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Here's our first look at Daniel Day-Lewis in his final role before retiring

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  • The trailer for "Phantom Thread" just went live.
  • "Phantom Thread" is Daniel Day-Lewis' final performance before he retires from acting.
  • Day-Lewis plays a successful dressmaker in 1950s London.


The first trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's upcoming film "Phantom Thread" is here, giving us a glimpse at Daniel Day-Lewis' final performance before he retires.

In June, Day-Lewis made headlines for his unexpected announcement that he planned to retire from acting. Day-Lewis is the first actor to win three Academy awards for best actor — one of which he won for his performance in Anderson's "There Will Be Blood."

In "Phantom Thread,"Day-Lewis stars as a successful dressmaker in 1950s London who is lovesick over his new muse, an independent young woman. Day-Lewis dotes on his love interest, dressing her in finely crafted garments, and introducing her to the very best that high society has to offer — but it's unclear how loving his gestures truly are. 

It looks like we can expect a stunning last performance from Day-Lewis, and a beautiful new film from Anderson. 

You can watch the trailer for "Phantom Thread" below. The film opens in select theaters December 25.

 

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The 16 worst HBO shows, according to critics

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Throughout its history of original programming, HBO has delivered some of the greatest TV shows of all time, including "The Wire," "Deadwood," and "The Sopranos."

But with every string of success comes at least some failure. Although HBO hasn't made nearly as many terrible shows as networks like CBS, NBC and ABC in the long run, it's certainly released quite a few stinkers. 

But which HBO shows are the worst? We ranked its shows according to their ratings on Metacritic, which aggregates critic reviews and assigns each season of a show a score between 1 and 100.

For shows with multiple seasons, we averaged their scores. And to break ties, we brought in the audience score.

Here's how HBO's shows rank, from worst to best, according to critics on Metacritic.

(Note: We left off animated, children's, documentary/reality, and foreign programming, as well as miniseries, with a few notable exceptions.)

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16. "The Newsroom" (2012-14), three seasons

Average Metacritic score: 61.7

"The series is kind of a mess ... but one you can't really look away from." — SFGate



15. "Carnivale" (2003-05), two seasons

Average Metacritic score: 61

"A bloated mess ... 'Carnivale' is a little too full of itself. Believing that it has a fascinating story to tell with all the complex themes you could imagine, the series nevertheless fails the first test of television: Move forward." — SFGate



14. "Unscripted" (2005), one season

Metacritic score: 60

Audience Score: N/A 

"A faux documentary on actors who are not famous but who are struggling to be isn't inherently interesting to non-actors ... 'Unscripted' isn't a complete flop. It's just rare that HBO fails like this." — The San Francisco Chronicle



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Arnold Schwarzenegger explains how the next 'Terminator' movie will fix the franchise

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  • Arnold Schwarzenegger thinks "Terminator Genisys" focused too much on time travel.
  • He says the next Terminator movie will be more simple.
  • More than 30 years after the original "Terminator" debuted, Schwarzenegger still loves playing the character.

 

Arnold Schwarzenegger has no plans to retire one of his most memorable characters anytime soon.

Schwarzenegger became an action movie superstar in 1984 when he was cast as the indestructible T-800 cyborg for James Cameron’s sci-fi box office hit, “The Terminator.” Since then, the actor has played the iconic character three more times (the only time he wasn’t in a Terminator movie was “Terminator Salvation” in 2009, when he was the governor of California). 33 years after the first movie, he says he still loves playing the character.

“I think the T-800 model is a really interesting character,” Schwarzenegger told Business Insider while promoting his new movie “Killing Gunther” (currently available on streaming and in theaters). “He’s a machine, can be destructive, can do things human beings can’t do, but at the same time when newer technology comes along the character suddenly is vulnerable and that makes him even more interesting.”

However, the latest movie in the franchise, “Terminator Genisys,” tested the patience of its fan base.

Despite earning over $350 million overseas (compared to just $89.7 million domestically), most complained of the movie’s convoluted storyline that dealt with time travel. Schwarzenegger said that, on top of the story being confusing, it made his T-800 character feel less vulnerable and more like “an ordinary guy who suddenly gets activated again.” 

“It’s hard to come up with new ideas when you stay within that framework,” Schwarzenegger said of the complex plot focusing on the future and the past in “Terminator Genisys.”

the terminator Orion PicturesBut he’s confident the next movie, currently untitled but will be directed by Tim Miller (“Deadpool”) and starring Schwarzenegger, will fix that problem by going back to a simpler approach.

“I think [James] Cameron and Tim [Miller] came up with a concept where they can continue on with the T-800 but make a whole new movie,” he said. “What they are doing now with this one is basically to just take a few very basic characters, like Linda Hamilton’s character and my character, and dismiss everything else. Just move away from all these rules of the timeline and other characters.”

Hamilton plays Sarah Connor, in the franchise. Her last time playing the character was in 1991's "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" (her voice was also used in "Terminator Salvation").

Despite the mixed reaction by fans to “Terminator Genisys” and previous titles in the franchise, the movies still earn monster coin globally. Since "T2," all of the "Terminator" movies have each earned over $400 million globally except for "Salvation" ($371 million), which Schwarzenegger didn't star in.

The upcoming untitled "Terminator" movie will open in theaters in 2019.

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Facebook is testing burying posts from media outlets in a separate News Feed — unless they pay (FB)

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  • Facebook is currently testing a change that would force news publishers to pay to show posts from their Facebook Pages in the News Feed.
  • In six countries, posts from Facebook Pages are now shown in a separate Explore tab, while the main News Feed only shows posts from friends, ads, and posts that companies operating Pages have paid to promote.
  • Facebook said it has no current plans to roll the change out globally.

 

Facebook is testing a change that could have dramatic effects on media organizations and other businesses that use its network to distribute their stories and other information.

The change affects posts published on Facebook Pages, profiles that are reserved for public figures, businesses, and other organizations.

In six countries, Facebook has removed all posts published on Facebook Pages from the main News Feed and moved them to a separate and less prominent "Explore" section in its app. The change leaves the main News Feed reserved for only posts from friends, ads, and individual posts that organizations operating Facebook Pages pay to promote.

