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Time's Up CEO Resigns After Cuomo Scandal

Tina Tchen had resisted calls to step down for weeks

(Newser) - Time's Up CEO and president Tina Tchen resigned Thursday in the wake of revelations that leaders of the sexual harassment victims’ advocacy group advised former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration after he was accused of sexual misconduct. In a statement posted to Twitter , Tchen—the former chief...

Time's Up Leader Quits Over Cuomo Ties

Report found Roberta Kaplan advised governor in effort to discredit accuser

(Newser) - Time’s Up leader Roberta Kaplan resigned Monday over fallout from her work advising Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration when the first allegations of sexual harassment were made against him last year. Kaplan cited her work counseling the administration last winter and her more recent legal work representing Melissa DeRosa,...

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Cuomo Accuser:
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Cuomo Accuser: 'What He Did to Me Was a Crime'

'Executive Assistant #1' comes forward

(Newser) - Bill Maher has joined the chorus calling for Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign. Maher opened his HBO show Friday night by raising the independent New York investigation released last week that found Cuomo sexually harassed female employees and other women. Maher pointed out that it doesn't look good...

Bad Situation Gets Worse for Hollywood Foreign Press

Former president booted over email viewed as racist, advisers flee

(Newser) - The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which puts on the Golden Globes, has expelled a former president after he shared an article that described Black Lives Matter as a "racist hate movement." Philip Berk, who served eight terms as president until 2011, shared the FrontPage Mag article —which...

Maddow Gets Emotional Over 'Silence' at NBC

The MSNBC host speaks up about sexual harassment and NDAs

(Newser) - Activists called upon NBC Universal on Saturday to allow former employees to speak out freely on sexual harassment in the workplace without restriction, rather than having to come to the company first to be released from non-disclosure agreements, the AP reports. The company said Saturday that any former employee who...

Time's Up Chief Resigns After Son's Alleged Misconduct

Lisa Borders steps down after woman accuses son of inappropriate touching

(Newser) - The CEO of a women's advocacy group that sprang up amid the #MeToo movement has resigned after her own son was accused of sexual misconduct, reports the LA Times . Lisa Borders stepped down as leader of Time's Up, explaining in a public statement that she needed to "...

Director's Trouble Costs Bohemian Rhapsody

It's out of the running for a GLAAD award after allegations against Bryan Singer

(Newser) - Bohemian Rhapsody just lost out on the chance to pick up an award because of newly detailed sexual assault accusations against director Bryan Singer. Media watchdog group GLAAD has yanked the film from its best-original-film contenders, reports Variety . GLAAD said the recent exposé in the Atlantic documented "unspeakable harms...

'Conspiracy' Claims Follow Calls for R. Kelly Boycott

Time's Up campaign is 'attempted public lynching,' management says

(Newser) - Ava DuVernay and Shonda Rhimes are among those calling on the music industry to #MuteRKelly over accusations of sexual misconduct "made by women of color and their families for over two decades now." R. Kelly's management team, meanwhile, is claiming a "greedy, conscious, and malicious conspiracy...

ScarJo's Woody Allen History Haunts Her Attack on Franco

Star ripped James Franco for sex misconduct allegations, but some blast her for support of Allen

(Newser) - James Franco has been caught up in controversy ever since he appeared at the Golden Globes wearing a Time's Up pin, leading to cryptic allegations from actress Ally Sheedy and more detailed sexual-misconduct accusations from five other women. Now Scarlett Johansson has jumped into the fray, using her podium...

Woman Says Date With Aziz Ansari Was 'Worst Night of Life'

Ansari responds after interview in which NYC woman says she felt 'violated' after date with him

(Newser) - Grace (not her real name) was watching the Golden Globes earlier this month when she spotted Master of None star Aziz Ansari accepting an award. In an interview on Babe.net , the 23-year-old Brooklyn photographer says it was "cringeworthy" to see Ansari wearing a "Time's Up" pin...

After Outcry, Wahlberg Makes a Big Donation

Gives $1.5M re-shoot fee for 'All the Money in the World' to Time's Up in name of Michelle Williams

(Newser) - Following an outcry over a significant disparity in pay between co-stars, Mark Wahlberg agreed Saturday to donate the $1.5 million he earned for reshoots for All the Money in the World to the sexual misconduct defense initiative Time's Up. Wahlberg said he'll donate the money in the...

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