sexual assault in hollywood
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#ThrowbackThursday: Golden Globes Edition
No shade to Christmas, but here at The Glow Up, it’s the most wonderful time of year—except Fashion Weeks, the Met Gala and … I digress. This Sunday, the 2018 awards season kicks off with the Golden Globes, setting off a chain of red-carpet moments stretching well into spring. In honor of the blessed event,…
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#WomanCrushWednesday: How the Women of #TimesUp Are Working to Crush Sexual Abuse and Level the Playing Field Beyond Hollywood
Here at The Glow Up, we love seeing women in power. But much more important and inspiring is to see women use the power they have to empower other women. That’s why we’re giving a #WomanCrushWednesday hat tip to the 300-strong all-female alliance behind the #TimesUp movement. The powerhouse group of women, which includes Shonda…
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Gabrielle Union on the #MeToo Movement: ‘The Floodgates Have Opened for White Women’
On the eve of Time magazine’s announcement that its Person of the Year would be “the silence breakers”—the victims of sexual harassment who have come forward to tell their stories—an interview with actress and sexual assault survivor Gabrielle Union revealed her thoughts on the #MeToo movement and how the voices of women of color have…
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Terry Crews Files a Lawsuit Against Adam Venit, WME for Sexual Assault
Updated Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, 4:50 p.m. EST: Shortly after publishing this, I tweeted that I personally believe Terry Crews should also sue William Morris Endeavor for turning a blind eye to Venit’s bullshit and not openly addressing it until Crews went public with his story. Crews responded to my tweet and said that WME…
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Man Who Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Terry Crews Back at Work After 1-Month Suspension
Because no one cares about black people, not even when they say they have been sexually assaulted, WME exec Adam Venit was allowed to return to work Monday at the Beverly Hills entertainment agency after serving a one-month suspension related to allegations of sexual assault lodged against him by actor Terry Crews. Venit was demoted…
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Terry Crews Filed a Sexual Assault Report With the Los Angeles Police Department: Report
Terry Crews reportedly walked into a Los Angeles police station early Wednesday afternoon and filed a report about an alleged sexual assault, which could lead to an actual investigation into statements Crews made in early October about being sexually assaulted by a Hollywood executive at a party. On the heels of many women coming forward…
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Terry Crews Says He Was a Victim of a Hollywood Male Sexual Predator, Tells His Story on Twitter
Terry Crews took to Twitter Tuesday to say that the whole Harvey Weinstein situation is giving him post-traumatic stress disorder. You may be asking yourself why, but in a series of 16 tweets, Crews explains that women are not the only ones who have been sexually harassed by Hollywood’s male honchos; Crews himself was once…