-hollywood-sex-drugs-party-life-1202216936/

Hell of a URL

Really? I mean it’s not even a prime

http://m.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=1202216936

btw Tomboto, Spacey's problem is an underage one, not a gay one

in my exp, adult gay men are mostly accepting of groping each other as we're all rutting horndogs (until age kills it)

Mario Batali:

https://ny.eater.com/2017/12/11/16759540/mario-batali-sexual-misconduct-allegations

We built these restaurants so that our guests could have fun and indulge, but I took that too far in my own behavior.

is it like mandatory that all of these basically pro-forma statements have to include at least one clangingly wrong-headed sentence just to keep things lively

That "I made this great contribution to the community/industry/culture, but I also did these bad things" formulation seems to show up in all these apologies

It's more like "these misdeeds are an unfortunate side effect of my quest for awesomeness"

Yes, exactly.

All these apology letters and related commentary make me think about this:

http://www.clickhole.com/blogpost/male-feminist-i-really-think-id-absolutely-crush-i-7018

^^ brutal and otm

omg

Related:

https://gizmodo.com/silicon-valley-s-worst-apologies-of-2017-1821064631

I'm reading "indulge" as "get wasted"

We built these restaurants in the spirit of ancient Roman orgies. Unfortunately. They were a wee bit too realistic for some.

Things got out of hand at our Wild West themed robot rape park but that's the price you pay for greatness

What is the tone in that clickhole article

i believe it's 'profane marc loi'

or perhaps 'matt mcgorry's internal monologue'

xxp weary

friend of mine had occasion to have to work w Batali in a professional capacity some years ago and while he did nothing of this nature in that instance I guess he was the biggest asshole about everything and kept not showing up for stuff and delayed things several days, def have off a terrible vibe I guess

I mean celebrity chefs are up there with directors as a profession in which behaving just terribly seems to be part of the .... not gig, not draw, not expectation...but it really seems to come with the job

I expect gentility from this fellow:

http://delposto.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/25/2014/11/Sausage-Necklace_Credit_Melanie-Dunea-p196l1fq2p1doj1dool1pt4e7jh-e1417118773779.jpg

Just please tell me hes not Australian

I used to work for a chef who's now semi-famous and he used to have a rep as a complete nightmare, till he sobered up. I recall some chair-throwing on one of my first nights there. Kitchens in general are just cesspools of harassment and drug abuse, but I'm guessing that's common knowledge by now.

professional chefs are, by and large, mostly nutjobs

I mean celebrity chefs are up there with directors as a profession in which behaving just terribly seems to be part of the .... not gig, not draw, not expectation...but it really seems to come with the job

― remember the lmao (darraghmac), Monday, December 11, 2017 8:19 AM (one minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i love all the bad tattoo man chefs with their arms folded glaring at the camera, angry because their new hot restaurant is opening and they have to cook food.

they'd have to be. I mean, it's just fuckin' fuel, food. xp

How different they are to the humble contestants on Masterchef.

Similar situation in Chicago last month:
https://chicago.eater.com/2017/10/23/16523668/publican-chef-cosmo-goss-fired-one-off-photo-employee-inappropriate-personal

It's so much part of kitchen/restaurant culture - the rock-n-roll bacchanalia "rock-star" thing - that I assume much more is on the way. In the way that Batali now casts a shadow on the temple/destination Eataly, at some point 'hot new restaurants' will take a hit as people get more aware of the culture that makes it happen.

how long until a plate of pork belly brings Guy Fieri up on assault charges?

Prob worth noting here (or maybe not but whatever) that Guy actually comes out looking sorta decent at heart in comparison to the more snooty Micheline starred chefs.

quick robin, to the hot take mobile! i've got a date with destiny and 600 words on Buzzfeed!

inappropriate behavior, sexual harassment, drinking, drugs, etc are so embedded in the restaurant and bar business it's hard to even know where to start

Guy Fieri is probably the best dude in the biz

I have no idea about his personal life (nor do I care to) but what I have seen of his schtick is relentlessly positive: he appears to love every piece of food in existence, even if it's probably terrible. He loves every restaurant he visits. He's buds with every cook he meets.

So maybe that might carry over into not being a terrible asshole who wants to tear people down? I dunno. I don't want him to cook for me but he does seem to be bringing a different schtick from e.g. Oliver whose default setting is YOU FUCKING SUCK, YOU USELESS CUNT

Wait, is that who I mean? Probably not.

Gordon Ramsey. Jamie Oliver just likes to shame the poors

j oliver got testy with a black woman who was a soul food genius when he took a "road trip" and visited her place, all because she wouldn't tell him her exact recipe as she was cooking it, and that put him in my bad books for life. like maybe if you are sticking your video camera in her face and visiting her personally you should show a little respect and listen to what she says you complete dickhead

Thanks, silby, was in a hurry and got sloppy

I thought that assessment of Oliver was pretty accurate

The New Yorker has severed ties with Ryan Lizza in response to behavior the magazine believes to be “improper sexual conduct." Full statement: pic.twitter.com/a1PAb5Vkao

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) December 11, 2017

That's two for today. Who will be #3?

is there gonna be an alec baldwin moment or did that technically happen already

oh, and bill murray. the chive will be so disappointed, maybe

fuck the chive

just on principle

Oof. NAGL whatever is going on.

Just got statement from Ryan Lizza, who calls his firing from the New Yorker "a terrible mistake" pic.twitter.com/Jf6bQ9Nu83

— Tom Kludt (@TomKludt) December 11, 2017

There were Batali rumors a couple of years ago, weren’t there?