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Golden Globe Nominee Alan Yang Says ‘Master of None’ Still Hasn’t Committed to Season 3 (Exclusive)

Golden Globe Nominee Alan Yang Says ‘Master of None’ Still Hasn’t Committed to Season 3 (Exclusive)
Master of None is now a three-time Golden Globe nominee -- but the fate of the series is still to be determined.

Following an acclaimed second season, the Netflix series co-created by Alan Yang and Aziz Ansari, who also plays Dev onscreen, earned two nominations -- Best TV Series, Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy. Aziz was previously nominated in the same category in 2016.

Yet, for all the recognition, the show’s return has yet to be confirmed. “We haven’t committed to season three. Maybe we will do it at some point—we’re still talking about it,” Yang reveals to Et while discussing the 2018 Golden Globe nominations.

And when it comes to being recognized by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, he says it’s “all just gravy.” “It’s so nice to have everyone on the show, to have their hard work recognized,” he adds. In its
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Former Aides Say Trump Consoled Himself with Ice Cream After Throwing a Tantrum over Paul Manafort Treating Him Like a 'Baby'

Former Aides Say Trump Consoled Himself with Ice Cream After Throwing a Tantrum over Paul Manafort Treating Him Like a 'Baby'
In a new tell-all campaign memoir, two former Trump aides chronicle the businessman’s rocky road to the presidency — ice cream meltdowns and all.

In the book, Let Trump Be Trump, President Donald Trump’s former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and another ex-top aide, David Bossie, recall an August 2016 lunch meeting then-gop nominee Trump had at his Bedminster golf course in New Jersey. Advisers including Breitbart News chairman Steve Bannon, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie were all on hand to help Trump prepare for an upcoming presidential debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
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Megyn Kelly Recalls Receiving Obscene, Hateful Voicemails After Trump Debate

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Megyn Kelly has made no secret of her often strained relationship with President Donald Trump — and how their public sparring affected her life.

On Wednesday’s hour of Megyn Kelly Today, the host sat down with an array of women who have spoken out about sexual harassment following the reveal that Time elected the “Silence Breakers” as their Person of the Year.

As the discussion inevitably shifted to the president and the allegations he himself has faced, Kelly, 47, recalled the hateful messages she received after she pressed the then-candidate about his controversial comments about women during the first Republican presidential
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“Cowardly” Fox News & “Serial Abuser” Bill O’Reilly Sued By Ex-Producer

If Fox News Channel thought it was finally past the wounds of Roger Ailes’ reign and Bill O'Reilly's behavior at the cable newer, a new lawsuit today kicked that notion to the curb. Represented by the same law firm that stood with Gretchen Carlson last summer in her ultimately successful sexual harassment action against Ailes and Fnc, former Fox News producer Rachel Witlieb Bernstein is taking the defendants to court for defamation and breaching the 2002 settlement…
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Megyn Kelly Addresses Matt Lauer 'Today' Show Firing, Praises Women Coming Forward About Sexual Harassment

Megyn Kelly Addresses Matt Lauer 'Today' Show Firing, Praises Women Coming Forward About Sexual Harassment
Megyn Kelly was as shocked as her Today show colleagues to hear that Matt Lauer was fired from the Today show, but was also showed concern for the woman accusing the 59-year-old newsman of "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace."

On Wednesday morning, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb announced at the top of the Today show that Lauer -- who started on the NBC morning show in 1994 -- was let go from the network after allegations of sexual misconduct. Lauer did not comment on the allegations or his recent termination until Thursday morning at the top of the Today show.

Hours later, Kelly reacted to the news on her show, Megyn Kelly Today, and admitted that she too was taken aback by the allegations.

"This one does hit close to home," Kelly told viewers. "I too have known Matt for a long time and he has been a friend and kind and supportive to me in my transition
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Natalie Portman Has ‘100 stories’ of Harassment in Hollywood + More Industry News

