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Exclusive: Producers Ryland Aldrich and Adam Maffei have set their next movie, A Hard Problem, which will mark the feature directorial debut of duo hazart (pictured above).

Aldrich’s productions It Happened in L.A. and Folk Hero & Funny Guy respectively made their world premieres at Sundance and the Tribeca Film Festival.

Maffei is a writer, director and producer on Disney Channel’s Disney Quizney. He recently produced the Chloe Bennet comedy drama 5 Years Apart, which Aldrich was a consulting producer.

hazart is the collective and collaborative efforts of writer/directors Kyle Hasday and Matt Stewart. The duo have written and directed films together in addition to creating fine art photography and photo essays. The two began their collaboration in 2002 while attending Chapman University’s School of Film and Television. The duo will also produce A Hard Problem. In A Hard Problem, Ian, following the death of his mother,...

A neat-and-tidy romantic comedy dedicated to capturing the messy reality of modern dating, Sam Boyd’s Los Angeles-set “In a Relationship” suggests what “La La Land” might have been if you took away the retro-chic musical numbers and sparkly, soda-fizz chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, leaving only commitment-phobic white people looking for connection in a city where there’s always something better around the corner. Though unlikely to land more than a day-and-date VOD release, the movie is much funnier than the vast majority of indie comedies, serving as a great audition piece for a career of sitcom directing.

By focusing on two couples — one testing out a break after several years together, the other hooking up for the first time — Boyd presents an amusing before-and-after view of millennial mating rituals, such as they are. That was also the conceit of his 2015 short film of the same name...

California’s widespread fires claimed a second life Thursday, with a firefighter killed as he fought a blaze near Ventura County.

Cory Iverson, a 32-year-old fire-engine strike team member of Cal Fire’s San Diego unit, was one of the thousands battling to get the Thomas Fire under control since Dec. 4. The blaze is the fourth-largest in the state’s history.

Iverson’s wife Ashley is currently pregnant with their second child. The couple also has a 2-year-old daughter, Evie.

“We are deeply saddened to have to notify you of a fatality involving one of our firefighters,” the station agency,...

5:00 Pm Pt -- "America's Next Top Model" judge Kelly Cutrone is also accusing Simmons of sexual misconduct, telling the New York Post he tried to rape her after they left a party together in 1991 ... but she was able to fight him off and flee.Russell Simmons is under the microscope of the NYPD, which is now investigating him for multiple rape allegations. NYPD's special victims unit is reportedly looking into at least 7 claims of...

Now that Disney is purchasing 21st Century Fox, here’s what we know: $52.4 billion will change hands, the six-studio system will now be five, and Disney will have a serious arsenal for the 2019 launch of its over-the-top streaming services. Presuming that Disney convinces the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice that the union won’t violate existing antitrust laws, here’s a look at some of the merger’s biggest questions.

What Becomes of Fox’s Leadership?

The Disney/Fox merger comes on the same day that Disney/Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” hits multiplexes. Who from the Fox motion picture side will go to Disney (vice-chairman Emma Watts?) and who will be free to look for a new job (Fox chairman Stacey Snider?). Disney is happy with studio steward Alan Horn and his team.

With Snider’s ex-Universal president Scott Stuber running movies at Netflix,...

Growing up in the suburbs of Los Angeles provided fertile inspiration for Michelle Morgan, director of the recent iTunes New Filmmaker Spotlight “It Happened in L.A.” (Click here to watch the film)

“I’m born and raised in La, so it’s a world that I know pretty well,” she said. “I lived in the city when I was a child and then I spent most of my young-adult years in the suburbs, so the city was always this mythical thing to us in the suburbs.”

“It Happened in L.A.” follows thirtysomething Annette (Morgan), her boyfriend, Elliot (Jorma Taccone), and her Bff, Baker (Dree Hemingway), as they navigate the perils of the bleak dating scene in Los Angeles. Is there such a thing as a perfect couple, or is that an urban myth?

