Beasty
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You guys think robots are going to be more deadlier than the unmanned drones that are already here?
Lol
Sexual Harassment/Assault Scandals
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ColiBreh1
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https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...queen-biopic-due-bryan-singer-absence-1063710
DECEMBER 01, 20174:49pm PT by Aaron Couch, Mia Galuppo , Borys Kit
Fox Halts Production on Queen Biopic Due to Bryan Singer Absence
Sources tell THR that the director failed to return to set after the Thanksgiving holiday break.
Fox has halted production on the studio's Queen biopic,
Bohemian Rhapsody, due to the "unexpected unavailability" of director Bryan Singer.
Rami Malek is starring as the legendary frontman Freddie Mercury in the movie that had been filming in London.
"Twentieth Century Fox Film has temporarily halted production on Bohemian Rhapsody due to the unexpected unavailability of Bryan Singer," reads Fox's full statement. The crew received force majeure letters today, says one insider.
Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that Singer failed to return to set after the Thanksgiving holiday break, leaving producers nervous about the state of the production and talking about potentially replacing him.
In a statement to the
BBC, a rep for the director says his absence is due to "a personal health matter concerning Bryan and his family." However, sources say that filming on the biopic has not been easy. For example, insiders tell THR that producers and his star had grown tired of Singer's behavior, which saw him routinely show up late to set. Another source has said that a cinematographer had to step in and direct during a previous "non-showing."
This is not first time that Singer has disappeared during a production. He momentarily vanished during the shooting of X-Men: Apocalypse and during Superman Returns.
Bohemian Rhapsody is set to hit theaters on Dec. 25, 2018.
LOL. Dude is probably in hiding.
LMAO. Bryan Singer hasn't even been accused of anything or has his name came up during this current Hollywood Sexual Misconduct scandal & I think he's done. In this current climate NO WAY is a studio going to want to be promoting a film at red carpet events & press evemts with Bryan Singer as the Director.
I can help but chuckle at this THR article put out today: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/h...ired-directing-queen-biopic-set-chaos-1063977
DECEMBER 04, 20171:56pm PT by Borys Kit , Kim Masters
Bryan Singer Fired From Directing Queen Biopic After On-Set Chaos (Exclusive)
Fox halted production Dec. 1, saying it was because of the "unexpected unavailability" of the helmer.
Bryan Singer has been fired from the movie Bohemian Rhapsody, 20th Century Fox has told The Hollywood Reporter.
“Bryan Singer is no longer the director of Bohemian Rhapsody," the studio said Monday in a statement.
The decision reflected an escalating clash between Singer and actor Rami Malek and was caused by the helmer being missing from the set, necessitating the Dec. 1 production shutdown of the film in which Malek stars as Freddie Mercury, frontman of the rock group Queen. The pic has been shooting in London.
In announcing the shutdown last week, producers Fox, New Regency and Graham King initially said filming was being suspended because of Singer's "unexpected unavailability."
Trouble began when Singer went missing during production on several occasions. His no-shows resulted in cinematographer Thomas Newton Sigel having to step in to helm some of the days while Singer was absent.
Tom Hollander, who plays Queen manager Jim Beach, also is said to have briefly quit the film because of Singer's behavior, but was persuaded to return, according to one source.
Malek complained to the studio, charging Singer with not being present on set, unreliability and unprofessionalism.
Singer had been warned before production began by both Fox Film chairman and CEO Stacey Snider and Fox Film vice chairman and president of production Emma Watts that they wouldn't tolerate any unprofessional behavior on his part. A representative from the Directors Guild of America also arrived on set to monitor the situation.
The growing tension led to a confrontation between Singer and Malek, which, while it did not become physical, did involve Singer throwing an object. Subsequently, however, the two are said to have settled their differences and filming was expected to resume.
But then Singer did not return to the set after the Thanksgiving break and is believed to have been in the U.S. for about the last 10 days, according to one source. In his absence, Sigel stepped in to helm several days of shooting before the production was shut down. Singer's prolonged absence was the final straw, and so the studio decided to terminate him under his pay-or-play contract.
According to another insider, Singer has claimed he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder because of the tensions on the set.
The studio, which has about two more weeks of principal photography remaining on the film, is expected to name a new director within the next few days.
You can tell they're not telling the whole story behind the drama.
RicardoCooper
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Apples and oranges
Beasty
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Nope they are both machines.
Bliss
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They knew for decades and coddled them like catholic priest pedos.
Gabriel Byrne Says The Usual Suspects Filming Was Paused Because of Kevin Spacey’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct
December 4, 2017 8:28 pm
According to Byrne, production was stopped for two days on the 1995 crime thriller The Usual Suspects due to Spacey being “accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour towards a younger actor.”
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Golden Globe-winning actor says of Spacey: “I did not know honestly then the extent of his violence.” He adds, “I mean, he was kind of a joke in that people would say, ‘That’s Kevin,’ but nobody really understood the depth of his predations. It was only years later that we began to understand that [filming] was closed down for a particular reason and that was because of inappropriate sexual behavior by Spacey.”