Facebook confirmed the test, which was first spotted by Slovakian journalist Filip Struhárik, to Business Insider on Monday.

“With all of the possible stories in each person’s feed, we always work to connect people with the posts they find most meaningful," a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. "People have told us they want an easier way to see posts from friends and family, so we are testing two separate feeds, one as a dedicated space with posts from friends and family and another as a dedicated space for posts from Pages.”

The test is currently active for people in Sri Lanka, Bolivia, Slovakia, Serbia, Guatemala, and Cambodia, according to the spokesperson, who added that the company has no current plans to roll the change out globally.

Most news organizations rely on Facebook as a major source of traffic for their content. Along with Google's search engine, Facebook's algorithms are largely responsible for helping grow the early reach of digital upstarts like BuzzFeed and The Huffington Post.

The change does not affect individual users' ability to share news articles, videos, or other webpages with their friends. Those posts from individuals will still show up in the News Feed, even if they ultimately come from companies that maintain Facebook Pages.

Still, by sequestering posts from Pages into a separate feed, Facebook could radically lower the traffic it sends to companies that don't pay to promote their posts in the main News Feed. In Slovakia, where the test is currently active, companies operating Pages are already "seeing dramatic drops in organic reach," according to Struhárik.

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ESPN cancels controversial new 'Barstool' show after a single episode

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  • ESPN President John Skipper took personal responsibility for the controversial new show.
  • Skipper said he thought the show would be able to distance itself from Barstool Sports.
  • The show came under fire when ESPN host Sam Ponder showed how she had been attacked by the website.


ESPN has canceled their new late-night comedy show, "Barstool Van Talk," after just one episode.

ESPN President John Skipper took responsibility for the show in a statement announcing the cancellation, noting that he thought it could distance itself from its roots, the controversial male-centric sports website, "Barstool Sports."

"Effective immediately, I am cancelling Barstool Van Talk," Skipper wrote in a statement. "While we had approval on the content of the show, I erred in assuming we could distance our efforts from the Barstool site and its content."

The show was hosted by Dan "Big Cat" Katz and PFT Commenter, two members of the Barstool community who are also the hosts of the wildly popular sports podcast, "Pardon My Take."

Skipper added that ESPN appreciated "the efforts of Big Cat and PFT Commenter," noting that they "delivered the show they promised."

The collaboration between ESPN and the Barstool hosts raised eyebrows when it was first announced due to the sites content that is often viewed as misogynistic. However, the controversy grew in the days leading up to the show when Sam Ponder, the host of ESPN’s "Sunday NFL Countdown" sarcastically welcomed the new show and pointed out how she had been a victim of the website's attacks in the past.

The hosts of the show issued a statement of their own, saying they were "disappointed" in the show being canceled. 

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George Clooney and Matt Damon speak out about what they knew about Harvey Weinstein: 'He was a womanizer'

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  • George Clooney and Matt Damon say they were unaware of sexual abuse allegations by dozens of women against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. 
  • Both actors, whose careers Weinstein helped launch, say they thought Weinstein was a "womanizer," but not a predator.
  • Clooney argued that Hollywood must make it safe for victims to speak out, in part by enforcing a zero tolerance policy for sexual abuse.


After more than three dozen women have come forward to accuse Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault and harassment, George Clooney and Matt Damon have spoken out about the powerful Miramax head who helped launch their careers. 

The actors say they knew Weinstein was a "womanizer," but had no idea of the extent of his alleged abuses. 

"You had to spend about five minutes with him to know that he was a bully, he was intimidating — that was his legend, that was his whole kind of M.O.," Damon said of Weinstein during a sit-down interview with ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday. "So when people say everybody knew, like, yeah I knew he was an a--hole. He was proud of that."

"I knew he was a womanizer," Damon went on. "But this level of criminal sexual predation is not something that I ever thought was going on. Absolutely not."

Damon said that he never witnessed any of the behavior that the women describe, saying that Weinstein "didn't do it out in the open," but that he knew about Gwyneth Paltrow's claims that Weinstein had acted inappropriately with her when she was a 22-year-old.

Ben Affleck, who worked closely with Weinstein and Damon, dated Paltrow in the late 1990s and told Damon about the incident while he and Paltrow were filming 1999's "The Amazing Mr. Ripley" with Weinstein. 

Damon said that he thought Weinstein and Paltrow, who went on to win an Academy Award for her starring role in Weinstein's "Shakespear in Love," had come to an "agreement" and said that he believed Weinstein treated Paltrow only with respect. 

"I knew that ... they had come to whatever, you know, agreement or understanding that they had come to, she had handled it," Damon said. "She was, you know, the first lady of Miramax. And he treated her incredibly respectfully."

Damon has come under fire following allegations made by a former New York Times reporter that may have been used by Weinstein in an attempt to bury allegations against Weinstein in 2004. Both Damon and The Times have denied the former reporter's claims.

Clooney also said he was unaware of the allegations, but that Weinstein had boasted to him about sexual relationships he claimed to have had. He added that he didn't believe all of Weinstein's stories because that would have required him "to believe the worst of lots of actresses who were friends of mine."

"The idea that this predator, this assaulter, was out there silencing women like that, it's beyond infuriating," Clooney said. "The fact that the story is coming out now, and the more it comes out, I want to know all of it." 

Clooney argued that there has to be "a comeuppance" for all of those who enabled the film mogul's alleged abuses. 

"We have to make it safe for people to feel that they can talk about this," Clooney said. "And in doing that I think that'll scare away that kind of behavior. But more than that, you're gonna have to have a warning shot ... that you will be outed, and you'll be out of the business, and you might be prosecuted." 

He argued that the silver lining of this scandal is that Hollywood is being forced to have a conversation about how to deal with sexual abuse in the industry. 

"Many, if not most, women have at some point in their life faced this kind of behavior," Clooney added. "I think that's a little bit of a surprise to some of us, that it's this big, that it's this prevalent. And maybe that's something else that's good that comes out of this is that we're going to have these discussions, we're going to have this conversation and again we're going to make it harder for it to happen." 