21st Century Fox has reached a $90 million settlement over sexual-harassment claims.The company agreed to pay its shareholders $90 million to settle “derivative” claims against its executives and directors at Fox News, including the estate of Roger Ailes, acting CEO Rupert Murdoch, and his sons, and executives Lachlan and James Murdoch. (Reuters) 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards nominate ‘Call Me By Your Name’ and ‘Get Out.’Lily Collins and Tessa Thompson unveiled the nominations for the 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards at a press conference Nov. 21. “Call Me by Your Name,” “Get Out,” “Good Time,” and “Lady Bird” had the strongest showings during the nominations ceremony—and consequently are films to watch over the next few months. Director Ava DuVernay will be the 2018 ceremony’s Honorary Chair. (Backstage) Natalie Portman has ‘100 stories’ of harassment in Hollywood.At Vulture Fest L.A., the actor spoke candidly about how she has been reexamining
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Fox Shareholders Lawsuit Against Roger Ailes Estate and Rupert Murdoch Settled

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Roger Ailes, the late CEO of Fox News, engaged in a campaign to cover up sexual harassment and racial discrimination, according to a lawsuit filed by shareholders ... which has just been settled.  According to docs, obtained by TMZ, Ailes paid former Fox employee Laurie Luhn $3.15 million in 2011 to keep quiet about 2 decades worth of allegations ... which include sexual harassment at the hands of Ailes himself. The suit also alleges a similar cover-up with Gretchen Carlson
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Megyn Kelly Says She's Still 'Humiliated' for Obliging When Being Asked to 'Twirl' at Fox News

Megyn Kelly is exposing sexual harassment in Washington, D.C. — and sharing her own experiences.

During a segment on Thursday’s broadcast of NBC’s Megyn Kelly Today, Rebecca Weir and Katherine Cichy revealed their personal incidents regarding harassment on Capitol Hill.

Weir, a former aide to ex-congressman Gary Miller, shared that she experienced several inappropriate moments firsthand, but one stands out to her: when Miller stopped her from leaving his office after she presented a proposal and told her she looked “stunning” before asking her to “twirl” for him.

“And I was stunned,” said Weir. “I was 22 years old,
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‘Get Out’ Deeper and Funnier Than Most ‘Serious’ Awards Contenders

‘Get Out’ Deeper and Funnier Than Most ‘Serious’ Awards Contenders
As our mothers told us, first impressions are lasting impressions. When Universal opened “Get Out” on Feb. 24, it was marketed as a horror movie. Now that the film is available for streaming, on HBO and on awards screeners (sent out Nov. 6), some industry folk are making a startling discovery: “Get Out” is Not a horror movie.

That was a good marketing hook, but the film, written and directed by Jordan Peele, is too original to pigeonhole: It’s a little Alfred Hitchcock, a little Mike Nichols, a little Rod Serling, but not really like any of them. It’s a deadpan social satire mixed with suspense. This week, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. agreed to consider it as a comedy for the Golden Globes; that was a good choice, because they don’t have a Too Complex To Label category.

The film was made by Blumhouse Prods. and Jason Blum says his company has two criteria: “Is it
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Before Weinstein: The Times’ Sexual Harassment Timeline Should Include Austin and Cinefamily Scandals

Before Weinstein: The Times’ Sexual Harassment Timeline Should Include Austin and Cinefamily Scandals
By most estimations, The New York Times’ initial reporting on Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual harassment changed everything. That perspective includes the Times, which published a timeline on November 11 called “After Weinstein: A List of Men Accused of Sexual Misconduct and the Fallout for Each,” detailing the public outcry surrounding a range of public figures who have faced varying degrees of repercussions for their abhorrent treatment of women and men in recent weeks.

It’s a curious framing device, particular with regard to its start. While Weinstein may have been the tipping point, there was a palpable drum roll leading to his downfall.

From a broader cultural standpoint, the backlash against powerful men doing terrible things started with Hannibal Burress’ tossed-off remarks about Bill Cosby, and the ensuing process through which Cosby was shunned by the industry; later, the business threats to Fox News following reporting about years of
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Could “Good Girls Revolt” Be Coming Back?

Good Girls Revolt

Good Girls Revolt” might be getting a second life. The much-loved, short-lived series was cancelled nearly a year ago by Amazon after just one season, but Deadline reports, “Sony Pictures TV Studios, whose TriStar Television division produced the series, is preparing a pitch for a new season that would go out shortly.”

Set in 1969 and based on Lynn Povich’s book of the same name, “Good Girls Revolt” was created by Dana Calvo and centers on young female researchers who work at News of the Week. The plot was inspired by true events and depicted a landmark sexual discrimination case. Genevieve Angelson, Anna Camp, and Erin Darke starred.