Byrne claims that it was some time before he and his coworkers discovered the alleged reason behind the brief hiatus. “It was only years later that we began to understand that [Spacey would eventually go on to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the film, which was directed by Bryan Singer.
Byrne also recalls working with Harvey Weinstein, who is arguably the figure who opened the floodgates of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood. Byrne said that Spacey’s behavior had a similar “element of absolute abuse of power” that he saw in Weinstein.
Byrne also recalls hearing “vague rumors” about Harvey Weinstein, ...
'I knew he was a vile bully and I saw his bullying up close,' said Byrne.
'I saw him be absolutely appalling, not just to women but to men as well. He had very little respect for any kind of human being.'
Byrne though, failed to comprehend the gravity of the gossip at the time. “I heard that once or twice from two very well known actresses, but the problem when you hear something like that is, do you pass that on?” Byrne added, “Because if it’s not true, it’s awful, and if it is true, it’s not your job to say, ‘Well, I wasn’t there, the door was locked, I don’t know what happened, I just heard the story.’ But I did not know, and many people didn’t know, the extent of the violence that he perpetrated on women.”
Gabriel Byrne Says The Usual Suspects Filming Was Paused Because of Kevin Spacey’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct
December 4, 2017 8:28 pm
According to Byrne, production was stopped for two days on the 1995 crime thriller The Usual Suspects due to Spacey being “accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour towards a younger actor.”
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the Golden Globe-winning actor says of Spacey: “I did not know honestly then the extent of his violence.” He adds, “I mean, he was kind of a joke in that people would say, ‘That’s Kevin,’ but nobody really understood the depth of his predations. It was only years later that we began to understand that [filming] was closed down for a particular reason and that was because of inappropriate sexual behavior by Spacey.”
Byrne claims that it was some time before he and his coworkers discovered the alleged reason behind the brief hiatus. “It was only years later that we began to understand that [Spacey would eventually go on to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for the film, which was directed by Bryan Singer.
Byrne also recalls working with Harvey Weinstein, who is arguably the figure who opened the floodgates of sexual harassment allegations in Hollywood. Byrne said that Spacey’s behavior had a similar “element of absolute abuse of power” that he saw in Weinstein.
Byrne also recalls hearing “vague rumors” about Harvey Weinstein, ...
'I knew he was a vile bully and I saw his bullying up close,' said Byrne.
'I saw him be absolutely appalling, not just to women but to men as well. He had very little respect for any kind of human being.'
Byrne though, failed to comprehend the gravity of the gossip at the time. “I heard that once or twice from two very well known actresses, but the problem when you hear something like that is, do you pass that on?” Byrne added, “Because if it’s not true, it’s awful, and if it is true, it’s not your job to say, ‘Well, I wasn’t there, the door was locked, I don’t know what happened, I just heard the story.’ But I did not know, and many people didn’t know, the extent of the violence that he perpetrated on women.”
Bliss
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Danny Masterson fired by Netflix just two days after executive told one of the actor's 'rape victims' that the company did not believe his accusers
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-FIRED-Netflix-amidst-rape-allegations.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...on-FIRED-Netflix-amidst-rape-allegations.html
Bliss
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‘Who’s Next?’: The Mysterious Blind-Item King Who Exposed Weinstein, Spacey, and Lauer Before the Media
For a dedicated group of commenters over at a website called Crazy Days and Nights, run by an anonymous entertainment lawyer who goes by the name “Enty Lawyer,” has been calling out many of Hollywood’s now-ostracized sexually misbehaving elite, sometimes years in advance of the mainstream media.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LYNE LUCIEN/THE DAILY BEAST
As more and more famous figures are cast from the limelight over allegations of sex assault, it has left many people wondering who might be next.
But not so for readers of gossip blog Crazy Days And Nights who have often been informed of such scandals years before they hit the press.
The site, and its anonymous attorney founder 'Enty Lawyer', penned pieces on Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and Matt Lauer well before the mainstream media.
And now he has spoken out to say that men like Weinstein have frequented Hollywood since its inception and that their abuse was covered up with the help with the help of journalists.
Speaking to the Daily Beast, he confirmed that gossip columnists were either paid not to report on scandals or else 'sued into oblivion' for trying to report them.
Still more reporters engaged in 'access journalism' and were beholden to their celebrity contacts for interviews, robbing them of the ability to criticize Tinseltown effectively, he said.
For a dedicated group of commenters over at a website called Crazy Days and Nights, run by an anonymous entertainment lawyer who goes by the name “Enty Lawyer,” has been calling out many of Hollywood’s now-ostracized sexually misbehaving elite, sometimes years in advance of the mainstream media.
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LYNE LUCIEN/THE DAILY BEAST
As more and more famous figures are cast from the limelight over allegations of sex assault, it has left many people wondering who might be next.
But not so for readers of gossip blog Crazy Days And Nights who have often been informed of such scandals years before they hit the press.
The site, and its anonymous attorney founder 'Enty Lawyer', penned pieces on Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and Matt Lauer well before the mainstream media.