Watch the clip below: 

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Uber whistleblower Susan Fowler already sold her movie ... and she's working on a book

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  •  Susan Fowler has already found a buyer to make a movie about her time at Uber, reports Deadline. 
  • And Fowler’s book on her life is being shopped to publishers now and has multiple bidders.
  • Her life story is extraordinary, too: She's gone from home schooled and largely self-taught to a famous software engineer who has filed a petition with the Supreme Court.

If Susan Fowler's infamous "very, very strange year at Uber" was the stuff of lemons, then Fowler is making lemonade.

It seems she has already sold a movie about her life, just a few weeks after word leaked that she was shopping the script around.

The film production company Good Universe beat out three other bidders to land the rights to the film, Deadline reports. The film is named "Disrupters," says Deadline, and it's supposed to be an "Erin Brockovich" meets "The Social Network." Oscar-nominated screenwriter of "Hidden Figures" Allison Schroeder has also reportedly been tapped to write it.

Good Universe is an interesting fit for the story. It's best known for its silly comedies like 2014's Neighbors (Seth Rogen, Zac Efron) or 2017's The House (Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler). But it does dabble in other genres like the forthcoming horror thriller "Extinction" and the 2016 crime thriller "Don't Breathe."

And this is on top of two well received technical books that Fowler had previously published, based on the lessons she learned working at Uber building an app that rarely goes down. 

From home-schooled to harassed 

The 26-year-old Fowler has already given the world a taste of her life story in an interview she gave to New York Times Maureen Dowd. She was raised one of seven kids, daughter of an Evangelical preacher, in a small Arizona town where she was home schooled, Dowd reported. Instead of attending high school, she mostly studied on her own, reading the classics.

travis kalanick uber ceo founderShe figured out how to get into college on her own and landed a full-ride scholarship to ASU. When the school wouldn't put her on a track to study astronomy, given her lack of formal math training, she transferred to the University of Pennsylvania and did some brutal catching up in math to study physics there.

She came crashing into the public eye when, back in February, she wrote about the sexism and sexual harassment she said she faced at Uber. Her post told of HR looking the other way as managers allegedly hit on employees and bought just the male members of her team leather jackets. 

The blog post went viral and shook the company to its core, eventually leading to the firing of over 20 people and an investor uprising that forced CEO Travis Kalanick out.

But Fowler didn't stop there. She has filed a petition with the Supreme Court challenging the forced arbitration clauses that tech companies routinely make employees sign as a condition of their employment. This not only keeps employees from suing, but it often means that disputes happen in private, hidden from view.

Fowler told the Times that, like most women, she feared the repercussions of her blog post before she published it. She also didn't want her name to be forever associated with sexual harassment drama at Uber.

But then she decided, "If what people know you for is bringing light to an issue about bad behavior, about bad stuff going on and laws not being followed and people being treated inappropriately, why wouldn’t I want that? That’s a badge of honor," she told the Times.

Voices of discontent

Fowler is certainly not the first woman to come forward. Women have been speaking out more and more frequently in the tech industry for years. 

Still, Fowler's voice had power and influence in the wake of President Trump's election. Her blog post was a spark that lit an enormous fire. In 2017, more women came forward. They revealed stories of harassment by VCs that led to investigations, resignations and dismissals.

The women of Hollywood are now speaking out. And women lawmakers have begun to speak out, too.

Meanwhile, Fowler has a movie deal, is expected to have a book deal soon. She's written a couple of technical books, filed a Supreme Court petition and, with her first child on the way (a daughter, she told the Times), she can proudly say that change is in the air.

Fowler could not be immediately reached for comment.

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8 'famous last words' that were probably made up

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  • Many pithy, memorable famous last words are posthumous fiction.
  • Conflicting historical accounts and sparse witnesses make them hard to verify.
  • The reality of famous figures' deaths tends to be more sobering.


Don't trust everything you read on the internet — especially when it comes to historical quotes.

And that goes triple for famous last words.

Final words are often notoriously difficult to verify. There are fabrications that are just completely made up for one reason or another. Then there are exaggerations — sayings twisted into more quotable turns of phrase or modern vernacular or authentic quotes said long before the individual ended up on their deathbed.

Lastly, there are some plausible sayings that are simply impossible to confirm either way, because they happened too long ago or in front of people with an agenda.

With that in mind, here's a roundup of some famous last words floating around there that are almost certainly somewhat inaccurate:

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'Et tu, Brute?' — Julius Caesar, Roman dictator and general

"Et tu, Brute?" is likely one of the most widely remembered and quoted Latin phrases out there, thanks to William Shakespeare's dramatic retelling of the Roman strongman's life.

The words conjure up a stirring image — a powerful politician realizing he's betrayed — and stabbed — by a beloved adopted son.

However, Roman biographer Suetonius claimed the man's last words might have been even sadder. He reports Caesar possibly said, "You too, my child?" in Greek, before succumbing to his injuries, according to Livius.org.

Suetonius himself, however, believed it was more likely Caesar had died without saying a word.



'Either this wallpaper goes or I do.' — Oscar Wilde, Irish playwright

No, Oscar Wilde didn't leave this world complaining about tacky interior design choices.

Records indicate the famously witty Wilde did once utter a similar phrase: "My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death. One or the other of us has to go."

However, according to the book "Oscar Wilde: The Unrepentant Years," he said this to a visiting friend a few weeks before he passed away in Paris in 1854.



'I should never have switched from scotch to martinis.' — Humphrey Bogart, actor

The Hollywood star didn't die mulling over his preferred drink when he passed in 1957.

According to the blog Phrases.org, the quip about the martinis actually might come from a 1975 novel called "What Are the Bugles Blowing For?"

In reality, according to his wife Lauren Bacall, his final words before slipping into a coma were, "Goodbye, kid. Hurry back."



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Here's everything coming to Netflix in November that you need to watch

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While some memorable titles will be leaving Netflix in November, the streaming service is also reupping with more quality content.

