Weinstein reaches $25m settlement with more than 30 women – report

If approved, settlement would bring most of the civil lawsuits pending against him to an end

More than 30 women who were allegedly subjected to sexual misconduct by the disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein have reportedly reached a $25m settlement which, if approved, would bring to an end most of the civil lawsuits pending against him.

The New York Times reported on Wednesday that a tentative deal had been agreed involving Weinstein’s numerous alleged victims in the US, Canada, Britain and Ireland. The proposal is awaiting final approval from the courts and from individuals involved, the newspaper says, but once those last hurdles are cleared payouts would be made by insurance companies handling the bankruptcy of the Weinstein Company.

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The women who broke the Harvey Weinstein story – podcast

When Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began investigating Harvey Weinstein, they had no idea it would ignite a global reckoning on sexual harassment resulting in #MeToo. And: Rafael Behr on the likelihood of a winter election

In the summer of 2017, the New York Times journalist Megan Twohey was on maternity leave when she received a call from a colleague, Jodi Kantor. The two had never spoken before, but Kantor was working on a story and needed Twohey’s help. It was an investigation into the Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. What they uncovered became one of the biggest stories of our times, launching a global movement.

Rachel Humphreys talks to the journalists about how they convinced prominent actors and former Weinstein employees to speak to them, the lengths Weinstein was willing to go to in an attempt to prevent the story from becoming public, and what more needs to be done about sexual harassment in the workplace.

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‘Freddy Krueger in the room’: women confront Harvey Weinstein at New York event

Several women heckled after raising questions about producer’s attendance at talent show

Several women were booed, heckled and asked to leave after confronting Harvey Weinstein at a New York showcase for emerging talent.

Comedian Kelly Bachman told the Guardian she “felt like the air was sucked out of the room” when she called out Weinstein during a set she performed at the event.

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Ronan Farrow reveals extreme measures Weinstein took to bury alleged crimes

Farrow’s book Catch and Kill describes Harvey Weinstein’s efforts to silence alleged victims and put Farrow himself off the story

The combination of rage, threats, professional promises and vulnerability that Harvey Weinstein used to secure the silence of women he allegedly sexually attacked is described in a newly disclosed interview between one of his accusers and Ronan Farrow, the journalist who exposed the Hollywood mogul.

In his new book Catch and Kill chronicling his investigation into Weinstein, Farrow relates for the first time details of his conversation with a longtime former employee of the movie producer, Alexandra Canosa.

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Ronan Farrow book on sale in Australia despite legal threat from journalist Dylan Howard

One online distributor has withdrawn the #MeToo memoir, but other stores have stocked it, and the publisher insists it will not be withdrawn

Ronan Farrow’s book on the #MeToo movement has been withdrawn from sale in Australia by one online bookseller but was available in bookstores on Tuesday despite a legal threat from an Australian journalist who Farrow has previously alleged helped to protect the disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein from negative publicity.

The book, Catch and Kill, was released in Australia on Tuesday and was on sale in some shops, including Readings and WH Smith in Melbourne. But customers who ordered it from the online seller Booktopia were told it had been “withdrawn from sale” and had their payment refunded.

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The day I confronted Harvey Weinstein: ‘He said, “You think you can save everyone”’

Long conference calls and bad-tempered threats: an exclusive extract from Ronan Farrow’s book Catch And Kill

By fall 2017, I had taken my story to the New Yorker. As the investigation moved closer to publication, I called the Weinstein Company for comment. Sounding nervous, an assistant said he’d check if the boss was available. And then there was Weinstein’s husky baritone. “Wow!” he said with mock excitement. “What do I owe this occasion to?” The writing about the man has seldom lingered on this quality: he was pretty funny. But he veered swiftly toward fury. Weinstein hung up on me several times that fall, including on that first day. I told him I wanted to be fair, to include anything he had to say, then asked if he was comfortable with me recording. He seemed to panic, and was gone with a click. The pattern repeated that afternoon. But when I got him to talk for a sustained time, he abandoned his initial caution and got sharply combative.

“How did you identify yourself to all these women?” he demanded. I was caught off balance. I had started reporting the story for NBC, before turning to the New Yorker.

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Gwyneth Paltrow ‘a crucial source’ in Harvey Weinstein revelations

A new book says the actor was scared of going on the record at first but then encouraged other women to speak out

Gwyneth Paltrow has been named a key figure in the New York Times story that first catalogued a series of sexual harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, and led to the film producer’s dismissal from his own company and subsequent prosecution.

In a new book titled She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey – the New York Times reporters whose story on 5 October 2017 triggered Weinstein’s downfall – Paltrow is said to have been “scared to go on the record but became an early, crucial source, sharing her account of sexual harassment and trying to recruit other actresses to speak”.