“It Happened in L.A.,” which was Morgan’s feature directorial debut, premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival...

Everyone’s a critic, but some are more agreeable than others. Gizmodo has put together a list of the most contrarian film reviewers around, using a just-for-fun methodology that, like all such endeavors, gives a general idea of its subject while being far from definitive.

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Using individual critics’ average scores on Metacritic — and, more importantly, how far they diverge from a movie’s overall score — they listed 366 people from most contrarian to most agreeable. All your favorite IndieWire writers are represented: Eric Kohn (who’s singled out as one of the “barometers” of critical opinion) comes in at 311, David Ehrlich is 78, Kate Erbland shows up at 229, and yours truly is practically her neighbor at 235.

Read More:‘Phantom Thread’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Riveting ’50s Romance Is a Screwball Comedy In Disguise

Armond White, often cited as the most contrarian critic around,...

Woody Allen’s daughter Dylan Farrow is asking why her father has been spared in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the subsequent #MeToo movement.

“Why is it that Harvey Weinstein and other accused celebrities have been cast out by Hollywood, while Allen recently secured a multimillion-dollar distribution deal with Amazon …?” Farrow wrote in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.

“The system worked for Harvey Weinstein for decades. It works for Woody Allen still,” she added.

Farrow – who is one of the star’s three children with ex Mia Farrow – publicly claimed that Allen molested...

Texas-based movie theater chain Cinemark has launched a monthly plan offering users one movie ticker per month for a fee of $8.99. If a user does not use their ticket that month, the credit rolls over into the next month. Members can also buy additional tickets for $8.99 and a 20 percent discount on food and drinks. Dubbed Movie Club, the program is the first to directly compete with New York start-up Movie Pass, which offers unlimited movie tickets at select theaters for $9.95 a month.

Headquartered in Plano, Texas, Cinemark USA is the third-largest movie chain in the country, owning nearly 350 theaters in the U.S. and 200 in Latin America.

Read More:5 Reasons Why MoviePass is the Disruption That Movie Theaters Desperately Need

Despite experiencing a decline in attendance over the last decade, cinemas have resisted offering discount tickets until now. Speaking to the L.A. Times, Cinemark chief executive Mark Zoradi said he...

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said that he expects more high profile sexual misconduct cases to come to light “in the coming weeks and months,” according to the Los Angeles Times.

“We anticipate the Lapd and other jurisdictions will receive even more high profile sex crime reports in the coming weeks and months,” Beck said in an email to the L.A. Times. “We encourage all victims of sexual assault to come forward to report these crimes.”

According to the L.A. Times, the Lapd has 28 open investigations related to media figures, including Harvey Weinstein and Ed Westwick, who has been...

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Earlier this year, critics group made headlines when they came together to protest Disney’s decision to ban the Los Angeles Times’ access to the studio’s films. The ban was eventually lifted, but it raised a number of questions about how critics and studios maintain an ongoing relationship.

During a recent panel discussion at the Key West Film Festival moderated by IndieWire’s Eric Kohn, Los Angeles Times’ critic Kenneth Turan was joined by Rolling Stone’s David Fear, Time Out New York’s Joshua Rothkopf, Buzzfeed’s Alison Willmore, and Miami-based freelancer Juan Barquin to discuss the ramifications of Disney’s decision and other related issues. The following is an edited excerpt from that conversation.

Kenneth Turan: Around the time of “Thor,” a lot of people in the film department of the paper were not getting invited. We knew screenings were taking place. We got in touch...

There’s an interesting continuity going on in the Disney “Frozen” world. In the “Frozen Fever” short (2015), Elsa (Idina Menzel) catches cold and nearly ruins the birthday party for Anna (Kristen Bell). And, in “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure,” which opens in front of Pixar’s “Coco” (a first for Disney), there are no holiday traditions to embrace during their first Christmas together, also thanks to Elsa’s curse.

