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Joe Biden signed legislation that prohibits companies from forcing arbitration in cases involving claims of sexual assault and harassment.

McKinnon’s role and the film’s plot are being kept secret, though Gerwig is expected to put a new spin on the classic Mattel toy character given her previous work on “Lady Bird” and “Little Women.” McKinnon will star alongside Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, who will play Barbie and Ken. McKinnon and Robbie previously starred together in the Fox News drama “Bombshell,” playing fictionalized Fox News staffers who try to navigate life at the cable news network while founder Roger Ailes is accused of sexual harassment.

Gretchen Carlson, the former Fox News host whose 2016 sexual harassment lawsuit led to the downfall of network chief Roger Ailes, joined with senators on Capitol Hill on Thursday to celebrate the passage of legislation that prohibits employers from using forced arbitration clauses to shield such cases from public view.

Joe Biden, bars employment contracts from forcing people to settle sexual assault or harassment cases through arbitration rather than in court, a process that often benefits employers and keeps misconduct allegations from becoming public.Significantly, the bill is retroactive, nullifying that language in contracts nationwide and opening the door for people who had been bound by it to take legal action.Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has spearheaded the effort, called it “one of the most significant workplace reforms in American history.”Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said the arbitration process is secretive and biased and denies people a basic constitutional right: a day in court.“No longer will survivors of sexual assault or harassment in the workplace come forward and be told that they are legally forbidden to sue their employer because somewhere in buried their employment contracts was this forced arbitration clause," she said.Gillibrand, who has focused on combating sexual harassment and sexual misconduct in the military, originally introduced the legislation in 2017 with Sen.

EXCLUSIVE: New Regency has acquired film rights to David Kushner’s Vanity Fair article “The Church of the Living Dangerously,” with Christian Bale attached star and produce. Script will be written by Charles Randolph, who shared an Oscar with Adam McKay for scripting the Bale-starrer The Big Short, as well as the Jay Roach-directed Fox News Roger Ailes sexual harassment drama Bombshell.

Gretchen Carlson sued Roger Ailes, the larger-than-life founder and CEO of Fox News, for sexual harassment. The allegations in the lawsuit were explosive, and were levied against one of the country’s most powerful men: “Ailes has unlawfully retaliated against Carlson and sabotaged her career because she refused his sexual advances and complained about severe and pervasive sexual harassment,” it asserted.The effects of the lawsuit were seismic. A number of other women at the network quickly came

exited his network for a time in 2016 after a report that he has an affair with a Las Vegas hostess.“We recently became aware of Ed’s personal issues and he’s taking some time off to work things out,” a Fox News spokeswoman told TheWrap at the time.His termination — along with that much-discussed HR overhaul — came after Fox News saw its late founder, Roger Ailes, and primetime star, Bill O’Reilly, ousted after multiple accusations of sexual misconduct.

Daily Beast, the broadcaster has reached a conclusion to an investigation which began in July 2016 when former CEO Roger Ailes was accused of sexual harassment. “We are pleased to reach an amicable resolution of this legacy matter,” a statement from Fox News Media obtained by Variety reads.“Fox News Media has already been in full compliance across the board, but cooperated with the New York City Commission on Human Rights to continue enacting extensive preventive measures against all forms of

Fox News has agreed to pay a $1 million fine to settle a case over violations of New York City human rights laws, stemming from a complaint that followed a series of scandals involving sexual harassment allegations against former chieftan Roger Ailes and former on air host Bill O’Reilly.

Stewart Talent has announced it has signed Daphne Rubin-Vega and Brooke Smith for representation.

Bleecker Street has acquired the U.S.

elections. Alumni include Bill Clinton, Neil Armstrong, Bruce Springsteen, Rush Limbaugh, Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Ebert, Roger Ailes, James Gandolfini and Dick Cheney, just to name a few.

Former Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart and co-plaintiff Cathy Areu filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging sexual misconduct against Fox News talent years after similar accusations led to the demise of the late CEO Roger Ailes. Eckhart has accused former White House correspondent and anchor Ed Henry of rape.

accusing one host of rape and others of sexual assault, calling the network “rotten to the core.”Speaking to senior media correspondent Brian Stelter, the “New Day” anchor asked if she could amend a statement she made four years ago, during a different conversation on accused sexual misconduct at the company.“I remember four years ago, back in 2016, when you interviewed me about things that went on with Roger Ailes and you asked me then, ‘God, is Fox just rotten to the core?’ and I said

With the help of a bald cap, belly pad and prosthetic jowls, Oscar winner Russell Crowe transformed into the late Fox News founder Roger Ailes at the center of Showtime's celebrated series The Loudest Voice. During a seven-episode run in spring 2019, the project, based on Gabriel Sherman's 2014 book, dramatized the media titan's rise and fall, with Ailes ultimately brought down amid a flurry of sexual misconduct allegations.

