Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen Resigns; “I Am Not The Leader” For Now, Interim CEO Appointed

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Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentFollowing Tina Tchen’s departure, Time’s Up has named Monifa Bandele the interim CEO, Variety has learned.Bandele, a political strategist and activist, was previously chief operating officer for Time’s Up, which she joined in October 2020.Prior to Tchen stepping down yesterday, Time’s Up was in the process of bringing on an outside consulting firm to conduct an internal assessment, given the slew of controversies the women’s advocacy group had been

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterAfter a month of brutal headlines, Time’s Up CEO Tina Tchen resigned on Thursday, leaving behind deep questions about the organization’s mission and values and whether it can continue in its current form.Tchen, a former corporate attorney who served as Michelle Obama’s chief of staff, pursued a theory of change that relied on cozy relationships with powerful figures.

Tina Tchen is stepping down.

pic.twitter.com/sRlUZfXnYZTime’s Up’s board of directors also announced Thursday that Monifa Bandele, formerly of MomsRising and most recently the group’s COO, would be the new interim CEO, effective August 31. The board, which is led by attorney Nina Shaw, also issued a statement on the heels of Tchen’s departure, praising her dedication to making workplaces more fair and equitable.

Twitter, Tchen — the former chief of staff to Michelle Obama — said she's “spent a career fighting for positive change for women” but she wasn't the right person to lead the #MeToo-era organization at this time.“I am especially aware that my position at the helm of TIME'S UP has become a painful and divisive focal point, where those very women and other activists who should be working together to fight for change are instead battling each other in harmful ways,” she wrote.Tchen's resignation

Tina Tchen, the former chief of staff for Michelle Obama who became president and CEO of Time’s Up Now and the Time’s Up Foundation, has stepped down from the pro-women’s group.Tchen’s resignation comes amid a time of crisis for the organization, which was founded in Jan.

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Andrew Cuomo.According to a new report by the Washington Post, leaders within Time’s Up worked closely with Cuomo’s office when his first sexual harassment accuser, Lindsey Boylan, came forward.The exposé goes into great detail, providing alleged text messages from December 2020, when the Cuomo accusations first hit, between the organization’s leaders, including embattled president and CEO Tina Tchen, who reportedly told her staff to “stand down” on releasing a public statement in support of

Josh Sapan, a cable pioneer who has headed AMC Networks and its predecessors in the Dolan cable dynasty for more than 25 years, is seguing to the vice chairman role at AMC Networks.Matt Blank, a contemporary of Sapan’s who headed Showtime for 20 years, has been tapped as interim CEO while AMC Networks conducts a search for a new CEO.Sapan’s move was anticipated in the two-year contract he signed in December 2020 that gave him the option to shift from president and CEO to the vice chairman role

Chrissy Teigen is opening up about the tragic loss of her baby boy Jack, following multiple complications last year.The 35-year-old model has admitted she is still mourning and hasn’t “fully processed” the heartbreaking situation, sharing some of her feelings with her fans and followers on her personal Instagram account.Chrissy started “reminiscing about New York,” revealing that things were more simple back then, and confessed she has been looking back at “all the stuff I’ve done and been

Deadline Monday. “I still deeply believe in the vision and the mission of the organization and am committed to doing the work to be the leader the organization and our communities need and deserve.”A representative for Time’s Up did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Tina Tchen, the embattled president and CEO of Time’s Up Now and the Time’s Up Foundation, will remain in her position, Variety has learned.There was an emergency meeting called Monday morning after a series of missteps by Time’s Up were seen to have compromised the group, and they were enumerated in a New York Times story on Sunday.

Chrissy Teigen is still mourning the heartbreaking pre-term loss of her and husband John Legend's baby boy, Jack.In a lengthy post shared to Instagram over the weekend, the 35-year-old cookbook author opened up about how she's been struggling ever since she lost their third child due to multiple complications last fall.«Just reminiscing about New York a lot lately, when things were simple, thinking about all the stuff I’ve done and been through not just this year but in my life.

Nearly one year after suffering a pregnancy loss, Chrissy Teigen looked back on the experience.

Chrissy Teigen reflected on her time living in New York City, lamenting that she was a bit of a "functioning alcoholic" in those days.  The model and cookbook author posted a snap of herself and her husband, John Legend, laughing as they dined out at Frank Restaurant in Manhattan.The snap sees Teigen looking down and laughing while Legend has his arm around her.