Clearly, there are emotional loose ends being tied up between the sibling princesses, which will presumably allow them to be better prepared to confront whatever threat awaits them in “Frozen 2” (November 27, 2009).

Meanwhile, Olaf (Josh Gad) continues to evolve as the child-like snowman in the 21-minute featurette (originally intended as an ABC holiday special). But with its eye-popping animation and emphasis on family and tradition, “Olaf’s Frozen Adventure” makes the perfect opener for “Coco,” which embraces similar thematic territory during Día de los Muertos.

History usually remembers Gary Hinman as the first official “Manson family” victim — killed in July 1969 by a few of Charles Manson’s cult followers at his behest. But Hinman’s life was far more important to his relatives than his death.

“It is too bad he is known as a victim of Charles Manson, but that is not how the family remembers him,” cousin Charlotte Hood tells People after the news that Manson died Sunday, at age 83.

“I saw something on the Internet that he was very, very ill, and it is about time,” Hood says.

Speaking of Hinman, who was 34 when he was killed,...

Russell Simmons is the latest Hollywood power player to be accused of sexual assault—allegedly with Brett Ratner. In a Los Angeles Times piece published on Sunday, Ratner, who recently faced other harassment allegations, is accused of working together with Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, to carry out sexual Fmisconduct against women. The news comes amid a rise in similar accusations against celebs and non-famous people, inspired by many launched against Harvey Weinstein, who has denied taking part in non-consensual sex. In the article, the L.A. Times reports that model Keri Claussen Khalighi accused Simmons of coercing her into performing oral sex on...

Terry Crews has slammed Russell Simmons after the producer was accused of sexually assaulting a teenage model in 1991 while director Brett Ratner allegedly watched.

On Sunday, Crews, 49, shared a screenshot of an email he allegedly received from Simmons about the Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor’s claims that he was sexually assaulted by agent Adam Venit.

In the message, Simmons allegedly urged Crews to “give the agent a pass ask that he be reinstated.”

“Message Russell Simmons sent to me regarding my sexual assault case against Adam Venit of @Wme,” Crews wrote alongside the image before adding: “Dear @UncleRUSH — No One Gets A Pass.

Hip hop mogul Russell Simmons has been accused of committing sexual assault while director Brett Ratner allegedly watched, according to an article by The Los Angeles Times.

Model Keri Claussen Khalighi claims that in 1991, Simmons and Ratner took her out for dinner in New York, and then they returned to Simmons' apartment to watch a music video the pair were working on. There, she alleges that Simmons made unwanted advances on her, and claims that when she asked Ratner for help, he "just sat there and watched."

“I fought it wildly,” Khalighi tells the newspaper about Simmons' alleged attempt to have intercourse with her.

She claims to the L.A. Times that Simmons eventually coerced her to perform oral sex, and also alleges that he briefly penetrated her without her consent after she went to take a shower.

Simmons vehemently denied the allegations in a statement on his website.

"I am a supporter of the #MeToo campaign and the victims...

Olivia Munn was one of several women to have accused Brett Ratner of sexual harassment in recent weeks, and as a result he’s no longer involved with the “Wonder Woman” sequel or several other Warner Bros. projects. But, the actress says in a new Los Angeles Times interview, that isn’t enough: “I want Warner Bros. to sever all ties and relationships with Brett Ratner,” she told the paper of record.

Read More:Brett Ratner Accused of Sexual Harassment By Six Women, Including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, in L.A. Times Report

“If you ask me, now, do I feel good? Do I feel like I have justice? No,” Munn said. “I’m thankful that we’re in this moment where our voices actually matter. But I don’t feel like there’s actually an awakening of consciousness in Hollywood. There’s an understanding that there will be backlash...