While Amazon doesn’t release ratings data, “sources say streaming monitor Symphony Advanced Media metrics had ‘Good Girls Revolt’ collecting more viewers than many of Amazon’s other originals,” The Hollywood Reporter wrote when the show was originally cancelled. It was also one of the streamer’s biggest hits ever among female viewers.

So what was the deal? “Sources say Amazon Studios head Roy Price was not a fan of the series and didn’t deem it to be an awards season player in opting to pass on ordering a second season after hearing Sony’s Season 2 pitch this week.” Calvo also spoke about Price’s unenthusiastic response to the series. Yep, that Price. The guy who resigned from his job about a month ago after being accused of sexual harassment in the workplace. His decision to ax “Good Girls Revolt” despite its strong ratings suddenly makes a little more sense.

It’s not especially surprising that someone who is alleged to have harassed a female producer of on one of Amazon’s shows (“Man in the Castle”) didn’t take to a feminist series about women fighting against sexism. This is, after all, the same guy who reportedly turned down ratings and critical hit “Big Little Lies” because stars Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman were’t guaranteed to “show their tits.”

“While Sony TV is known for going the extra mile on saving its shows, this time ‘Good Girls Revolt’ is being resurrected by popular demand,” Deadline writes. “The series, which tackles gender equality [and] sexual discrimination in the workplace, emerged as an unlikely poster child in the current crackdown on sexual harassment in Hollywood, which started with the demise of Fox NewsRoger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly and switched into high gear with the Harvey Weinstein scandal.” And has continued with powerhouses like Kevin Spacey and Louis C.K.

Good Girls Revolt” revisits a critical time in history that remains all too relevant today. With stories about serial predators dominating the headlines, it’s the perfect time to greenlight more of this show, and doing so would send a powerful message to — and about — Hollywood. Entitled, abusive men can no longer reign with impunity.

The source writes that multiple outlets are interested in picking up the series. According to the buzz, “Calvo and the rest of the series’ original producing team are on board, and a pitch was put together for a second season — which … won’t necessarily be a formal second season, picking up where Season 1 left off, but a series in the same setting with the same characters and the same subject matter that would be tailored to the individual network that picks up the show.”

While the cast isn’t guaranteed to return — “because ‘Good Girls Revolt’ was canceled so long ago, the studio doesn’t have deals with the cast” — they’ve all have been active on social media, “tweeting in support of the show and expressing desire to come back, so the actors are expected to rejoin if the show is resurrected.”

Could “Good Girls Revolt” Be Coming Back? was originally published in Women and Hollywood on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
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Stephen Colbert, Fellow Late-Night Hosts Address Louis C.K. Sexual Misconduct Allegations — Watch

Stephen Colbert, Fellow Late-Night Hosts Address Louis C.K. Sexual Misconduct Allegations — Watch
“For those of you tuning in to see my interview with Louis C.K. tonight, I have some bad news,” Stephen Colbert said towards the top of Thursday’s monologue. “Then I have some really bad news.”

C.K., who was set to appear on CBS’ The Late Show, cancelled at the last minute after he was accused of sexual misconduct by five women, several of whom alleged that the comedian masturbated in front of them without their consent. Colbert, who worked with C.K. on the short-lived 1996 sketch-comedy series The Dana Carvey Show, addressed the allegations head-on in a monologue
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Ridley Scott’s Decision to Replace Kevin Spacey Sends the Right Kind of Message (Opinion)

Ridley Scott’s Decision to Replace Kevin Spacey Sends the Right Kind of Message (Opinion)
On Wednesday, director Ridley Scott announced a plan that is virtually unprecedented in the history of Hollywood: With his new film “All the Money in the World” already in the can and less than two weeks from its planned world premiere, he will recast Kevin Spacey’s role (as deep-pocketed oil tycoon J. Paul Getty) and reshoot the publicly disgraced actor’s scenes with 87-year old Christopher Plummer, while still attempting to adhere to the film’s Dec. 22 release date.

It’s a bold move, and one that I predict, sight unseen, could earn Scott his first best director Oscar. Not that awards had anything to do with Scott’s dramatic switch. He wanted to save the picture, which might easily have imploded by association with Spacey, who was last week accused of making sexual advances on several young men.

