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Dustin Hoffman Accused Of ‘Groping, Sexually Harassing’ Kathryn Rossetter

A new Dustin Hoffman accuser just came forward with her own story of sexual harassment and abuse by the actor. Broadway star Kathryn Rossetter revealed several details about the incident during a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Rossetter claimed that Hoffman groped and sexually harassed her during the production of “Death of a Salesman.”

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Katie Couric Talks Matt Lauer’s Sexual Misconduct Scandal

Katie Couric has finally broken her silence on Matt Lauer’s sexual misconduct scandal. On Friday, the “CBS Evening News” host posted a photo of herself with her daughter, Carrie Couric, from several years ago. One of Couric’s followers threw shade at the host for not saying anything about Lauer’s recent firing and sexual abuse allegations

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Donald Trump slams CNN over incorrect report on timing of email to his son

President Trump blasted CNN Saturday for an erroneous report about his son Donald Trump Jr., saying the network made a “vicious and purposeful mistake.” “They were caught red handed, just like lonely Brian Ross at ABC News (who should be immediately fired for his “mistake”),” the president tweeted. “Watch to see if @CNN fires those

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Motion picture academy outlines new standards of conduct for the post-Weinstein era

As this year’s Oscar season heats up, along with the usual questions about who’s up and who’s down in the Academy Awards horse race, there are likely to be other, thornier questions lingering in the air at cocktail parties and on red carpets. Since its founding 90 years ago, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts

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After Weinstein scandal, powerful men fall like dominoes

Democratic Senator Al Franken on Thursday became the latest in a succession of famous American men felled by allegations of sexual harassment or misconduct in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal. Here are some of the key figures from the worlds of entertainment, politics and the media. – ENTERTAINMENT: Harvey Weinstein – Harvey Weinstein

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Six women sue Harvey Weinstein, and his ex-assistant makes new accusations

Six women are suing movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and the studio he co-founded, seeking to turn their case into a class-action suit representing what they say are hundreds of women whom he has sexually assaulted in his decades in Hollywood. The federal lawsuit filed Wednesday in New York against him and the Weinstein Co. outlines

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Jerome Crowe, the FBI agent who delivered the ransom money in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping, dies at 93

LOS ANGELES — Jerome Crowe, a former L.A.-based FBI agent who delivered the ransom money in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping and led a SWAT team in the bloody SLA shootout, has died after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. A lifelong law enforcement officer who is credited with assembling the FBI’s first SWAT team

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Steven Spielberg: America divided like ‘before the Civil War’

Iconic filmmaker Steven Spielberg says America is as divided today as it was “before the Civil War.” Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about his upcoming film “The Post,” the longtime Democrat lamented that he has a hard time fitting in with friends and family members who live outside of the liberal bastion of California. “We

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An MSNBC anchor’s checkered past has come to light — this is what she had to say

Joy Reid MSNBC’s Joy Reid apologized after a Twitter user discovered a very dark part of her past. Reid, who usually puts others in the hot seat, found herself on the receiving end of criticism for a number of insensitive comments she made on her personal blog regarding former Florida Governor and Current Florida Representative

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Indian screen icon Shashi Kapoor dies aged 79

Bollywood icon Shashi Kapoor — a star of 1970s Indian cinema and a member of the Hindi film industry’s famous Kapoor family — died on Monday aged 79 after a long illness, his family said. The multiple award-winning actor died at a hospital in Mumbai on Monday evening, his nephew Randhir Kapoor told the Press

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The quiet way NBC News is making it look like Matt Lauer never even existed

GettyImages-467241645 In the wake of Matt Lauer’s firing due to numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, NBC News is attempting to erase all memory the disgraced anchor from their company’s legacy, Page Six reports. “Matt’s office is being completely demolished,” a source told the website. “Everything is going, including that button under his desk, his name

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