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Allied (Robert Zemeckis)

That thing we can’t take for granted: a film whose many parts – period piece, war picture, blood-spattered actioner, deception-fueled espionage thriller, sexy romance, and, at certain turns, comedy – can gracefully move in conjunction and separate from each other, just as its labyrinthine-but-not-quite plot jumps from one setpiece to the next with little trouble in maintaining a consistency of overall pleasure. Another late-career triumph for Robert Zemeckis,...

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Gal Gadot has addressed rumors that she had refused to play Wonder Woman again if Brett Ratner is involved in the sequel in the wake of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against the producer.

The actress — who starred as the iconic character in this summer’s hit Wonder Woman film and reprises the character in Justice League, out...

The Sundance Film Festival programmed it (Next section) back when it was called L.A. Times. Produced by Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Ryland Aldrich and Jared Stern, surrounded by cast (Kentucker Audley, Dree Hemingway, Jorma Taccone, Margarita Levieva et al.) and crew attended the post screening Q&A, where Michelle Morgan (who directed, wrote, stars in the pic) detailed her love and hate relationship for the city.

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Gal Gadot won’t be involved with the “Wonder Woman” sequel if Brett Ratner is too. That’s according to Page Six, who report that the action heroine wants to distance both herself and the franchise she stars in from a man accused of sexual harassment by several women.

Read More:Brett Ratner Accused of Sexual Harassment By Six Women, Including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, in L.A. Times Report

“Brett made a lot of money from the success of ‘Wonder Woman,’ thanks to his company having helped finance the first movie,” a source told Page Six. “Now Gadot is saying she won’t sign for the sequel unless Warner Bros. buys Brett out [of his financing deal] and gets rid of him.”

Prior to the publication of several accusations against Ratner, Gadot canceled her appearance at a dinner where she was scheduled to present him an award.

“She’s tough and stands by her principles.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Ellen Page says working with Woody Allen was the “biggest regret” of her career.

“I did a Woody Allen movie and it is the biggest regret of my career,” Page, 30, wrote, referencing the 2012 film To Rome With Love.

“I am ashamed I did this,” she added. “I had yet to find my voice and was not who I am now and felt pressured, because ‘of course you have to say yes to this Woody Allen film.’ Ultimately, however, it is my choice what films I decide to do and I made the wrong choice. I made an awful mistake.

Ellen Page has accused X-Men: The Last Stand director Brett Ratner of outing her as gay when she was 18 on the set of the blockbuster.

In a lengthy Facebook post, Page, 30, detailed her alleged experience with Ratner, claiming he told another woman to have sex with her in order to “make her realize she’s gay” during a cast meet and greet for X-Men: The Last Stand in 2005.

“I was a young adult who had not yet come out to myself. I knew I was gay, but did not know, so to speak,” she wrote. “I felt violated when this happened.

Ellen Page has posted a powerful essay on her Facebook page in which she responds to the numerous sexual harassment and assault allegations taking place in Hollywood by revealing her own history with abusive directors, and admitting that she is ashamed of working with such alleged predators as Woody Allen. According to Page, Brett Ratner made a homophobic slur to her during the first day of filming on “X-Men: The Last Stand,” where Page was starring as Kitty Pryde, and therefore outed her to the cast and crew.

Read More:Brett Ratner Accused of Sexual Harassment By Six Women, Including Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge, in L.A. Times Report

“‘You should fuck her to make her realize she’s gay.’ He said this about me during a cast and crew ‘meet and greet’ before we began filming, ‘X Men: The Last Stand,'” Page writes. “I was eighteen years old.

Indie film distributor The Orchard has canceled the theatrical release of Louis C.K.'s controversial new film I Love You, Daddy following a series of sexual misconduct allegations made against the acclaimed stand-up comedian/filmmaker. The company announced Friday in a statement that it "will not be moving forward with the release," Deadline reports.

The movie, which premiered in September at the Toronto International Film Festival, was set to hit select theaters on November 17th, followed by a wider release on December 1st. The Orchard abruptly nixed the project's New York premiere on November 9th,...

