Even The Wolf likely can't clean up Harvey Weinstein's pending troubles

I think it's certainly fair to say people who had the rights to their magazine features bought by the Weinsteins (or Miramax) were not going to be digging up stories about Harvey being a sexual predator.

Now, explain to me how this would prevent a ton of newspapers, at the height of their power, from pursuing this story.

The New York Times sent a reporter to three continents trying to get this story. She didn't get it.

This column is using a deft slight of hand to make this about politics.

1. Weinsteins were powerful.
2. Weinsteins threw amazing parties.
3. A lot of magazine writers wanted to have their stories turned into movies; Miramax bought lots of them.
4. Yada yada yada, look over here, not over there
5. All this is an example of how liberal media (including newspapers?) didn't pursue this story! Because Bill Clinton.
6. Even though the Queen of Liberal media did pursue it. And eventually broke it.

 

Good clip, but hey Millennials: Your video campaigns are much stronger when you don't cloak everything in that heavy, smiling sarcasm stuff. Especially to the old people you're trying to convert. Just play it straight and fire away.

 

Weinstein has to be rich enough to walk away.
Can't deal with giving up his daily power fix, though.

 

[Insert Monica joke here.]

 

100 percent agree. I don't know if it runs yet if Judd doesn't go on the record. The fact that she was the lede made it so much harder for him to attack right back. Instead of "I didn't do these things; they are all lies" it was "I didn't have enough time to respond (even though I hired a PR firm and Lisa Bloom specifically to respond to this a week before the story was published)."

 

Is Donna Karan known to be a heavy drinker?

Donna Karan Wonders if Women Are Dressing for ‘Trouble’

“How do we present ourselves as women?” Ms. Karan said on the red carpet at the CineFashion Film Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday evening. “What are we asking? Are we asking for it? By presenting all the sensuality and all the sexuality? What are we throwing out to our children today? About how to dance, how to perform and what to wear? How much should they show?”

And the follow-up:

Donna Karan Apologizes After Defending Harvey Weinstein: ‘My Statements Were Taken Out of Context’

 

Explain to me in layman's terms what Harvey Weinstein does/did. His name is attached to Pulp Fiction.
What did Weinstein do to make Pulp Fiction a great movie?

 

Got it made after other studios passed on it. Got it financed, putting up the $8.5 million it cost to made. Made/convinced actors (Bruce Willis) take less money than normal to sign on. Made sure it got a spot in film festivals to generate buzz. Leaned on distributors to get it into thearters across the country. Coordinated a huge marketing campaign that helped it get nominated for best picture.

The Making of Pulp Fiction: Quentin Tarantino’s and the Cast’s Retelling

 

Wow. You were ready to answer that question.

Did you and Poin set that up?

 

Ronan Farrow's piece is up.

From Aggressive Overtures to Sexual Assault: Harvey Weinstein’s Accusers Tell Their Stories