#MeToo Musical: Weinstein Accuser Louisette Geiss Teams With Composer Diane Warren On New Production

Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.The judge on Thursday overruled objections to the disclosure statement by attorneys representing 11 women, including producer Alexandra Canosa and actresses Wedil David and Dominique Huett, who oppose the proposed settlement.U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath said the group’s objections were “not well-stated.” Her ruling means the company can begin soliciting votes on the plan by holders of sexual misconduct claims and general unsecured claims.

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A woman who testified against disgraced and imprisoned Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein filed a lawsuit against him on Friday to seek damages for what she described as lasting injuries. Miriam Haley brought the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, seeking unspecified damages for sexual attacks she described from the witness stand at Weinstein's trial earlier this year.

Harvey Weinstein filed a lawsuit against him on Friday to seek damages for what she described as lasting injuries.Miriam Haley brought the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court, seeking unspecified damages for sexual attacks she described from the witness stand at Weinstein’s trial earlier this year.

“Here we go again,” Diane Warren says. The Grammy, Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner has jumped on the phone to discuss “Io sì (Seen)” a beautiful ballad sung by Italian pop star Laura Pausini from Edoardo Ponti’s “The Life Ahead.” A song that also puts her right back in the middle of awards season.

Harvey Weinstein accuser Louisette Geiss recalls feeling more than a prickle of anxiety when cold-pitching songwriting legend Diane Warren on penning music and lyrics for her sexual harassment musical The Right Girl during a women's conference in Santa Monica in Oct. 2019.

The HBO Max docuseries, “Equal,” which debuts this week, is designed to shore up our education by profiling various pioneers in a movement for LGBTQ equality that might never have happened if not for their refusal to stay invisible. It’s “infotainment” in the best sense of that term, blending real-life archival footage with newly filmed “re-enactments” to deliver a concise overview of pre-Stonewall history.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorA Delaware judge Tuesday denied a motion by some victims of jailed former mogul Harvey Weinstein to convert Weinstein Co.’s bankruptcy proceeding from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, allowing the long process to move forward.

Louisette Geiss is detailing her experiences with Harvey Weinstein in a new musical, “The Right Girl”.

A filmed musical about sexual misconduct by Harvey Weinstein accuser Louisette Geiss and co-writer Howard Kagan, and with music by Diane Warren, is set for a screening by the Barrington Stage Company on Nov. 1.

David Robb Labor EditorSAG-AFTRA has developed a mobile app that will collect data on serial sexual abusers and allow members to report sexual harassment in the workplace.

Dave McNary Film ReporterOn the third anniversary of reports on the Harvey Weinstein sex scandal, SAG-AFTRA has unveiled new resources to help prevent sexual harassment and build safer working conditions for members.In a message Monday to the 160,000 members of the performers union, President Gabrielle Carteris and National Executive Director David White noted that the union has developed and released the definitive code of conduct to prevent harassment and assault in the industry; put a stop

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The 2018 Academy Awards, the first to follow the bombshell sexual misconduct allegations against movie mogul and longtime Oscar powerhouse Harvey Weinstein, was already set to serve as a referendum on Hollywood’s treatment of women when a shocking revelation only furthered the cause: Mark Wahlberg had been paid nearly 10 times more than co-star Michelle Williams for awards contender All the Money in the World, despite commanding roughly equal screen time.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“The War With Grandpa,” a Robert De Niro comedy about the battle between a wily septuagenarian and his grandson over a bedroom, was originally supposed to hit theaters in 2018.Plans changed after Harvey Weinstein, the indie film producer whose company The Weinstein Company financed the “Home Alone” knockoff, was exposed as a serial sexual harasser and predator.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWill Diane Warren finally take home an Oscar for best original song? The 11-time nominee already has “Free” from Disney Plus’ “The One and Only” in contention, and the veteran songwriter is aiming to better her odds with another contender in the mix.From “The Life Ahead” starring Sophia Loren, “lo Si” (Seen) is the Grammy-winner’s second entry in the original song race with hope to land the nom for the 93rd Academy Awards set for next April.“The song is in Italian

Weinstein has been convicted by of third-degree rape and a first-degree criminal sexual act and is now serving out a 23-year prison sentence in New York, which means he’ll have to be extradited to L.A.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaRonan Farrow has a Pulitzer, is a Grammy nomination in his future? Farrow is eligible in the spoken word category for “Catch and Kill,” chronicling how he broke the Harvey Weinstein story. The book is a winner, but his comical narration, complete with Bond-villainesque impersonations of everyone from Eastern European seductresses to Ukrainian henchmen, is not.

Woody Allen, of molesting her when she was 7 in her mother Mia Farrow’s Connecticut home.

this entire [#MeToo] movement and they’ve destroyed his life. It’s been like a ­human sacrifice.