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Melanie Kohler was hit with a defamation lawsuit after accusing director Brett Ratner of raping her over a decade ago, but she’s not backing down.

Despite deleting the Oct. 20 Facebook post — in which she called Ratner a “rapist” and said the assault took place “in Hollywood about 12 years ago,” according to court documents obtained by People — Kohler said...

(Welcome to The Disney Discourse, a recurring feature where Josh Spiegel discusses the latest in Disney news. He goes deep on everything from the animated classics to the theme parks to live-action franchises. In this edition: between trying to buy 20th Century Fox and blacklisting the L.A. Times, Disney needs to chill the eff out.) Update: […]

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The coming-of-age-in-Los-Angeles genre is populated with plenty of movies, but few are as fresh as “It Happened In L.A.” Earning strong buzz out of Sundance this year, as the weather is getting cooler, this warm comedy is on the way to brighten the season.

Written, directed, and starring Michelle Morgan with Jorma Taccone, Dree Hemingway, and Kentucker Audley in support, the story follows a neurotic couple who look to their friends to see how their relationship is going.

Continue reading ‘It Happened In L.A.’ Clip: Go Deep Into Nature [Exclusive] at The Playlist.

Update: Disney has “agreed to restore access” to L.A. Times critics for advance screenings of its films. The National Society of Film Critics joined the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle and the Boston Society of Film Critics in denouncing the Walt Disney Company’s media blackout of the Los Angeles Times announced last week in retaliation for critical stories by the paper. In addition, all four groups voted to disqualify Disney’s films from year-end awards consideration until the blackout is publicly lifted. On Nov. 3, the L.A. Times announced that its writers and editors had been blocked.

Given all the fawning press that Disney generally receives, mostly on the movie front thanks to their mega-successful string of franchises, you’d think the mega-corporation could take a little criticism. Not so. The L.A. Times recently published the two-part story — “Is Disney paying its share in Anaheim?” and “How one election changed Disneyland’s relationship with its hometown” — which asked serious questions about Disney’s apparently uneven relationship with the city that houses Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.

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Following news that the Walt Disney Co. is leaving Los Angeles Times reporters outside the velvet rope for its upcoming movies after a story detailing the company’s business ties with Anaheim was published, Disney said the publication “showed a complete disregard for basic journalistic standards.” “We regularly work with news organizations around the world that we don’t always agree with, but in this instance the L.A. Times showed a complete disregard for basic journalistic standards,” Disney said in a statement in response to The Times’ allegations. “Despite our sharing numerous indisputable facts with the reporter, several editors, and the publisher over.

A closed-door, month-long row between Walt Disney Studios and The Los Angeles Times became public when the newspaper told readers why there was no “Thor: Ragnarock” review Nov. 3. “’Thor: Ragnarok,’ which opens wide today, will not be reviewed in today’s paper,” read a note from the editors in the Calendar section. “Walt Disney Co. studios declined to screen the movie for The Times’ critics, citing what it called unfair coverage of its business ties with the city of Anaheim. The Times will continue to review and cover Disney movies and programs when they are available to the public.”

Disney’s entities also include networks ABC, A+E and Espn. La Times reporter Glenn Whipp told IndieWire, “Our TV writers have had their access stripped from the Disney TV sites for a while now,” saying it stemmed back to early October.

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Updated, 3:08 Pm: Claiming that the Los Angeles Times "showed a complete disregard for basic journalistic standards" in a report on the realpolitik of Anaheim, the Walt Disney Company today went on the attack anew against the paper. "We regularly work with news organizations around the world that we don't always agree with, but in this instance the L.A. Times showed a complete disregard for basic journalistic standards," the media giant asserted in a statement of a…...

