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NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted of rape and sexual assault last week, was being transferred to New York’s Rikers Island jail complex from Bellevue Hospital on Thursday, according to his spokesman.

James Franco has hit out at the sexual exploitation allegations against him, calling them “salacious” and “false.”

Harvey Weinstein is sitting under guard in a cinderblock room at a New York City hospital days after his conviction for sexual assault and rape, and at times “can go stir crazy just staring at the emptiness,” according to a spokesman.

PARIS — Roman Polanski scooped France’s Cesar Award for best directing for his film An Officer and a Spy on Friday, prompting a walkout by several women in the audience in protest at honouring a man facing rape accusations.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Harvey Weinstein is “in disbelief,” but “not delusional,” about his conviction, as he remains under care at Bellevue Hospital before being transferred to Rikers Island, where he’ll be put behind bars.

Harvey Weinstein is “upbeat” and “energized” about challenging his sexual assault convictions despite his hospitalization, according to one of his attorneys.

Rose McGowan is concerned Harvey Weinstein’s guilty verdict in his New York trial will prompt the disgraced movie mogul to seek revenge against her.

Bill Cosby has hit out at Harvey Weinstein’s conviction on charges of sexual assault and third-degree rape, insisting there was a “lack” of due process in the disgraced movie mogul’s trial.

NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape in a New York court on Monday and taken off to jail in handcuffs, a victory for the #MeToo movement that inspired women to publicly accuse powerful men of misconduct.

Jeremy Irons has disowned his past comments on same-sex marriage and sexual harassment in his first press conference as Berlin Film Festival jury chair.

NEW YORK — The judge in the Harvey Weinstein rape case on Tuesday warned his lead defence lawyer that she must not talk to the press until the jury has reached a verdict, two days after the attorney wrote an opinion piece in Newsweek magazine about the case.

A woman is suing the late singer Rick James’ estate for US$50 million, alleging he raped her when she was just 15 years old.

NEW YORK — Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will not testify in his own defence at his rape trial, his lawyers said on Tuesday as they rested their case.

NEW YORK — A psychology professor called by the defence as an expert witness at the New York rape trial of Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein testified on Friday that people’s memories can become distorted.

Hitmaker Dr. Luke has scored a big victory in court in his long-running legal spat with Kesha.

Comedian Louis C.K. has cancelled four shows in Texas, citing an “unforeseen family emergency.”

NEW YORK — The first defense witness in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial acknowledged on Thursday sending messages to the former producer in which he disparaged the “dog pile of actresses” who had accused Weinstein of sexual misconduct.

NEW YORK — A woman testified at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial on Wednesday that the film producer trapped her in a hotel bathroom in 2013 and masturbated in front of her while groping her breasts, and told her: “This is what all the actresses do to make it.”

NEW YORK — A onetime aspiring actress told a Manhattan jury on Friday that Harvey Weinstein invited her to his hotel room to read a movie script and then, after saying he was going to “do something for her,” the former Hollywood producer sexually assaulted her.

R. Kelly’s ex-girlfriend Azriel Clary has accused the disgraced singer of blackmailing his sexual assault victims into keeping quiet.

NEW YORK — A costume designer and former actress told jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial on Wednesday that the former producer groped her under her skirt and later propositioned her for sex in exchange for movie contracts.

NEW YORK — The former roommate of Mimi Haleyi, one of the women who has accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, took the stand on Tuesday in the former Hollywood mogul’s rape trial.

NEW YORK — Prosecutors on Monday portrayed former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein as a serial predator who used his power to manipulate and sexually assault young women, while the defence argued that his accusers engaged in consensual sex that they later reframed as attacks.

NEW YORK — Actress Annabella Sciorra took the stand in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape trial on Thursday as prosecutors try to prove that the former Hollywood producer was a serial predator who sexually assaulted young women.

Cuba Gooding Jr. will stand trial on groping charges this spring.

Suspended Recording Academy chief executive and president Deborah Dugan has filed a legal complaint accusing its officials of sexual misconduct and voting corruption.

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Oprah Winfrey explained her decision to step away from “On the Record,” an expose about sexual harassment in the music industry, including women who have accused mogul Russell Simmons of misconduct. The documentary, from filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, will premiere at Sundance on Jan. 25.

Ministry rocker Sinhue Quirin has been accused of having sex with minors before he joined the band.

Lawyers in Harvey Weinstein‘s New York rape trial finished selecting 12 jurors on Friday to decide the former Hollywood producer’s fate, as prosecutors renewed an accusation that the defence had unfairly tried to block white women from serving on the jury.

Lawyers for Bill Cosby on Thursday asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal of his 2018 sexual assault conviction, a month after a lower court rejected their argument that the disgraced comedian did not get a fair trial.