Spacey is just the latest domino to fall in a brisk industry-wide house-cleaning triggered by last month
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Megyn Kelly Compares Working at Fox News Under Roger Ailes to 'Being in North Korea'

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Megyn Kelly is opening up about the firestorm of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault allegations simmering throughout the entertainment industry — and her own firsthand experience.

In a new interview with Deadline, the former Fox News anchor — who was with the network for 12 years before moving to NBC this year — addressed the sexual harassment she allegedly endured at the hands of the late Roger Ailes, former CEO of Fox News.

“I started at Fox News and in television in 2004,” began Kelly, 46, who first came forward with her Ailes experience in her 2016 memoir, Settle for More. “I was thrilled. I had not
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Tracey Ullman on Playing British 'National Treasures,' Powerful Women

Tracey Ullman on Playing British 'National Treasures,' Powerful Women
Tracey Ullman has been creating characters ­– and a string of successful shows, including Tracey Takes On… (HBO, 1996-99) and Tracey Ullman's State of the Union (Showtime, 2008-10) – for decades. But it was only recently that she's really embraced impersonating celebrities and politicians. For the second season of Tracey Ullman's Show, which originally aired on the BBC and is now available on HBO, she's back with her impressions of a rascally Dame Judi Dench (and her frenemy Dame Maggie Smith), a sexy singing Angela Merkel, and a version of Jerry Hall that will make you squirm.
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Megyn Kelly ditched politics for morning television. Did she make a mistake?

She spent more than a decade honing her prosecutorial voice at Fox News. Now her apolitical morning show, Megyn Kelly Today, is struggling to stick

One year ago, Megyn Kelly was on top of the world. Her nightly Fox News program The Kelly File had briefly unseated The O’Reilly Factor at the top of the ratings. The host had begun – despite a 12-year tenure at the network of Roger Ailes – to ingratiate herself with conservatives and liberals alike. She even seemed, for a moment, impervious to the fickle nature of newscasting: the critics who excoriated her history of racially insensitive remarks would just as easily anoint her a feminist firebrand for her takedowns of Newt Gingrich and Anthony Weiner. With a forthcoming memoir and contract negotiations looming, she was in pole position. But Kelly was, to hear her tell it, unhappy; being an enemy of Donald Trump’s can have that effect.
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Gretchen Carlson Talks "Cultural Shift" in Treatment of Women Claiming Harassment

Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson stopped by The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to promote her book Be Fierce: Stop Harassment and Take Your Power Back in which she details accounts of sexual harassment in the workplace and features various women who have come forward with allegations.

Carlson made waves when she sued then-Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. After more women came forward with claims of harassment by Ailes, he resigned. Now, Carlson has released a book at a time in which sexual harassment and assault are dominating the news as dozens of women...
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Can We End the Myth That You Have to Be a Bully to Make It in Hollywood?

Can We End the Myth That You Have to Be a Bully to Make It in Hollywood?
A proposal: Let’s retire the idea that to be a power player — or just a participant — in the entertainment industry, you need to be a bully.

The much-deserved fall of Harvey Weinstein has highlighted an enormous number of problems that will surely outlast his ouster from the Weinstein Company. For years to come, the entertainment industry will be — or should be — dealing with the rampant sexism and exploitation the Weinstein scandal highlighted, as well as a culture of enabling and complicity that has too often been aided by non-disclosure agreements. The revelations about his behavior — and that of Roger Ailes, Bill Cosby, Roy Price, and so many others — have kickstarted a series of much-needed discussions, and have, one hopes, prompted real change along with all the soul searching.

Among the fallout, here’s one big takeaway: It’s time to disavow the idea that you have to be mean to make it in this town.

It
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Megyn Kelly Reveals She Complained About Bill O'Reilly to Fox News: 'This Must Stop'

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Megyn Kelly Refutes Bill O'Reilly's Claim That No Fox News Employee Reported His Harassment: 'I Complained'

Former Fox News Channel host Bill O’Reilly spent the weekend taking issue with a New York Times report that he’d come to a $32 million settlement in regard to sexually harassing another Fox News personality. One of O’Reilly’s talking points: that no one at the network had ever complained to human resources about his behavior.

VideosBill O’Reilly to Matt Lauer: ‘I Never Mistreated Anyone’ at Fox News

“In the more than 20 years Bill O’Reilly worked at Fox News, not one complaint was filed against him with the Human Resources Department or Legal Department by a coworker,
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