Related: 'Where are you Roger Ailes?' Trump appears to ask dead Fox News chairman for help Epstein, a financier with influential connections including Trump, Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew, killed himself in prison in New York last year, while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.Maxwell, a British socialite, was arrested last week in New Hampshire for her alleged role in recruiting, grooming and sexually abusing underaged girls with Epstein.

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorRussell Crowe has spent many hours in the makeup chair over his decades-long acting career, but the process to transform into Roger Ailes for Showtime’s limited series “The Loudest Voice” was unlike any he had experienced before.“The first fitting was almost psychologically scarring,” Crowe says of finding the right prosthetics.

The Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman quizzed Russell Crowe during Variety's Actors on Actors home version series. The actor who featured in films like Gladiator and Master and Commander said that the character of Roger Ailes which he essayed in The Loudest Voice, had created a certain kind of energy around himself which made it possible for him to get away with all those wrongdoings.

Russell Crowe played the role of Roger Ailes, the former exec at Fox News, in The Loudest Voice, which aired last year, and now we’re learning how he prepared for the role.

Megyn Kelly and Fellow Fox News Accusers Discuss What 'Bombshell' Got Right and Wrong Megyn Kelly Describes 'Demeaning' Experience at Fox News After Watching 'Bombshell' Russell Crowe Talks 6-Hour Transformation to Play Fox News' Roger Ailes in 'The Loudest Voice' (Exclusive)

Also Read: Megyn Kelly Says She Twirled at Roger Ailes' Request: 'God Help Me, I Did It'In their staff memo Wednesday, Scott and Wallace wrote, “As all of you know, in January 2017 we overhauled our entire Human Resources operation and instituted extensive mandatory annual inclusion and Harassment Prevention training which has since educated our entire workforce.”They went on, “We encourage any employee who has a sexual harassment, discrimination or misconduct complaint of any form to report it

Ramin Setoodeh New York Bureau ChiefRussell Crowe asked Jared Kushner for advice on playing the former head of Fox News Roger Ailes in the Showtime limited series “The Loudest Voice.”In an interview with Variety‘s Actors on Actors issue, Crowe revealed to Nicole Kidman that he approached Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior advisor, at Hugh Jackman’s 50th birthday party in 2018 in New York.

The POTUS is once again the target of internet mockery after he called out for none other than Roger Ailes! That’s right – the Fox CEO who passed away in 2017! As you can imagine, a lot of social media users proceeded to remind Donald Trump that his Fox friend cannot come to the phone for a very good reason – he’s dead! After making it very clear he was not happy about Fox News hiring former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile, Trump took to his go-to social media platform to

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticRussell Crowe came to prestige television for the first time this season with “The Loudest Voice,” a limited series about the life of Fox News creator Roger Ailes. No stranger to the medium is his old friend Nicole Kidman, whose second season of “Big Little Lies” saw her storyline of domestic abuse resonate even after her abuser had died.

Donald Trump took to Twitter with this question on June 30: “Where are you Roger Ailes?” Well, the former Fox News CEO is in his grave, because he died in 2017. The POTUS inquired about his friend’s whereabouts after voicing his disapproval of Fox News hiring former Democratic National Committee Chair Donna Brazile, who used to be a contributor at CNN.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticBeaming into Deadline’s livestreamed Contenders Television virtual event all the way from his home in the Australian Bush country, Oscar winner Russell Crowe discussed why he decided to make a rare foray into TV by playing Roger Ailes, the disgraced force behind the creation of Fox News Channel who was eventually ousted in a high-profile sexual harassment scandal.The Showtime limited series The Loudest Voice, for which the actor won a Golden Globe

From filmmaker Jay Roach comes this involving, impactful true story about the outing of the head of a large news network, accused of sexual harassment by a former employee. That former employee is Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), a fired anchor who exposes her old Fox News boss, Roger Ailes (John Lithgow), and it immediately appears that she is not alone in her claims.

Fox & Friends co-host Brian Kilmeade used an appearance on a podcast episode published Friday to laud the leadership of Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, comparing him favorably to the late Fox News boss Roger Ailes.

Russell Crowe has been essentially in hiding while he sheds weight, according to a new report.