The Walt Disney Co. is leaving Los Angeles Times reporters outside the velvet rope for its upcoming movies, barring the paper’s employees from advance screenings in retaliation for a pair of stories detailing the company’s business ties with the city of Anaheim, the home of Disneyland. Update: Saturday morning, Disney issued a statement, saying: “We regularly work with news organizations around the world that we don’t always agree with, but in this instance the L.A. Times showed a complete disregard for basic journalistic standard. Despite our sharing numerous indisputable facts with the reporter, several editors, and the publisher over many.

Actress Busy Philipps is speaking out against movie producer and director Brett Ratner.

On Wednesday, Philipps, 38, responded to the news that the longtime Hollywood power player, 48, had been accused of multiple cases of sexual misconduct or harassment — including by actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge — in an article published by the Los Angeles Times.

“Olivia Munn has been saying this for years and he has been disgusting about the allegations and to her for years. He is a garbage human,” Philipps wrote.

Munn claims that while visiting the set of the 2004 Ratner-directed film After the Sunset, he masturbated in front of her.

The best place to see “L.A. Times” is unquestionably L.A. — more to the point, probably the Los Feliz or the Vista theaters over by the hipster enclaves of Silver Lake and vicinity. But it’s safe to say that a very good second option would be the Sundance Film Festival, where writer-director-actor Michelle Morgan’s comedy had its world premiere on Friday night. “L.A. Times” is an indie rom-com for the 21st century, steeped in the trends and foibles of trendy Millennials who work in or around the entertainment industry. It’s a film made for audiences with personal experience negotiating Santa.

Brett Ratner has officially responded to the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct that were levied against him in a recent Los Angeles Times report.

“In light of the allegations being made, I am choosing to personally step away from all Warner Bros.- related activities,” Ratner said in a statement. “I don’t want to have any possible negative impact to the studio until these personal issues are resolved.”

Six women — including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge — spoke out against Ratner, 48, in an article published by the Los Angeles Times Wednesday. Munn said that while visiting the set of...

Brett Ratner says he's "stepping away" from any projects he's been working on with Warner Bros. amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

The power producer and Rush Hour director released a statement to Et on Wednesday, hours after the Los Angeles Times published a report that included accusations of sexual misconduct from six women, including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge.

"In light of the allegations being made, I am choosing to personally step away from all Warner Bros.- related activities," Ratner said in the statement. "I don't want to have any possible negative impact to the studio until these personal issues are resolved."

As part of the studio's move to cut ties with Ratner, he will be removed as a producer on their upcoming adaptation of the best-selling novel The Goldfinch, according to the The Hollywood Reporter.

Watch: Olivia Munn, Natasha Henstridge Accuse Brett Ratner of Sexual Misconduct

Ratner's production company, RatPac Entertainment, will also lose...

Brett Ratner has filed a defamation lawsuit against a woman who claims he raped her over a decade ago in Los Angeles.

Melanie Kohler first made the allegations against the director in an Oct. 20 Facebook post, calling him a “rapist” and saying the assault took place “in Hollywood about 12 years ago,” according to court documents obtained by People.

“ preyed on me as a drunk girl forced himself upon me,” the documents claim she said in the post.

Ratner is suing for defamation, claiming an unspecified amount of damages.

Six women — including actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge — spoke out against Ratner,...

Monday’s Brett Ratner investigation in the The Los Angeles Times, with testimonials from a half-dozen women accusing him of sexual harassment, continued what’s become a familiar pattern. First-hand accounts. Apologies and/or denials. And now, the career blowback begins.

Depending on who you ask, Warner Bros. cut ties with Ratner late this afternoon — or to hear Ratner tell it, he made the decision. Ratner said in a statement, “In light of the allegations being made, I am choosing to personally step away from all Warner Bros.-related activities. I don’t want to have any possible negative impact to the studio until these personal issues are resolved.”

The news came after Ratner lost his biopic on former Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner. “We are putting all further development of our projects with RatPac Entertainment on hold until we are able to review the situation further,” a Playboy Enterprises spokesman told The Wrap today.