Arriving titles to check out include the first "Men In Black" film, the baseball classic "Field of Dreams," and a slew of new Netflix originals. 

Among the upcoming original titles are the streaming service's Oscar-contending period film "Mudbound" and the second season of comedian Maria Bamford's "Lady Dynamite." 

Here's everything that's coming to Netflix in November (we've bolded the titles we think you should watch):

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Available November 1

"42"
"Casper"
"Chappie"
"Charlotte’s Web (2006)"
"Field of Dreams"
"Men in Black"
"Michael Clayton"
"Oculus" 
"Scary Movie"
"Silent Hill" 
"Stranger: Season 1"
"The Bittersweet"
"The Pursuit of Happyness"
"The Reader"
"The Whole Nine Yards"
"To Rome with Love"
"Under Arrest: Season 7"
"Undercover Grandpa"
"Where the Day Takes You"



Available November 2

"All About the Money"
"It’s Not Yet Dark"
"Ten Percent (aka Call My Agent!): Season 2" — NETFLIX ORIGINAL



Available November 3

"Alias Grace" — NETFLIX ORIGINAL 
"Eventual Salvation"
"The Big Family Cooking Showdown: Season 1" — NETFLIX ORIGINAL



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R. Kelly's ex-girlfriend accuses the singer of physical abuse, sexual coercion, and punishing her with starvation

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  • Kitti Jones, a former girlfriend of R&B singer R. Kelly, has accused Kelly of physical abuse, sexual coercion, and forced starvation in a new Rolling Stone report.
  • Jones lived with Kelly from 2011 to 2013. She alleges he physically abused her ten times.
  • Jones was one of the women cited in a Buzzfeed News report from July that alleged R. Kelly was holding six women captive in an abusive "cult."

 

Kitti Jones, a Dallas radio DJ and former girlfriend of R&B singer R. Kelly, has come forward to accuse the singer of sexual coercion, physical abuse, and forced starvation. 

In an interview with Rolling Stone published Monday, Jones details her relationship with Kelly from 2011 to 2013. She alleges Kelly physically abused her ten times during the relationship, forced her to have sex with other women, and at times withheld food from her for days as punishment for disobeying him. 

At one point in the relationship, after Jones "challenged" Kelly on the details of a 2002 videotape that allegedly showed Kelly having sex with an underage girl, Jones says Kelly "kicked her multiple times and delivered a series of open-handed slaps to her face," as Rolling Stone's Jason Newman writes. 

Jones was one of the women cited in a bombshell Buzzfeed News report from July, which alleged that Kelly had been manipulating the lives of six women in an abusive "cult."

Jones' accusations in the Rolling Stone article, including physical abuse, restricting her cell phone usage, and having to ask the singer permission to leave the premises or use the bathroom, largely match the details of the Buzzfeed report. Jones' allegation that Kelly forcibly starved her is a new accusation. 

In response to Jones' accusations, a representative for R. Kelly provided Rolling Stone with the following statement: 

"Mr. Kelly is aware of the repeated and now evolving claims of [Ms. Jones]. It is unfortunate that Ms. Jones, after public statements to the contrary, is now attempting to portray a relationship history with Mr. Kelly as anything other than consensual involvement between two adults. As stated previously, Mr. Kelly does not control the decision-making or force the actions of any other human being, including Ms. Jones, by her own admission. Any claim of wrongdoing of any kind or of mistreatment of any woman by him is false, ill-motived and defamatory."

Read the Rolling Stone story here.

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Hulu CEO leaves to head up Sony TV

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Hulu CEO Mike Hopkins is stepping down from his position to head up Sony's TV efforts, according to Recode's Peter Kafka.

Randy Freer, an executive at Fox, will replace him, according to the report.

After a huge year for the streaming service, with Emmy wins for Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" and landing the streaming rights to shows including "30 Rock" and "Will & Grace," Hopkins will join Sony, reporting in to Sony Picture Entertainment chief Tony Vinciquerram, according to Recode

Hopkins took over Hulu in 2013, and helped transform the streaming service from last night's television to a serious contender at the Emmys for its original shows.

Hopkins' replacement, Randy Freer, was the president and COO of Fox television. Hulu is owned by Fox, Disney and Comcast. 

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There's a legal loophole that's preventing most sexual harassment cases from seeing the light of day - here's how to fix it

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In 2016, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment suit against Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News. Carlson won a $20 million settlement and Ailes was eventually fired. However, Carlson says that most women's sexual harassment stories are kept secret because of a legal loophole. Following is a transcript of the video.

Gretchen Carlson:  Now the woman’s not working at the company any more and the harasser can stay and nobody ever knows about it.

In 2016, Gretchen Carlson filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News founder Roger Ailes. Carlson's allegations led to his resignation and a $20 million settlement.

Carlson: So the Supreme Court ruled on arbitration clauses more than 20 years ago. Making them an accessible vehicle for corporations to put them in the contracts. So I guess the excuse was so that we wouldn’t clog the courts with workplace disputes.  The problem is that forced arbitration is secret.  And so when a woman comes forward with a sexual harassment claim and she has a forced arbitration clause in her contract, nobody ever knows about it. She’s basically given up her 7th Amendment right to an open jury process. And so she’s sexually harassed, she files a claim, her claim goes to arbitration, the company in most cases picks the arbitrator. Only 20 percent of the time does the woman or the employee win. There’s not the same amount of witness, witnesses that you can call or depositions. And there are no appeals. So the biggest factor is the secrecy element. Now the woman’s not working at the company anymore and the harasser can stay and nobody ever knows about it. So that’s inherently wrong to me. It’s outrageous that women are being silenced in this way on this specific issue. So what I’ve been trying to do on Capitol Hill is take the secrecy out of it. So I’ve been meeting with senators for the last year to try to make this a bipartisan effort. Nothing gets done on Capitol Hill right now. So I know and understand that we need to have bipartisan support on this for it to ever become a reality. And so on this issue Democrats tend to be on my side. I’m really working hard to get Republicans to at least do baby steps and get rid of the secrecy element. And wouldn’t it be wonderful that we would come forward with a bill that would support women and might even wind up on Donald Trump’s desk.