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Rosanna Arquette: ‘They said I was a pain in the ass. It’s not true’

Ever since she was abused by Harvey Weinstein, Rosanna Arquette says she has lived in fear. She talks about harassment, the collapse of her career – and the thin line between caution and paranoia

Rosanna Arquette sounds panicked. She thinks someone wants to stop our conversation taking place. For 30 minutes, a BBC publicist has tried to patch us into a conference call; now, Arquette has taken matters into her own hands and phoned me directly. “This is what happens! All the time!” she says, her voice rising. There are no pleasantries. It’s as if we were already talking before I picked up.

“Why is it disconnecting every time?” she asks. “There is something strange here. Really strange. I don’t understand what’s happening. Why can’t we get on the phone with each other?” She laughs, a nervous sort of placeholder laugh.

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Weinstein due in court over indictment involving actor Annabella Sciorra

Prosecutors to likely ask for Sciorra’s testimony to be included rather than add additional charge, which could delay proceedings

Harvey Weinstein will head back to court in New York on Monday morning, to be arraigned on a new indictment involving the actor Annabella Sciorra.

Related: Lisa Bloom: lawyer in Epstein case speaks of suffering sexual abuse

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Harvey Weinstein and accusers reach tentative $44m compensation deal

The agreement would resolve lawsuits and compensate the Hollywood producer’s alleged victims

Harvey Weinstein, women who accused him of sexual misconduct, his former film studio’s board members and the New York attorney general’s office have reached a tentative $44m deal to resolve lawsuits and compensate alleged victims of the Hollywood producer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people it said were familiar with the matter.

The deal, if finalized, would resolve a civil rights lawsuit filed by the New York attorney general’s office last year that accuses Weinstein Co’s executives and board of failing to protect employees from a hostile work environment and Weinstein’s sexual misconduct, the Journal said.

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Juliette Binoche: ‘Harvey Weinstein has had enough’

The actor has said she wishes ‘peace’ to the disgraced mogul’s ‘mind and heart’ and that the time has come for ‘justice to do its work’

The actor Juliette Binoche has called for an end to the public excoriation of Harvey Weinstein and said that the cases should now be left to the courts.

Speaking at the opening press conference for the Berlin film festival, where she is heading the jury, Binoche said that she had encountered no problems in her long relationship with the producer, who has been accused of multiple counts of sexual assault. He denies all incidents of non-consensual sex.

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‘He is innocent’ says Harvey Weinstein’s new lawyer as legal team changes – video

A New York judge signed off on the disgraced Hollywood producer's move to swap his legal team before his trial on sexual assault charges. The new legal team includes Jose Baez and Ronald Sullivan, who once represented one of his most prominent accusers, Rose McGowan, on drug charges.

Harvey Weinstein judge approves changes to mogul's legal team

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Bono won’t speak about Harvey Weinstein

The U2 frontman worked closely with the disgraced movie mogul on 2013's 'Long Walk to Freedom' as he wrote the accompanying song 'Ordinary Love' and though he admitted the producer has one "very good work" for his band, the 58-year-old singer - who has daughters Jordan, 29, and Eve, 27, and sons Eli, 19, and John, 17, with wife Ali - won't say too much about the sexual harassment allegations against him or the wider #MeToo movement because his kids don't think it is his "time". He said: "He did very good work for U2.

Ex-boyfriend of Cecilia Haddad, Mario Marcelo Santoro charged with murder in Brazil

'There is no one more qualified or deserving': Trump picks federal judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill Anthony Kennedy's Supreme Court seat, setting up ferocious battle with Dems to get him nominated Coach could be left in Thai cave ALONE: Divers say they can now rescue the last four boys from underground labyrinth - but their 25-year-old chaperone faces ANOTHER night in his underground prison REVEALED: Trump 'told Putin to ignore his 'stupid' White House advisors who urged him not to congratulate the Russian president on his election victory' Male nurse, 24, dies after falling 500ft at Grand Canyon National Park when he climbed over a railing to get a better view From the perfect amount of sleep to the key to getting a good bum: The biggest health and fitness myths debunked REVEALED: Harvey Weinstein is holed-up at his Connecticut oceanfront estate and is developing scripts while moonlighting ... (more)

Window and neon sign smashed at gay landmark Stonewall Inn

Despite its heroes' diminutive size, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales. Despite its heroes' diminutive size, "Ant-Man and the Wasp" opened with typical Marvel might at the box office, with an estimated $76 million in ticket sales.

Senators continue search for sexual harassment economic data after Labor Dept. refuses to help

While those efforts have made enormous strides, nothing moves America like money. That raises the question: How much does sexual harassment cost? What is the economic impact to the workplace of men who impose their warped notions of sexual superiority on female colleagues? Harvey Weinstein isn't available to answer those questions, so a group of Democratic senators asked the Labor Department.