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‘On the Record’ Film Review: Wrenching Documentary Offers Black Women a Voice in the #MeToo Movement
Sundance 2020: Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s controversial new film illustrates how black women often remain silent about sexual misconduct so as to remain supportive of black men
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Oprah Says Her Exit From #MeToo Doc Is Not a ‘Victory Lap’ for Russell Simmons (Video)
“I believe the women’s voices deserve to be heard, and as an executive producer, I also was in a position where I thought some things were not right,” Winfrey says
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Oprah Winfrey Says Russell Simmons ‘Pressured’ Her to Drop Documentary From Apple TV+
“I told him directly in a phone call that I will not be pressured either into, or out of, backing this film,” Winfrey tells The New York Times
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Oprah Winfrey Breaks From Russell Simmons Documentary, Film Will No Longer Air on Apple TV+
Documentary from Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering will premiere at Sundance later this month
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How Hollywood’s Sexual Misconduct Policies Have Changed in the Year Since #MeToo
“The law has remained the same,” entertainment lawyer Elsa Rama tells TheWrap, but “the volume of reporting is just exponentially more”
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TheWrap Publishes 13-Part #AfterMeToo Series, Revealing Powerful Testimony of Accusers
The multimedia project looks at the aftermath for women and men who have broken their silence about powerful men in Hollywood
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Russell Simmons Accuser on How #MeToo Has Rocked the Music Industry: ‘There May Be No Bottom’ (Video)
#AfterMeToo: “There may be this inclination to hunker down and hope this category-5 hurricane just passes over,” music executive Drew Dixon tells TheWrap
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Asia Argento’s #MeToo Curveball Met With Disbelief, Confusion and Anger
“I’m mystified as to why she didn’t find a way to be equally proactive about owning her own complex history here,” Silence Breaker Drew Dixon tells TheWrap
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Will Les Moonves Hang On? Here’s Who Did and Didn’t Keep Their Jobs After #MeToo Accusations (Chart)
It’s been more than a month since Moonves was accused in a New Yorker story. So far, he’s among men who have kept their jobs
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Russell Simmons’ Lawyer Disputes Rape Accusation, Blasts ‘Disappointing’ THR Story
Music mogul’s attorney says The Hollywood Reporter published accuser’s account despite receiving contradictory evidence
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NBC News Under Fire for Spiking Another #MeToo Story About Showbiz Mogul
“What the hell is going on at NBC News,” reads one angry comment on Twitter
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Russell Simmons Sexual Assault Lawsuit Dismissed
Accuser had sought $5 million in complaint filed in January
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Russell Simmons $10 Million Rape Lawsuit Is ‘Nothing More Than an Attempted Extortion,’ His Lawyer Says
“Simply put, your client and her story are not credible and her motivation for a payday are abundantly clear,” hip-hop mogul’s attorney tells accuser’s lawyer
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Russell Simmons Fires Back at Sexual Assault Lawsuit: Accuser Has ‘Mental Health Issues’
Legal papers also say that accuser sent “unsolicited nude photos after the alleged 2016 incident”
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Russell Simmons Hit With $10 Million Rape Lawsuit
Woman says that hip-hop mogul threatened her son, then raped her