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'Stranger Things' season 2 takes a big risk while reminding you why you fell in love with it in the first place

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  • The second season of "Stranger Things" isn’t as seamless as season one, but it stays true to the characters and world everyone fell in love with last summer. 
  • The exciting, spooky new season gives other characters the spotlight, like Lucas, Dustin and Steve, but a plotline focusing on Eleven falls flat. 
  • The season's biggest strength is that it never tries to top season one.

Warning: very minor spoilers for "Stranger Things" season 2 ahead.  

When "Stranger Things" came out last summer, it was a quiet surprise that quickly gained enough buzz to convince me to watch it. I usually don’t take TV recommendations from people I don’t know, but I heard so much about this new Netflix show from creators Matt and Ross Duffer, described as “Spielberg in the 80s,” that I watched it all in one night and loved it.

Fans loved the first season partly due to its obsession with '80s movies like “E.T.” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” It’s a formula that Steven Spielberg perfected: outcasts in suburban America encounter something of a different world, and there’s some family and teenage drama mixed in to make it more dramatic and relatable.

The second season of "Stranger Things," available on Netflix beginning Friday, October 27, is likewise filled with nostalgia, and it follows a similar structure to the first season, with plenty of call backs to it. Joyce (Winona Ryder) covers her home in something in an attempt to solve the mystery of her son Will (Noah Schnapp). I’m not telling you what is, but it’s not Christmas lights. Nancy (Natalia Dyer), once again, has boy drama. The boys encounter another bully in newcomer Billy (Dacre Montgomery). Will and newcomer Dr. Owens (Paul Reiser) have Upside Down drama. And Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) continues her journey of discovery and identity.

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But "Stranger Things" season 2 also gives other characters the spotlight. Compared to the first season, Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo), Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin), and Steve (Joe Keery) are given more screentime, and the space needed to introduce new characters like Bob (Sean Astin) and Max (Sadie Sink) comes at the expense of other characters like Hopper (David Harbour), Joyce, and Mike (Finn Wolfhard). Tragically, there is not much Mike, though every second he is on screen is a treasure.

And as much screen time as Will gets, we still don’t get to know him more than we did by the end of season one. His personality still feels empty, his only connection to the audience being his connection to the Upside Down.

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With nine episodes — one more than season 1 — “Stranger Things" season 2 isn’t as seamless and tight. A season-long plotline involving Eleven’s self discovery starts off strong, but takes up way too much screen time when viewed in light of its ultimate impact. In an attempt to remind us once again that it is the '80s, this plotline introduces a team of forgettable crust punks that we will hopefully never see again.

By the end of season 2, it doesn’t feel like we’ve discovered that much new information. Eleven could’ve come to these conclusions on her own. The writers underestimate Eleven’s intelligence and understanding here, and the character is at her best when she's in Hawkins. But I do admire the writers for taking a risk with a focused episode, one that takes place entirely outside of Hawkins, even if the final result does lack the impact of similarly focused episodes of "You’re the Worst," which is currently leading the pack in character-focused TV.

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All flaws set aside, the best thing about the second season is that it never tries to top season one. Like Steve’s hair, it’s doing something similar but exploring new possibilities — for both the world and its characters, who we fell in love with so easily last summer.

Another thing “Stranger Things" season 2 does so well is fighting its own predictability.  We always know that all of the kids are gonna be alright, and that the season will end with a classic 80s song. But so much happens along the way that you forget that the ending is exactly what you were expecting.

“Stranger Things" season 2 has a lot of heart. It heightens the scares, the laughs, the teenage drama, and its synthetic score, making season two well worth your time — though you might not be as surprised as you were when the show came out of seemingly nowhere last summer.

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How the screenwriter of 'American Sniper' convinced Steven Spielberg he was ready to direct

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  • Jason Hall, director of the upcoming movie "Thank You for Your Service," first got into the business as an actor in the late 1990s.
  • After a stint in rehab and his own personal "welcome to Hollywood" moment, he turned to screenwriting.
  • Hall convinced Steven Spielberg to give him a chance at directing after earning an Oscar nomination for writing "American Sniper."

 

The way things were playing out for Jason Hall at the start of his career, the combination of hard luck and personal demons could have led to him being just another rising star who faded out too quickly.

Coming out to Hollywood as an actor in the 1990s after studying film at USC, Hall had the tools to make it. He had chiseled looks and studied acting with some of the best teachers after going through a two-year Meisner acting course. That quickly landed him work on a few TV shows, including a recurring role as Devon MacLeish on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.”

He had also caught the eye of James Toback. The Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind “Bugsy” and director of movies like “Fingers” and “The Pick-up Artist” was trying to get “Harvard Man” off the ground, a movie about a Harvard basketball player who throws a game for the mob and then tries to fend off both them and the FBI while on a bad LSD trip.

The time James Toback was going to make him a movie star

A female friend of Hall’s had met Toback at an airport and the director wanted to audition her for the movie, Hall recalled. He said his friend thought Toback was “a little bit strange” but she took the script and, after realizing she wasn’t right for the movie, passed on it, instead telling Toback to consider Hall for the male lead. (Toback has recently been accused by over 30 women of sexual harassment.)

“He met me and we clicked,” Hall told Business Insider over the phone earlier this month. “I had been to prep school and I had done some of the experimentation that the character in the movie had and he was like, ‘You're the guy! I've sat down with everybody in Hollywood and you’re the guy.’”

But nothing in Hollywood goes according to plan, and “Harvard Man” was Hall’s first lesson in that.

As Toback tried to get financing, Hall said the two would often work together on scenes from the script but also do a lot of things that had nothing to do with the movie. One time, Hall picked up Toback from a Los Angeles airport and drove him to a Beverly Hills bank, where Toback withdrew cash so he could then race off to Las Vegas to gamble.

“It was a strange relationship,” Hall said, looking back.

But what came out of it was the first important decision of Hall’s career: He went to rehab for substance abuse and got himself clean. When he got out, Toback was ready to make “Harvard Man,” but not with Hall.

