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ITN and the Guardian allege the comedian preyed on teenage girls and young women. He has denied all allegations.

Variety will host a new edition of its acclaimed High Tea event series celebrating the women of awards season on Nov. 16 in Los Angeles, spotlighting the trailblazing women behind the year’s most praised films. The event follows the inaugural High Tea: Celebrating Female Directors in April. The intimate afternoon will feature candid conversations with […]

The comedian and best-selling author allegedly used his celebrity and star power to prey on women, according to a new report

British children's author and comedian David Walliams is facing allegations of using his fame to groom girls and young women for sex

David Walliams has been accused of “grooming fans” and “harassing” women by The Guardian newspaper after he failed to get an injunction to prevent them from publishing the story. “Comedian and former ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ judge alleged to have groomed fans he met when they were as young as 15 and harassed women in the […]

David Walliams, star of Little Britain and Britain’s Got Talent, has been named as the UK celebrity at the heart of allegations involving exploitative sexual activity with girls and young women. Walliams fought to prevent ITV News and The Guardian from publishing a joint investigation into his behavior on the basis that it could lead […]

A sea of women and a scattering of men packed into the Regal Sherman Oaks Galleria Sunday night for a cinematic experience. Not to see a new movie, but to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the hit HBO Max-Crave series “Heated Rivalry.” Based on Rachel Reid’s bestselling “Game Changers” books and adapted by Jacob Tierney, […]

A London judge said the former comedy star, who was convicted of rape and sexual assault last week, had shown a “casual, arrogant disregard” for women’s wishes.

"I just hope he is not allowed to hurt any more women," said one of Brand's victims from Southwark Crown Court.

One of the most beautiful things about legends and myths is they often stem from the truth. Written by playwright and lyricist Angelica Chéri and directed by Stevie Walker-Webb, the new Broadway musical “Wanted” is inspired by Chéri’s great-great aunts, Mary (Solea Pfeiffer) and Martha Clarke (Liisi LaFontaine). These Black women living in post-emancipation Texas […]

When it was announced, in 2017, that the Chilean writer-director Sébastian Lelio was to helm a U.S. remake of his 2013 breakout film “Gloria,” admirers of the original — and indeed of Lelio himself — had cause for concern. English-language do-overs of world cinema successes frequently go awry; furthermore, we had the cautionary tale of […]

Don't miss men's and women's matches for WWE Crown Jewel Championships during the wrestling event.

After an epic Money in the Bank event with Roman Reigns defeated LA Knight to retain the World Heavyweight Championship, WWE travels to Saudi Arabia for WWE Crown Jewel 2026, a premium live event on Saturday, Nov. 7. The event features four bouts, including three title matches for the Crown Jewel Championship, Women’s Crown Jewel […]

Also up north this week: Angine de Poitrine reveals a third member at a Toronto concert and SOCAN joins GEMA's live music royalty network.

Nobody can accuse Taylor Swift of being a fake Knicks fan… not even Knicks point guard Tyler Kolek. Following Kolek’s claim that the 14x Grammy winner is a “very performative” fan of the 2026 NBA champions, a rep for the team defended Swift and thanked her for “many years” of support. “Taylor Swift has been […]

The third edition of the event will take place on Tuesday with an exclusive gala at Vesta Fiori Chiari in Milan.

EXCLUSIVE: One of the most fun-sounding projects on sale at the upcoming AFM will be the Matthew Vaughn-produced irreverent action-comedy Stuntnuts, the Kick-Ass and Kingsman filmmaker’s homage to the largely unheralded men and women who carry out the death-defying stunts in the movies we love. Stuntnuts will have a first market screening at the AFM […]

Known for championing first and second features, the Torino Film Festival has increasingly become a showcase for rising female talent. For the second year running, 10 of the 16 films in Torino’s feature competition are directed by women, a proportion now matched by this year’s short-film selection. While few festivals, in Italy or elsewhere, can […]

Jane Fonda was giddy Thursday night at the Women in Film Honors gala in Beverly Hills. “I’m so excited,” she told me while practically skipping down the red carpet. The longtime political activist is riding the Election Day blue wave that helped the Democrats take control of the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. […]

A month after her departure from Warner Bros. was announced, Pamela Abdy made her first industry appearance Thursday night at the Women in Film Honors at the Beverly Hilton. On the morning of Oct. 1, Abdy was announced as WIF’s inaugural Vanguard Award recipient. Then, she was serving as co-chair and CEO of Warner Bros. […]

Abdy, who was ousted as Warner Bros. co-film chief after Paramount Skydance completed its $111 billion acquisition of the studio, received Women in Film‘s inaugural Vanguard Award on Thursday night.

Former U.S. Navy pilot Joy Bronson helmed the feature that has landed distribution from Abramorama and will get preview screenings timed to Veterans Day.

