Time’s Up
In Wake of Russell Brand Allegations, U.K. to Introduce Independent Body to Address Bullying and Harassment in Creative Industries
British culture minister Lucy Frazer, together with talents from the U.K. film, TV, music and theater sectors, announced the new body, which will be ready to take cases next year.
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Russell Brand Allegations Highlight Need for “Critical Intervention” About Raising Concerns in U.K. Creative Sectors
A new independent standards body where concerns over behavior can be raised and investigated confidentially is in the process of being developed alongside the industry.
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Cannes: Relaunched French 50/50 Organization Fact-Checks Fest on Female Representation
After imploding last year, Collectif 50/50 is back with a more diverse, working-class board (read: no more celebrities) and a clear-eyed sense of purpose: "What we’re facing today is a backlash — the fight is far from being over."
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Natalie Portman at Cannes: “I Need to Leave the Drama for the Screen”
At the festival for her role in Todd Haynes’ 'May December,' the actor, producer and budding soccer mogul talks "amoral art," her complicated feelings about Luc Besson and the “heartbreaking” implosion of Time’s Up: "Mistakes are deadly for activism."
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Guest Column: The Demise of Time’s Up Doesn’t Spell the End of Hollywood’s Equality Push
The U.S. organization, which began with the best intentions, never figured out how to build beyond its celebrity focus but did push issues that were formerly invisible to the front of the conversation.
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Time’s Up to Halt Operations
The Hollywood-based gender rights organization, founded in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, will direct its remaining funds to the Time's Up Legal Defense Fund.
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#MeToo, Five Years Later: Why Time’s Up Imploded
Hollywood’s most famous advocacy group is now a leaderless ghost organization, undone by conflicts of interest (and straight-up conflicts). Why it collapsed and what might emerge to supplant it.
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Hollywood Women’s Group Cautiously Receptive to Gender-Neutral Acting Awards
Says Women in Film CEO Kirsten Schaffer of the cultural shift: "Sometimes I think the thing that's going to level the playing field for women is to change the dynamics around gender."
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Tina Tchen Joins Obama Foundation as Chief Strategy and Impact Officer
The former Time's Up president and CEO, who resigned last year after advising Andrew Cuomo on his sexual harassment allegations, served in the Obama administration.
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Activists React to Hollywood’s Silence During Johnny Depp Trial: “Where Are You and Why Are You Not Supporting Amber Heard?”
At the height of the Time's Up movement, stars rallied in support of women during high-profile cases against the likes of Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby. The absence of such solidarity today has some #MeToo proponents worried about the future of the movement.
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Time’s Up Releases Findings From Audit Ahead of “Major Reset”
The workplace equity nonprofit is letting go of all but three of its 25 staffers at year's end, a move that one critic of the organization calls "callous."
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Embattled Time’s Up, Post-Cuomo, Announces a “Major Reset”
"We’re going down to the studs," said Ashley Judd, one of the group’s most visible members.
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