“I came back and he said, ‘You changed!’” Hall recalled. “And I’m like, ‘I stopped doing all that nonsense so I can do the work,’ and he said, ‘Yeah, but now you’re not the guy. I don’t see it anymore.’” (Business Insider contacted Toback for comment but did not get a response.) “Entourage” star Adrian Grenier eventually landed the lead role in the movie, which was released in 2001.

That led to the second most important decision of Hall’s career: writing his first screenplay.

From failed actor to Oscar-nominated screenwriter

“I was like, am I going to be James Toback’s guy on acid or am I going to live a clean life and try to pursue a career in the arts and not die by the time I’m 35,” Hall said. “So I started writing scripts for myself.”

He thought the plan was foolproof. Feeling he could come up with better material than the scripts he was auditioning for, he decided to write himself into his own scripts and make the deals for them contingent on him acting in them (a la what Sylvester Stallone did with “Rocky” or Matt Damon and Ben Affleck with “Good Will Hunting”).

But it didn’t go according to plan. Hall found interest for the scripts but no one wanted him to act in them. He finally relinquished his dreams of being a movie star and decided to move forward as a screenwriter. The first script he sold was the 2009 movie “Spread,” starring Ashton Kutcher. He also got a writing credit on the 2013 Liam Hemsworth thriller, “Paranoia.”

Then he hit pay dirt around 2011 when he got his hands on the yet unpublished memoir of the deadliest marksman in US military history, Chris Kyle. Hall spent time with Kyle and his friends, earned their trust, wrote the screenplay, and got Bradley Cooper involved, but nothing happened until two months after Kyle’s murder at the hands of a former Marine suffering from PTSD in February 2013. Steven Spielberg read the script for “American Sniper” and bought it for his company, DreamWorks, with an eye to direct it.

bradley cooper american sniperClint Eastwood would end up directing, and with Cooper starring as Kyle, “American Sniper” went go on to become one of the surprise hits of 2014, earning over $350 million domestically of its $547.4 million worldwide total (the movie was made for $58.8 million) and getting six Oscar nominations, including one for Hall. The film would end up winning an Oscar for best sound editing.

But that wasn’t the last gift Spielberg gave Hall. While writing drafts of the “American Sniper” script for Spielberg, the legendary director said he had something else he thought Hall would be good to work on.

“I think we were working for two months on ‘American Sniper’ and he came in and dropped a book on the table,” Hall said. “He said he wanted to do more for the veterans.”

Convincing Spielberg he can direct — and almost getting kicked off a plane in the process

The book was “Thank You for Your Service,” written by journalist David Finkel, and it examined the recent string of soldiers coming home and struggling to adjust to civilian life.

“Spielberg and I both loved that aspect of the story, what the coming home was like,” Hall said. “And Spielberg posed the question after reading the book, ‘You don't think this and ‘American Sniper’ are too similar?’ I said there are similar aspects but only in as much as one is the story of Achilles and other is the story of Odysseus. ‘Thank You for Your Service’ can be the homecoming.”

Like “American Sniper,” Hall could tell that, with Spielberg’s work load, he probably wouldn’t get around to directing “Thank You for Your Service,” so while writing the script he threw his hat in the ring.

Following a pitch call — which Hall said occurred while he was in the middle of boarding an airplane and the flight attendants were close to kicking him off because he wouldn’t hang up the phone — Hall scored a formal meeting with Spielberg to interview for the directing job. His persistence paid off, and he got the gig in June of 2015.

“Thank You for Your Service” follows a group of soldiers (among them Miles Teller) returning from Iraq who struggle to integrate back into civilian life with their families. Dealing with both physical and mental wounds, the men's search for normalcy often brings them back to each other to find strength to continue on.

“I felt like this was a way to bring all these guys all the way home,” Hall said of the cloak of PTSD that hangs over the movie. It's a struggle he said he’d seen with countless veterans, including Kyle, whom he felt had turned a corner when they spoke over the phone for what turned out to be the final time two days before his murder.

“I felt the guy was making it home,” Hall said of Kyle. “I heard him laugh and be at ease in a way that I hadn’t before.”

Thank You For Your Service 2 DreamWorks.JPG“There’s a whole other battle to fight once a solider comes to the decision to seek help,” Hall continued. “I definitely relate to that, realizing I needed help and being in a place of struggling but knowing I needed help.”

But Hall says he knows his struggle with substance abuse pales in comparison to what most veterans deal with, simply because of the overworked and chaotic US Department of Veterans Affairs they have to deal with to get help. The frustrations veterans have with the VA is something that Hall prominently puts in his movie after numerous visits he took to the VA in Los Angeles before shooting.

“It’s a circus down there,” he said. “They are out there all day to get help and the place sometimes just cut it off and say, ‘We’re done, come back tomorrow.’ It’s hard enough for these guys to admit some kind of vulnerability, so when they are able to take that courageous step to ask for help the help should be there for them.”

Hall has found his niche in Hollywood by telling stories about American heroes coping with life beyond the battlefield. And if it’s up to him, his most epic look at the topic will come next.

He’s got a script in the drawer titled “The Virginian” he’s trying to get into production about a conflicted young George Washington who tries to conquer a French fort. Getting the project off the ground won’t come easy, but if it’s one thing Hall knows, it never is.

“Thank You for Your Service” opens in theaters on Friday.

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Julianne Moore says she hopes Harvey Weinstein is 'prosecuted'

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  • Julianne Moore spoke about the allegations against Harvey Weinstein in a recent interview, saying she hopes he is "prosecuted for some of these things."
  • Moore described the producer's alleged behavior as "criminal" and wants people to think about "what we can do now?"

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Julianne Moore said that she hopes Harvey Weinstein is "prosecuted for some of these things," during a Tuesday interview alongside Matt Damon on NBC's "Today Show."

Damon echoed Moore's sentiments saying, "He's got to face justice. He's got to face what he's done."

"This is criminal behavior," Moore continued. "Rather than continue to discuss what could have happened — what if? what if? — I think it's important to think about, what we can do now? What can we do to prevent it? How can we communicate to people that it's not OK, they should speak out, they will have support and that people will be taken to task?"

