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Japan to Screen #MeToo Film 'Black Boxes Diaries' Months after Oscar Nomination

This is Beirut, 07/11 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Japan will for the first time screen a documentary directed by a prominent campaigner in the country’s #MeToo movement, months after it was nominated for an Oscar. Shiori Ito won a landmark 2019 civil case against a Japanese TV reporter accused of raping her — a charge he denies — and turned her ordeal into a film screened worldwide. But ...

Harvey Weinstein Back in the Defendant’s Seat in New York

This is Beirut, 15/04 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Women around the world have their eyes on New York, where, shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time, the retrial of the disgraced Hollywood producer officially began. Five years after his initial conviction—which was overturned in April 2024 by the New York Court of Appeals—Weinstein is once again facing justice. The decision to vacate his previous ...

Music Industry Faces Reckoning Amid #MeToo and Legal Battles

This is Beirut, 2024-10-06 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The music industry has long evaded a #MeToo reckoning like the ones experienced in Hollywood and the media, but the high-profile charges against hip-hop mogul Sean Combs may finally mark a turning point. Federal prosecutors allege that Combs, known by monikers such as “Diddy,” operated a criminal sex ring, preying on women and coercing them ...

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