The announcement comes just weeks after the ‘Furious’ star and executive producer's appearance at WME’s inaugural Women’s Health Summit and a day ahead of an invite-only event co-hosted by the agency and RAINN.

Wunmi Mosaku, the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-winning star of Ryan Coogler’s 2025 hit “Sinners,” has come aboard British documentary short “Swim Sistas” as executive producer. The film, celebrating Black women’s relationship with swimming, was directed by Catherine Joy White (“Bridgerton,” “Fifty-Four Days”), with Naomie Harris (“Moonlight”) narrating. After premiering at DOC NYC and winning several awards […]

Actor-comedian faced seven charges, including rape and sexual assault, from six women

There’s one bachelor, 10 women vying for his love and Chris Harrison. In Fox Nation’s upcoming dating series “The Vow,” the ex-“Bachelor” host steps into familiar territory, five years after his controversial exit from the ABC franchise. The trailer puts 30-year-old Jace Cates front and center as he splits his attention between the female contestants. […]

Channel 4 will reinvest the show's budget in "distinctive new programming" and said sorry again to the women involved.

Greek filmmaker Alexis Alexiou arrives at the Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival with his third feature, “Sea of Glass,” fresh off its premiere out of competition at Edinburgh. The moody, noir-infused drama will have a special screening in Thessaloniki before a limited theatrical release across Greece on Nov. 12. Best known for the Tribeca-premiering “Wednesday 04:45” […]

EXCLUSIVE: Meryl Streep has become a major fan of Julia Loktev’s epic two-part documentary My Undesirable Friends, an examination of brave women journalists in Russia who paid a heavy price for daring to report the truth in their country. The three-time Oscar winner serves as an executive producer on My Undesirable Friends: Part II – […]

EXCLUSIVE: Hoo, Hoo, Hoo, Hoosiers! Shadow Lion, the company founded by NFL legend Tom Brady, and Jigsaw Productions are soon going inside Indiana University’s football program to chronicle the team’s unprecedented trajectory from the losingest program in college football history to 2025 National Champions. Production on the documentary, titled Misfits, will begin this fall. It […]

As has been widely reported on both side of the Atlantic, a “well-known individual” in the U.K. is currently waiting to hear whether his legal effort to block two media outlets from publishing allegations of “inappropriate and exploitative sexual activity with girls and young women” has been successful. Lawyers for the individual — who denies the […]

Germany’s Erich Pommer Institut has unveiled the 15 women producers selected for the sixth edition of its program.

EXCLUSIVE: A new Japanese drama series is turning stereotypes around women in the workplace on their head, according to one of the top producers at public broadcaster NHK. The Employee launched a fortnight ago and has got Japanese people talking about “the double bind” women face as they progress up the career ladder, Akiko Ueda, […]

A lack of funding, and ignorance in the institutions that control it, keeps women at an inherent disadvantage in the film industry, Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat said at a Tokyo International Film Festival talk on the future of women’s cinema. “The discrimination did not start at the festival, but it started at the development level,” […]

As deadpan spoof documentarian Philomena Cunk returns with a new series on cinema, her creators discuss meeting J-Lo, their worst ever jobs – and why artificial intelligence is like mad cow disease She has tackled Britain, conquered the world and even grappled with life itself. Now Philomena Cunk is back on our screens – looking as miserable and confused as ever – to take on her biggest subject yet: cinema. Cinema, the iconically stupid presenter explains, is not just mankind’s greatest achievement but also a world where “men can be heroes, women can get off with heroes, and nobody ever goes to the toilet – unless you’re watching a specialist film from Japan”. So if you’ve ever wanted to know why “Citizen Ken” always has carrots in his pockets, where the word auteur comes from (“They felt they oughta get all the credit”) or how Benedict Cumberbatch reacts to the hardest-hitting questions of his career (such as “Who are you?”), this is quite literally the only place you’ll ever find the answers. Continue reading...

"Every morning, I put on my little whore outfit, and I hit the gym," the 'Obsession' actress said of her prep for Marvel's X-Men reboot.

Indonesian filmmaker Ariani Darmawan stepped away from directing for years to raise a family. Her first feature, “Jani Be Good,” which is playing in the Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future competition, turns that experience into a portrait of four women across three generations. “I stopped making films for over 10 years because I was […]

The Tokyo International Film Festival’s Tokyo Talk program presented a masterclass with Zeze Takahisa, director of the festival’s opening film, “Sukiyaki.” Held before a full-house crowd at Tokyo Midtown Hibiya, the talk focused on Zeze’s early “pink” (softcore porn) and indie films, followed by questions about his more recent work. Born in 1960 in Oita […]

The women involved in the case had "nothing to gain" apart from "some closure", the prosecutor says.