Warner Bros. has severed ties with producer Brett Ratner, sources close the situation has confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

The news comes less than an hour after the producer responded to the numerous allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct made against him in a recent L.A. Times report. "In light of the allegations being made, I am choosing to personally step away from all Warner Bros.- related activities," Ratner said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. "I don’t want to have any possible negative impact to the studio until these personal issues are resolved."

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Jared Leto will not be playing Hugh Hefner in a biopic directed by Brett Ratner, who has been accused of multiple cases of sexual misconduct or harassment.

“Jared Leto is not and was not attached to a Brett Ratner directed Hugh Hefner film, nor will he be working with him in the future,” a representative for the actor said in a statement Wednesday. “Earlier reports were incorrect and not confirmed by his representatives.”

The film has also been put on hold by Playboy. “We are deeply troubled to learn about the accusations against Brett Ratner,” a Playboy Enterprises spokesperson said...

Hollywood is reacting to the Brett Ratner sexual harassment scandal on social media, and no one has been more vocal than Asia Argento. The actress, who has accused Harvey Weinstein of rape, sent out a series of tweets bashing Ratner for his alleged actions and claiming that “we were all waiting for” the harassment accusations against the director to go public. “Looking forward to hear your lame excuses/apologies for your hideous crimes,” Argento wrote.

Ratner was accused of harassment by six women in an article published by The Los Angeles Times on November 1. Actresses who have come forward with allegations against the “Rush Hour” director include Olivia Munn, who claims Ratner masturbated in front of her while she was delivering food to his trailer on the set of the film “After the Storm,” and Natasha Henstridge, who alleges Ratner prevented her from leaving his apartment in New York City...

Warner Bros. on Wednesday said that it was “reviewing” its deals with Brett Ratner following an L.A. Times report in which six women accused the filmmaker of sexual harassment and other misconduct. In a statement to TheWrap, a Warner Bros. spokesperson said, “We are aware of the allegations in the La Times and are reviewing the situation.” Ratner, with his RatPac Entertainment banner, has a first-look deal with the studio, including a film co-financing pact. RatPac Entertainment rents office space on the lot. Also Read: Brett Ratner Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 6 Women (Report) Actresses Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn...

Movie producer Brett Ratner has been accused of multiple cases of sexual misconduct or harassment — including by actresses Olivia Munn and Natasha Henstridge.

In an article published by the Los Angeles Times Wednesday, six women spoke out against the longtime Hollywood power player, 48, who directed the Rush Hour series and produced movies including Horrible Bosses and The Revenant.

In a statement to the L.A. Times, Ratner’s attorney Martin Singer vehemently disputed the specific allegations and said “no woman has ever made a claim against him for sexual misconduct or sexual harassment. Furthermore, no woman has ever requested or received...

Director and producer Brett Ratner has been accused of sexual misconduct by six women, including actresses Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn, according to a Los Angeles Times report published Wednesday. Henstridge told the L.A. Times that as a 19-year-old model, she fell asleep watching TV with Ratner and some friends at his New York City apartment. When she woke up and tried to leave, she said that Ratner “blocked the doorway with his body and wouldn’t budge.” “He began touching himself,” and then forced her to perform oral sex, the Times wrote. Also Read: 'Grey's Anatomy' Star Caterina Scorsone Says Director James.

Carving incredibly detailed pumpkins started off as something fun that painters and street artists Chris Soria and Marc Evan would do while in art school.

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Alec Baldwin has addressed his relationship with director James Toback in an interview with the L.A. Times, saying, "In my time with Jimmy, it was absolutely, positively business."

The actor has received some heat for a picture that circulated online of him with both Toback and Roman Polanski at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. Harvey Weinstein accuser Asia Argento was among those who tweeted the picture. 

Toback was the subject of an L.A. Times investigation that found he has sexually harassed over 38 women. Since the story broke some 300 women have come forward to say that they, too, were harassed...