MCN Curated Headlines Archive for November, 2017

“If NBC wants to start making amends, it could finally make public any ‘Apprentice’ archival video that sheds further light on its star’s behavior. As AP reported, more than 20 former crew members, editors, and contestants affirmed that Trump repeatedly demeaned women on the show. A former ‘Apprentice’ producer said there are ‘far worse’ tapes than the ‘Access Hollywood’ video.”
Frank Rich
“The conduct of these employees ranged from verbal and sexual harassment to other behavior that is inconsistent with our policies, our values, and the way in which we believe colleagues should work together.”
Harassment Allegations: Vice Fires Three Unnamed Employees

“I heard a word used recently about people like this — they’re dream crushers. He took this thing that was such a beautiful thing, this young hope, this sense of promise, and he just ruined it.”
Nine Women Accuse Playwright Israel Horovitz of Sexual Misconduct
“The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always what does the protagonist want. That’s what drama is. It comes down to that. It’s not about theme, it’s not about ideas, it’s not about setting, but what the protagonist wants. What gives rise to the drama, what is the precipitating event, and how, at the end of the play, do we see that event culminated? Do we see the protagonist’s wishes fulfilled or absolutely frustrated? That’s the structure of drama. You break it down into three acts.”
Mr. Mamet Turns 70. Here’s The Paris Review Art of Theater No. 11

“Warner Bros. declined comment for this story.”
Unnamed Workers On Justice League Desultorily Describe Frankenstein Monster
“This whole thing from Weinstein to all that’s happening in Hollywood is about an abuse of power. An abuse of the position you have, and what happens is they’ve fooled everyone into thinking it’s part of the job.”
Terry Crews
Richard Schickel Memorial Edition New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Lady Bird; Sean Baker, Director; Phantom Thread, Script; Ronan, Chalamet; Haddish, Dafoe; BPM; Coco; Faces Places; Mudbound, Cinematography; Molly Haskell, Career

“Repairing the damage will take a lot of time and soul-searching and I’m committed to beginning that effort. It is now my full time job… There is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed.”
Matt Lauer Says He Is Beginning Image Recovery
“I am removing myself from the businesses that I founded. The companies will now be run by a new and diverse generation of extraordinary executives who are moving the culture and consciousness forward. I will convert the studio for yogic science into a not-for-profit center of learning and healing. As for me, I will step aside and commit myself to continuing my personal growth, spiritual learning and above all to listening.”
Russell Simmons After Jenny Lumet Sexual Assault Story
“Who Owns LA Weekly? Who owns the publication you’re reading right now? The new owners of LA Weekly don’t want you to know who they are. They are hiding from you. They’ve got big black bags with question marks covering their big bald heads.”
From LA Weekly, At Least Until Dawn
If people bought a paper in secret, refused to reveal themselves, and then fired almost all the journalists — that would be Big News, right?
It's happening right now.
So far, the story of the @laweekly isn't Big News. https://t.co/QrpLIO7XXP https://t.co/6xRLZkGdkN
— Bethany Barnes (@BetsBarnes) November 30, 2017
“I would like to add that I am troubled by how quickly and brutishly some have taken my comments out of context and attempted to blame my generation, my age, or my mindset, without having read the entirety of what I said.”
Angela Lansbury
“I didn’t hack anyone. I didn’t do anything that I was not authorized to do,” he told us when we met in Germany. “I didn’t go to any site I was not supposed to go to. I didn’t break any rules.”
The Eleven-Minute Man Speaks: Bahtiyar Duysak On Deactivating Donald Trump

“At some point, she said, she passed out with her pants pulled halfway down. She woke up on the floor of his office, and Mr. Lauer had his assistant take her to a nurse.”
Matt Lauer Alleged Sexual Abuse Story Updated
Fox News responds to Geraldo's defense of Lauer: "Geraldo's tweets do not reflect the views of FOX News or its management. We were troubled by his comments and are addressing them with him."
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) November 30, 2017

“There’s no time for pondering,” Scott says with a grin. “Sometimes you’ve got to lay down the law. You have to!”
“I think it was about time. Harvey definitely was way overdue. There will still be a few more people out there gritting their teeth who are way overdue.”
Sir Ridley

“Now that Mr. Weinstein faces a mountain of damning corroborated evidence, his tactics seem tinged with malevolence, fronts for a man who abused women and used the promise of Oscar gold as bait. He might be gone, but his protégés remain.”
Cara Buckley Ponders Post-Weinstein Shape Of Oscar Three Months Before Broadcast
“I just hate to see some of these men’s careers, I mean, guys like Charlie Rose, these are terrific people and I hate to see it happen… These people’s careers are being ruined and we just hope and pray that these women are telling the truth.”
Pat Robertson, 87-Year-Old Billionaire Broadcaster, Expresses Concern About Men’s Careers In Face Of Harassment Allegations

“The inquiry found that the relationship was inappropriate because the woman worked on the Android team while Mr. Rubin was leading it.”
Harassment Allegations: Andy Rubin, Android Creator

“Even when professing solidarity with survivors, many people still balk, still recoil and insist, ‘I don’t know anyone who would ever do that or has ever done that.’ You do now, kind of.”
“Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose and the Sexism of Morning TV” By James Poniewozik And Margaret Lyons
Goodbye, LA Weekly, Goodbye
We were expecting there to be some pain with the sale of @LAWeekly. But we weren't expecting the Red Wedding. That's how deep the cuts are. 1/
— Mara Shalhoup (@mshalhoup) November 29, 2017
The dream team—who recently earned 21 @LAPressClub nominations—has been eviscerated. Nine of 13 editorial staffers are gone, including all five editors and all but one staff writer. 3/
— Mara Shalhoup (@mshalhoup) November 29, 2017
“Lauer whispered to Couric on set in 2006, ‘Keep bending over like that. It’s a nice view.'”
A Short History Of Matt Lauer’s Publicly Known Bad Actions