And now he has spoken out to say that men like Weinstein have frequented Hollywood since its inception and that their abuse was covered up with the help with the help of journalists.
Speaking to the Daily Beast, he confirmed that gossip columnists were either paid not to report on scandals or else 'sued into oblivion' for trying to report them.
Still more reporters engaged in 'access journalism' and were beholden to their celebrity contacts for interviews, robbing them of the ability to criticize Tinseltown effectively, he said.
RicardoCooper
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Two different kinds of machines, unmanned drones can't out-think humans like AI potentially can. But nice try
Beasty
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AI can control drones too. Nice try.
In TDK's context, humans were controlling robots, again nice try.
Thump
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Put more women in power because men are 'having problems', Barack Obama says
'Women seem to have a better capacity than men do,' Democrat adds
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Barack Obama may have a solution to fixing the country's biggest problems... and that starts with a hiring process.
The former President believes more women should be in power to make political decisions, stating "because men seem to be having some problems these days," according to AFP.
It comes from the ongoing sexual assault allegations across Hollywood, politics, and around the world. The two-term president feels optimistic about leadership in the future and it starts with more inclusion in the workplace.
"Not to generalize but women seem to have a better capacity [for leadership] than men do, partly because of their socialization," he told the crowd.
http://mashable.com/2017/12/04/barack-obama-leadership-women/
I respect the hell out of Obama, but he tows the party line when it comes to social issues. The Democratic party is intertwined with liberal social ideas, one of their most pervasive ideas is to propagate the theory that (with a few exceptions) there is an inherent flaw with men.
The truth of the matter is that power, not gender breeds corruption. The whole female-led DNC collusion fiasco is all the proof we need to see that corruption is an equal opportunity phenomenon.
As for the sexual angle, one only needs to look at the hundreds of cases of female teachers abusing their positions as trusted educators, to have sexually inappropriate encounters with their students.
Bliss
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You make a compelling point(s). Your abuse of power examples are good ones.
My only caveat would be the statiatical ratio. These daily exposes we are witnessing are merely the tip of the iceberg, showing us how deeply enabled men's abuse of power is...along with the whole notion of 'power'. By design and not nature, males are conditioned to be(come) power(ful), whereas that attribute is considered a negative in a female.
She is conditioned to be power(less), judicious and fair, play a supportive role, and to share and be nice. To step behind her man. Stand behind him. To be the Beta to his Alpha. .
Just look at the subliminal connotation of " behind every great man there is a woman".
Thus, l do not think the balance of power is equal. We have a ways to go (even though that destination path is detested by some men. Apparently, to want power just like men have enjoyed brings out all sorts of derogatory accusations.)
ColiBreh1
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Bryan Singer's production company Bad Hat Harry's 1st look deal with 20th Century FOX has been axed: https://deadline.com/2017/12/bryan-singer-fired-freddie-mercury-rami-malek-queen-movie-1202218722/
RicardoCooper
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meowkittenmeow
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It's a sad world where Former president Obama can make such a sexist statement and still get praise.
The Dark King
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Which men and which women. In our community women are the ones bread to be educated women are the ones who inherit if there is anything to inherit women are the ones who are taught they are down right magical and need no one.
Black men inspite of literally having everyone despite you to the point where our damn skin is weaponized persist. Every time I hear about this damn patriarchy its evident is another support beam in white supremacy because it unjustly and inaccurately prescribe all men as the problem when it's specifically always been rich and powerful white men. Men of color black men in particular can not and not have anything to do with this oppressive system.
andreboba
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Now Al Franken is being forced to step down from his Senate seat because a new accuser says when she posed to take a pic with him at an inaugural ball, he placed his hand on her WAIST and allegedly squeezed her twice.
LOL.
Some women need to get a grip or their going to blow this moment.
LOL.
Some women need to get a grip or their going to blow this moment.
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The Dark King
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And they think they're winning something but notice only Democrats are holding their own accountable so now you stack the government with even more pro child molesting poor people haters. What do you think happens then.
Bliss
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How is it stacking? Franken will be replaced by a Dem.
Are you joking @ "Dems hold their own accountable" ..lol, oh man.
The Dark King
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We don't harbor child molestors and support their re-election.
Franken will be replaced by a less sympathetic party who doesn't care about the common person. It's becoming clear that not enough people care about anything any more.
Bliss
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Franken may not even resign.. let's see.
There's plenty of Republicans calling for (or who were) for creep Moore to bow out of the race.
However, in his case, when you have an accuser present obviously manufactured "evidence" that he molested her, she really doesn't help her case and jeopardizes others.
So try telling Alabama's constituents who support him that he's not being 'railroaded'. Allred has all but shut up. What a mess.
I agree that not enough care anymore. Because as we see, politics is a career (in) a business that thrives on maintaining the status quo. l've been saying for years, no one really wants to fix problems because if they do, they're services are no longer "required".
The reason why l sometimes bat for Trump isn't for him per-se, it's his "reckless" push back to the deep State and entrenched politicians who feel entitled. A symbolic, 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend" show of support, if you will.