Damon and "Suburbicon" director George Clooney also spoke out about Weinstein's allegations during a sit-down interview on "Good Morning America" that aired Monday. Damon and Clooney said they were aware that Weinstein was a "womanizer" but were unaware of the sexual abuse and assault allegations against him.

Moore may see the producer face prosecution — Weinstein's allegations have prompted three criminal investigations, and one civil investigation.

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George H.W. Bush apologizes after an actress accuses him of sexual assault in a #MeToo post on Instagram

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  • Actress Heather Lind accused former President George H.W. Bush of touching her "from behind."
  • A spokesman apologized on Bush's behalf, saying it was an "attempt at humor."
  • The Instagram post in which Lind accused the former president of sexual assault, using the hashtag #MeToo, has been deleted.


Former US President George H.W. Bush has apologized to the American actress Heather Lind after she accused him of sexual assault in a now deleted Instagram post.

Lind, who starred in the AMC series "Turn: Washington's Spies," wrote that the former US president "touched me from behind" repeatedly at a press event in March 2014.

She did not offer any more details but said that, in her view, Bush had "sexually assaulted" her, taking advantage of the power of his former office to do so. A photograph of the moment Lind describes can be seen here.

A spokesman for the former president apologized and described the interaction as an "attempt at humor."

Lind tagged the post with the "#metoo" hashtag, which women have used after accusations against the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein to tell stories of inappropriate sexual behavior by men.

She speculated that "countless" other women had experienced similar things and said the former first lady Barbara Bush seemed aware of what was going on and "rolled her eyes."

She said a security guard blamed her for standing too close to Bush. Lind's post has since been deleted, but it is reproduced in full below.

Reporters from DailyMail.com put the accusation to a spokesman for Bush, who apologized on his behalf. The statement said: "President Bush would never — under any circumstance — intentionally cause anyone distress, and he most sincerely apologizes if his attempt at humor offended Ms. Lind."

Lind wrote that her post was prompted by seeing Bush onstage at a fundraising event for victims of the hurricanes, which have recently struck the US mainland and territories like Puerto Rico.

She said the image of Bush being lauded for his charitable work "disturbed" her and compelled her to speak out. It is not clear why the post was deleted.

Nick Westrate‏, Lind's "Turned" costar, praised her for speaking out:

Here is Lind's post in full:

"I was disturbed today by a photo I saw of President Barack Obama shaking hands with George H. W. Bush in a gathering of ex-presidents organizing aid to states and territories damaged by recent hurricanes.

"I found it disturbing because I recognize the respect ex-presidents are given for having served. And I feel pride and reverence toward many of the men in the photo.

"But when I got the chance to meet George H. W. Bush four years ago to promote a historical television show I was working on, he sexually assaulted me while I was posing for a similar photo.

"He didn't shake my hand. He touched me from behind from his wheelchair with his wife Barbara Bush by his side. He told me a dirty joke. And then, all the while being photographed, touched me again.

"Barbara rolled her eyes as if to say "not again". His security guard told me I shouldn't have stood next to him for the photo. We were instructed to call him Mr. President.

"It seems to me a President's power is in his or her capacity to enact positive change, actually help people, and serve as a symbol of our democracy. He relinquished that power when he used it against me and, judging from the comments of those around him, countless other women before me.

"What comforts me is that I too can use my power, which isn't so different from a President really. I can enact positive change. I can actually help people. I can be a symbol of my democracy. I can refuse to call him President, and call out other abuses of power when I see them.

"I can vote for a President, in part, by the nature of his or her character, knowing that his or her political decisions must necessarily stem from that character.

"My fellow cast-mates and producers helped me that day and continue to support me. I am grateful for the bravery of other women who have spoken up and written about their experiences.

"And I thank President Barack Obama for the gesture of respect he made toward George H. W. Bush for the sake of our country, but I do not respect him. #metoo"

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Alleged sexual harassers like Bill O'Reilly and Harvey Weinstein could lead to a boom in a $2 billion industry

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  • Many sexual harassment allegations against powerful men have emerged recently, from Bill O'Reilly to Harvey Weinstein.
  • Billy O'Reilly's latest settlement to become public is one of the largest at $32 million.
  • To protect against the financial risk of sexual harassment, companies are purchasing employee practices liability insurance — a $2 billion industry with room to grow.

Sexual harassment comes at a cost.

If recent headlines are any indication, settlement agreements — deals typically made behind closed doors in exchange for dropping the claims — can be particularly expensive.

Bill O'Reilly reportedly paid $32 million to Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl in a sexual harassment settlement reached earlier this year. In 2016, 21st Century Fox paid Gretchen Carlson $20 million to settle her suit against former Fox News chairman and CEO, the late Roger Ailes. Harvey Weinstein paid off accusers throughout his career, including a $100,000 settlement to actress Rose McGowan.

These numbers don't come out of thin air. Settlement amounts are based on many factors, including wrongful termination and retaliation if any. The alleged harasser may foot the bill, like in the case of Bill O'Reilly and Lis Wiehl, but the employer could be on the hook as well.

Companies have taken note.

A growing number of businesses, from Fortune 500 companies to small employers, are opting to purchase employee practices liability insurance (EPLI) to protect the company and its executives from employment-related claims, ranging from sexual harassment to racial or disability discrimination. When human resources trainings fall short and employee rights are violated, EPLI policies limit the financial downside.

Virtually unheard of before Anita Hill's accusations against Clarence Thomas during his Supreme Court confirmation hearings in 1991, EPLI is now a multi-billion dollar industry. Companies paid over $2 billion in EPLI premiums last year.

Even Warren Buffett's insurance company — Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance — offers an EPLI product. Launched in November 2016, not long after Gretchen Carlson's settlement with 21st Century Fox, Berkshire Hathaway's EPLI policies provide up to $25 million in coverage for a wide variety of claims, from harassment to "improper internet activity."

"Claims are so common now that its more or less part of the cost of doing business," New Jersey employment lawyer Stephanie Gironda told Business Insider.

