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Harvey Weinstein stands accused — by more than 40 women — of being a predator in private. He was also a notorious bully in public.

Weinstein “has never done anything in his life that was consensual. He makes people do things. He assaults people in every way,” a source who worked with him for years tells People of Weinstein’s abusive behavior in the magazine’s new cover story.

At work, says another longtime colleague, “it was human harassment at every level. Mass intimidation, constant threats — to men and women — about losing your job. It was mocking people about their physicality, about their age.

A freelancer for New York Times Magazine set off a firestorm on Twitter as a result of a Q&A with Tippi Hedren in which he asked the legendary actress if she had considered sleeping with a director to boost her career. Specifically, Andrew Goldman asked the 82-year-old whether she had considered sleeping with Alfred Hitchcock, who made unwanted sexual advances toward the actress, star of his movies The Birds and Marnie. Goldman's exact question was: "The worst abuse happened after you rebuffed his advances. Actors have been known to sleep with less powerful directors for advancement in show

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According to Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi has wrapped his second feature under house-arrest. Eric Kohn reports via Indiewire. Steven Spielberg's long-anticipated Lincoln debuted on Monday at a secret screening at the New York Film Festival. Fandor has collected some of the first reactions. Lynne Ramsay has secured financing with Scott Pictures for her follow-up to last year's We Need to Talk About Kevin. The film is Mobius and The Hollywood Reporter describes it as a "psychological action thriller set in deep space [in which] a captain consumed by revenge takes his crew on a death mission fueled by his own ego and will to control an enigmatic alien." So yes, it's Moby Dick in space. The Guardian has the full story. Indiewire reports that Olivier Assayas is already mounting his follow-up to this year's Something in the Air. Reuniting with Juliette Binoche, the film is tentatively titled Since Maria.

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Joe Eszterhas, who says he's just a couple of weeks away from completing his script on the Jewish hero Judah Maccabee, says that he's convinced Mel Gibson is the right director for the project. "At one of the early meetings," Eszterhas recalled, "Adam Fogelson, Universal Pictures’ chairman, said to him, 'Why do you want to do this story?' Mel said, 'Because I think I should.' I liked that answer very much." Also read: Mel Gibson's Judah Maccabee Film Stirs Jewish Leaders' Ire Eszterhas made the comments in a Q&A with Andrew Goldman, published...

The young heartthrob sits down with ‘Details’ to discuss his new film ‘Charlie St. Cloud’ and relationship with Vanessa Hudgens!

It seems like it is not just legions of teenage girls who are after Zac Efron, but even acting superstars like Tom Cruise! Zac sat down for the September issue of Details where he talked about his chance encounter with A-list actor Tom! Repoorter Andrew Goldman writes, “Tom Cruise recently flagged Efron down in the lobby of CAA to ask: You ride motorcycles?’ When Efron said he didn’t, Cruise asked ‘You wanna learn how?’ and proceeded to invite him out to his house, taught him how a motorcycle engine works, and showed him the hangar which houses his collection including the Triumphs he rode in the Mission:Impossible movies. When asked why he thought Cruise did that, Efron said: ‘I don’t even want to know. ‘”

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Electronic Arts has closed Pandemic Studios. Over 200 members of staff will lose their jobs, including former owners Josh Resnick and Andrew Goldman. The news was revealed by an internal memo from senior vice president Nick Earl to other EA studios, according to Kotaku. "I want to make it clear that the Pandemic brand and franchises will live on," he said. "In the months ahead, we will announce new games based on Pandemic franchises. "This type of change can be difficult. But the situation calls for (more)...

Rumors are circulating today that EA will be closing Pandemic Studios, the development house known for their work on the "Mercenaries" franchise, "Star Wars: Battlefront" and their upcoming game, "The Saboteur."

I reached out to an insider who works at Pandemic, who, under the condition of anonymity, said that he's pretty much expecting the rumors to verified once he arrives at the office at around 9:30am Pst. He went on to say that staff members have heard that the three founders of Pandemic, Josh Resnick, Andrew Goldman and Greg Borrud, were let go by EA earlier this week.

I expect the official word to come down soon, but right now the future isn't looking too bright for yet another talented development house.