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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer CAA and Disney are fighting back against Julia Ormond‘s claim that they acted as enablers for Harvey Weinstein and failed to protect her from being sexually assaulted. Ormond rose to fame in the mid-90s, appearing in “Legends of the Fall” and “Sabrina.” She has alleged that Weinstein lured her to a business meeting in December 1995, then sexually assaulted her at her apartment in New York.

EXCLUSIVE: Two months after Julia Ormond sued CAA, Disney and Harvey Weinstein for negligence, breach of fiduciary duty, battery and more over a 1995 sexual assault by the now incarcerated Pulp Fiction EP, the uberagency and the Bob Iger-led corporation say they shouldn’t be a part of the suit and want out.

ill-advised Instagram posts was made to go on a listening tour of Jewish leaders, sources tell The Post.CAA agent Maha Dakhil, 48, who represents A-listers including Tom Cruise and Madonna, is still working at the firm, despite resigning from its internal board after coming under fire for her posts.We’re told she went to meet Hollywood rabbi, Steve Leder, of Wilshire Boulevard Temple, as well as Jonathan Greenblatt, the chief executive of the Anti Defamation League.A company source told us: “Maha has divided CAA — there are some Jewish agents who feel very strongly that she should learn from what she did and that she should definitely be sanctioned, if not sacked.“But there was also a feeling that CAA had to be careful because they could face rebellion from staff who thought that Maha was being muzzled from expressing her own opinions.”Dakhil’s actions led to Oscar-winning “The Social Network” writer Aaron Sorkin quitting CAA in protest and jumping over to rival WME.The source said: “Maha looked like she was going to be the next heir apparent at CAA, and one f-up has called her judgement into question.“At work, she’s always been very professional, but she’s rubbed some people the wrong way and tended to make herself the story, with selfies with the stars and attending all the parties.”As for now, Dakhil has wiped her Instagram of all her starry photos and has not posted since the debacle.The Post has reached out to CAA for comment.And while Hollywood gets back to work after the strike, CAA has more issues as the agency is being sued by actress Julia Ormond over convicted rapist and former movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.The complaint, filed last month, alleges that CAA top brass, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane encouraged her

Bryan Lourd shot back at eyebrow-raising comments by longtime rival agency CEO Ari Emanuel on Thursday, regarding recent litigation brought on to CAA by actress Julia Ormond. Emanuel, CEO of the parent company to WME, attended Bloomberg’s Screentime conference this week and called for Lourd and his longtime partner Kevin Huvane to “take a leave of absence” amid a lawsuit from Ormond. That suit charges The Walt Disney Company and CAA with compliance in abuse Ormond says she suffered at the hands of disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Harvey Weinstein, claiming he sexually assaulted her in 1995. The producer has denied the allegation.The Sabrina star is also seeking damages from Disney, Miramax and her former talent agency, who she says failed to protect her from the abuse.Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year prison sentence for rape.

Harvey Weinstein has been named in another lawsuit accusing him of sexual assault and battery.

CAA had been silent all day Wednesday since Julia Ormond named the uber-agency and Disney in her sexual battery lawsuit against the imprisoned Harvey Weinstein, but tonight the Bryan Lourd-led company is calling its inclusion in the calling the action “baseless,”

Julia Ormond is wielding a massive lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault, and she’s also pointing the courtroom finger at the CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax for allegedly enabling his behaviour.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Chief Correspondent Julia Ormond, the English actress best known for her roles in ’90s films such as “Legends of the Fall,” “First Knight” and “Smilla’s Sense of Snow,” is suing Harvey Weinstein for sexual battery. Ormond is additionally suing CAA, The Walt Disney Company and Miramax.

Variety first reported.A lawsuit was filed on Wednesday morning in the New York Supreme Court.The disgraced movie producer — who is currently serving a 23-year sentence in jail for rape — allegedly sexually assaulted Ormond in 1995 after a business dinner.The “Sabrina” star was reportedly “lured” into a private room with Weinstein, who asked her to give him “a massage, climbed on top of her, masturbated and forced her to give him oral sex.”Ormond then told her agents at CAA, Bryan Lourd and Kevin Huvane, about the incident that transpired.The court docs state that the men advised against speaking out and did not give her their protection.The “Curious Case of Benjamin Button” star is suing the talent company for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.The Walt Disney Company was the parent corporation that purchased Miramax — the film production office that Weinstein and his brother Bob founded in 1979 — in the 1990s.Ormond is coming at the two brands for negligent supervision and retention.“Our client has suffered tremendously both personally and professionally due to the assault by Harvey Weinstein, and the failure from Disney, Miramax and CAA to prevent it and to appropriately respond when she reported what happened,” Ormond’s attorneys said in a statement.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent British actors Julia Ormond (“Ladies in Black”) and Lydia Page (“Blue Jean”) are set to soon appear in psychological horror movie “Home Education” directed by Italy’s Andrea Niada. Set in the scenic Sila plateau in Italy’s Southern Calabria region, “Home Education” revolves around a family that are followers of an esoteric cult and live in a secluded house deep in the woods. Warner Bros Entertainment Italia, Italy’s Indiana Production and BlackBox Multimedia are producing with support from the Calabria Film Commission. Germany’s SquareOne Productions is handling international sales. Warner Bros. Pictures will release the film in Italian theaters.

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Spoilers ahead for the series finale of The Walking Dead: World Beyond, “The Last Light. ” Read at your own risk!The series finale of The Walking Dead: World Beyond finally premiered on AMC this past weekend, and it was an emotionally draining ride.

A big stumbling block when remaking a Hollywood screen classic is often the indelible ownership of an original star. Is there anyone alive who would choose Julia Ormond over Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina? Or Melanie Griffith over Judy Holliday in Born Yesterday? The problem with Netflix's toothless redo of Rebecca is less about casting — although none of the principals is an ideal fit — than lack of a firm directorial imprint.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorBelle and A United Kingdom filmmaker Amma Asante is set to direct Constantin’s latest drama series adaptation of Peter Höeg’s Smilla’s Sense of Snow. The series, which was already made into a 1997 feature from filmmaker Bille August and starring Julia Ormond, follows Smilla Jaspersen, whose investigation into the mysterious death of an immigrant Inuit child from the projects evolves into a much grander supernatural epic.

In 1995, Cross starred as the villain Prince Malagant opposite Richard Gere, Sean Connery and Julia Ormond in Columbia Pictures’ action-adventure pic “First Knight,” and in 2007, he was cast in the role of Sarek in the then-new “Star Trek” film directed and produced by JJ Abrams.Among recent performances were The CW series “Pandora” and the 2018 action movie “The Hurricane Heist.” The actor wrapped his last role as Cardinal Mathews in the Lionsgate horror film “The Devil’s Light” only 10 days

according to a report in the Austrian Newspaper, der Kurier. The newspaper said he had been diagnosed with cancer and was in Vienna for treatment.Cross also starred as the villainous Prince Malagant in 1995’s “First Knight” opposite Richard Gere, Sean Connery, and Julia Ormond.Born in London in 1947, his credits include “Great Expectations” (1947), “Turbulence” (1997) and “Die Bibel – Salomon” (1997), as well as “Chariots of Fire,” which won Best Picture at the Oscars in 1982.

By Peter White