Oprah Winfrey is concerned about her best friend, Gayle King, after revealing she has received death threats for quizzing basketball star Lisa Leslie about her friend Kobe Bryant’s 2003 sex scandal.
03.02.2020 - 18:26 / variety.com
“On The Record,” a harrowing documentary about the burden of women of color in the #MeToo movement, has been upstaged for nearly a month by the departure of former executive producer Oprah Winfrey.
Winfrey, who had also guaranteed the film’s distribution through an overall streaming deal with Apple, was always meant to amplify an urgent conversation around intersectional silence-breakers and their search for justice and cultural reform. Her exit, over vague “inconsistencies” in accounts of rape
Oprah Winfrey is concerned about her best friend, Gayle King, after revealing she has received death threats for quizzing basketball star Lisa Leslie about her friend Kobe Bryant’s 2003 sex scandal.
Oprah Winfrey is concerned about her best friend, Gayle King, after revealing she has received death threats for quizzing basketball star Lisa Leslie about her friend Kobe Bryant’s 2003 sex scandal.
Oprah Winfrey feels for her best friend, Gayle King. The longtime friend of the anchor appeared on Friday's show, where she spoke with Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager about the recent controversy surrounding King's interview with Lisa Leslie, a former professional basketball player and close friend of the late Kobe Bryant.
By Denise Petski
HBO Max has acquired U.S. rights to Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s documentary On the Record. The film presents the stories of several women who have accused producer Russell Simmons of sexual assault, including music executive Drew Dixon.
Following a thunderstorm of Oprah Winfrey-related controversy and a successful Sundance Film Festival premiere, “On the Record” has secured domestic distribution at HBO Max.
By Anthony D'Alessandro
“On the Record,” a devastating look at many of the women who came forward to accuse music mogul Russell Simmons of rape and harassment, premiered to not one, but two thunderous standing ovations at the Sundance Film Festival on Saturday. The warm reception came as the film has become engulfed in a media firestorm, one sparked by Oprah Winfrey’s decision to remove herself from the project as executive producer.
By Anthony D'Alessandro
“On the Record,” a documentary that presents the former music executive Drew Dixon’s accusations of sexual harassment and rape against the hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons (it includes several other Simmons accusers as well), is the fourth major documentary of the #MeToo era to offer an incendiary indictment of men who have used their power within the entertainment industry to commit and cover up patterns of abusive behavior.
Alexia Norton Jones, one of the alleged victims of Russell Simmons who appears in “On the Record,” a new documentary about sexual misconduct from the music mogul, couldn’t believe what she was seeing.
If you know anything about Ming Lee Simmons and Aoki Lee Simmons, you know that they do not play any games when it comes to their family. The two daughters of Russell Simmons and Kimora Lee are absolutely not here for Oprah Winfrey these days—following her previous involvement in a documentary about their dad.
Rosanna Arquette, Rose McGowan, Alyssa Milano and Idina Menzel are among dozens supporting those accusing Russell Simmons of rape and sexual misconduct in the documentary “On the Record.”
Earlier this week, Oprah Winfrey and Gayle King made their support clear for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s decision to step down from the royal family.
Oprah Winfrey insists her exit from an upcoming documentary detailing the sex assault allegations against Russell Simmons should not be considered a “victory lap” for the disgraced music mogul.
Following Oprah Winfrey's decision to withdraw from executive producing a film on allegations of sexual misconduct in the music industry, the media mogul is opening up about what led her to back out.