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As an openly gay actor, Ian McKellen has used his platform to speak on multiple social issues throughout his career. However, the former X-Men star came under fire after making comments that appeared to excuse the actions of problematic public figures Kevin Spacey and Brian Singer. This led McKellen to take to Twitter on Saturday to clarify his […]
Multiple women, including fellow recording artists Mandy Moore and Phoebe Bridgers, accused Ryan Adams of a pattern of sexual misconduct and psychological abuse in a lengthy New York Times report published Wednesday. Not long before the piece went up, as some have noted in its wake, Adams seemingly got wind of the impending publication and […]
Nancy Oakley, city commissioner for Madeira Beach in Florida, decided to step down Tuesday in light of accusations that she licked the faces of her male co-workers and groped them. “Following a ruling by an administrative law judge and a final recommendation from the Florida Commission on Ethics, Ms. Oakley decided to resign her position […]
In light of Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly docuseries and the subsequent protests and repercussions, Kelly’s label RCA has reportedly put his music on hold for the time being. Sources close to RCA Records and Sony tell TMZ the company’s refusing to put any money behind new music for Kelly. The disgraced singer is particularly frustrated about this because he’s still obligated to produce two more […]
R. Kelly‘s estranged daughter is finally speaking out against her dad. One week after Surviving R. Kelly premiered, Joann Lee Kelly—aka Buku Abi—shared a lengthy message on social media explaining why she hasn’t publicly addressed her father’s sexual abuse allegations. Joann said she’s had difficulty processing the disturbing claims against her father and has struggled to “gather […]
R. Kelly has reemerged as one of music’s most controversial figures due largely to Lifetime’s Surviving R. Kelly. However, unlike the rest of the country, the singer has made it clear that he did not watch any of the six-part docu-series. According to TMZ, R. Kelly did not tune into Surviving R. Kelly but sources state […]
William Shatner, the 87-year-old actor and singer, has added himself to the list of men who have decided to criticize the #MeToo movement. During an interview with Daily Mail TV, Shatner admitted that he believes the #MeToo movement has taken things out of context. He specifically defended the Christmas song “Baby It’s Cold Outside,” which has […]
Orange Is the New Black‘s Yael Stone accused Academy Award-winning actor Geoffrey Rush of inappropriate behavior and harassment in a new interview with the New York Times. In the piece, Stone recalls working with Rush during the first Australian staging of The Diary of a Madman in 2010 and 2011. She said that while they […]
Thousands of Google employees staged walkouts across the globe to protest the company’s mishandling of sexual misconduct on Thursday. Beginning in Tokyo, participants began leaving their offices at 11:10 a.m. local time following a report from the New York Times published last week. In the story, the Times revealed the company gave a $90 million severance […]
Michael Shawn Hunt, the 43-year-old man convicted of stalking Lana Del Rey earlier this year, has been sentenced to one year in prison. The singer addressed the conviction on her social accounts Friday, as well as Hunt’s attempt to bring a knife into her Orlando concert in February. Hunt pleaded no contest to the stalking charge, which was […]