Industry insiders expect the Trump administration will be 'much more business-friendly'

Sexual harassment suits can be brought at the state or local level, but complaints are often handled at the federal level through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the National Labor Relations Board. Under President Donald Trump's administration, however, business leaders and insurance providers expect oversight by those organizations to become more lax.

"They have been very aggressively protecting employees. I think we generally expect that this new administration will be very different in that approach, and they’ll be much more business-friendly," Aon Financial Services Group national EPLI practice leader Thomas Hams told the Insurance Journal in January.

That assumption may prove true. Trump's labor secretary, Alex Acosta, previously faced criticism when, as a federal prosecutor in Miami, he agreed not to bring federal charges against New York billionaire Jeffrey E. Epstein for paying underage girls for sexual acts.

"Women everywhere are used to being dismissed, ignored, or attacked when raising complaints about men in authority positions," Megyn Kelly said on NBC on Monday. "They stay silent so often out of fear. Fear of ending their careers, fear of lawyers, yes, and often fear of public shaming, including through the media."

For many women, speaking out against powerful men is too big a risk — a risk they can't limit by buying a specialty insurance product. And, as the Harvey Weinstein accusations show, some stay silent long after they achieve success and power in their own right.

But the positive public response to women who have come forward recently could cause the tides to turn. If it does, the potential economic upside potential is huge. Recent research from McKinsey shows increasing gender equality in the workplace could add $4.3 trillion to US GDP by 2025.

Given that, rooting out sexual harassment in the workplace could be worth far more to companies than the protection EPLI offers.

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You can buy and download 'Super Mario Odyssey' right now ahead of launch

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Nintendo's "Super Mario Odyssey" is available to pre-order and pre-load right now on the Nintendo Switch, ahead of its Friday launch.

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The game officially arrives on October 27, but you can pay for it and download the game now. That way, on Friday, you can start playing the game at the stroke of midnight (ET) when it unlocks. "Super Mario Odyssey" is the first game on Nintendo's Switch to take advantage of this pre-load feature — the console's latest update added this functionality, which all of Nintendo's forthcoming games will employ.

The process is simple:

  • Go to the eShop from the Switch's main menu.
  • Navigate to the Best Sellers option, and select it.
  • "Super Mario Odyssey" should be on there; as of the time of writing, it's around number nine. 
  • If all else fails, type the game's name into the Search option.

Or, when you turn on your Switch, you'll likely see this advertisement:

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If you tap on that with your finger, it'll bring you directly to the "Super Mario Odyssey" store page. 

After you buy the game and download it, there's only one more step before you can play the game: Waiting until midnight ET on October 27 and connecting to the internet with your Switch to verify your purchase.

In the meantime, here's the latest "Super Mario Odyssey" trailer to hold you over:

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The company Harvey Weinstein built has been hit with its first new lawsuit for allegedly enabling his sexual abuse

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  • A Harvey Weinstein accuser has sued The Weinstein Company for allegedly being complicit in sexual abuse.
  • This is the first lawsuit filed since the scandal broke.

 

The first lawsuit has been filed since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke three weeks ago.

Dominique Huett, an actress and model, alleges Weinstein "performed oral sex" on her in a hotel room at the Peninsula Hotel in Beverly Hills, in 2010, during what Huett said she believed was a meeting to discuss her career.

On Tuesday, Huett sued The Weinstein Company, which Harvey cofounded with his brother Bob in 2005, alleging that the company was complicit.

The details of the alleged abuse are similar to the dozens of other stories that women have told to outlets like The New York Times and The New Yorker, as well as on social media, detailing Weinstein's alleged actions over three decades.

According to Huett's suit, Weinstein insisted Huett give him a massage, and when she finally agreed, he then performed oral sex on her.

"Weinstein displayed persistence and would not take ‘no’ for an answer," the suit states.

Huett's suit marks the first since the scandal, but it might not be the last, as criminal investigations are currently underway through the New York attorney general's office, and in London.

The company is also reportedly on the brink of being sold off, potentially in pieces. The investment company Colony Capital may purchase it, as the TWC library is still of value, but only if "the Weinstein element could be removed," Colony Capital head Tom Barrack said.

The Huett suit is for a single count of negligence, according to Variety. And though the alleged act took place in 2010, the suit claims that Huett didn't become aware of TWC’s complicity until the stories in the last few weeks. Some of those stories claim that TWC was aware that Weinstein had reached confidential settlements with multiple women, but did little to nothing to prevent future abuse or harassment. Huett's attorneys believe her suit should not be barred by the statute of limitations.

Business Insider contacted The Weinstein Company for comment but did not receive an immediate response.

Read Huett's suit below:

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Stephen Colbert made a 'slightly more honest version' of the CNN apple ad

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  • Earlier this week, CNN ran an ad called "Facts First" that caught attention for its subtle jab at President Trump.
  • On Tuesday, Stephen Colbert came up with a more "honest" version of the ad.

 

On Monday, CNN launched a new advertisement that took jabs at the "fake news" craze, as well as President Trump. But Stephen Colbert felt it needed to be less subtle.

The original CNN ad features a red apple with a voiceover saying:

"This is an apple. Some people might try to tell you it's a banana. They might scream 'Banana, banana, banana,' over and over and over again. They might put 'banana' in all caps. You might even start to believe that this is a banana. But it's not. This is an apple."

The ad then ends with the words, "Facts First."

Colbert played the ad Tuesday night on "The Late Show." He was impressed, he said. But he had decided to create "a slightly more honest version."

Colbert's version of the ad is in the same style as CNN's, with a white background and a red apple. But the voiceover says things like:

"Sarah Huckabee-Sanders might get on TV and say, ‘Banana-nana-fo-fana, fee-fi-mo-mana, banana!’ Even though your question was about tax returns ... They’ll say, 'The banana did a great job helping Puerto Rico.' You’ll say, ‘Actually, most of the island is still lacking' ... 'Stand for the national bananthem!'"

The ad ends with the voiceover: “Now orange you ready to im-peach?” while showing an orange and a peach.

The words "That was about Trump" then appear.

Watch the Colbert "ad" below:

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