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Five Things That Have Changed in Hollywood Since the Harvey Weinstein Case Broke Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Rajab 2, 1441 AH Doha today 160 - 250 COVER Winds of change STORY Five things that have changed in Hollywood since the Harvey Weinstein case broke. P4-5 BOLLYWOOD BACK PAGE For Karisma, MOM means Pak embassy, Diwan AlArab to ‘Master fo Multitasking’. hold Urdu poetry competition. Page 15 Page 16 2 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 26, 2020 COMMUNITY ROUND & ABOUT PRAYER TIME Fajr 4.43am Shorooq (sunrise) 6.01am Zuhr (noon) 11.47am Asr (afternoon) 3.05pm Maghreb (sunset) 5.33pm Isha (night) 7.03pm USEFUL NUMBERS Emma Woodhouse, who lives in Georgian- and Regency-era England CAST: Josh OConnor, Bill Nighy, Anya Taylor-Joy and occupies herself with matchmaking – in sometimes DIRECTION: Autumn de Wilde misguided, often meddlesome fashion. 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The WHEN: Ongoing till April 25 Qatar Food Fest objective is to raise community awareness TIME: 2pm — 8pm WHERE: Sheraton Hotel Park about animal welfare and highlight the plight MIA Park Bazaar is a modern version of Metro Street Food WHEN: Ongoing till April 30 the Old Souq tradition with vibrant mix of WHERE: DECC Metro Station TIME: 4pm — 1am around 120 stalls. You can browse and buy WHEN: Ongoing The festival is currently happening at handicrafts, accessories, paintings, clothing, TIME: 12:30pm Sheraton Hotel Park. Qatar Food Fest features food, jewellery, photography and art. Street Food is the ideal venue for a leisure 77 stalls, food trucks, and trolleys, bringing experience for the whole family off ering over culinary and cultural experiences from all 20 dine-in options and 18-hole World Mini- corners of the globe to visitors and residents Golf setup. in Qatar. 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WHERE: Losail International Circuit For those who wish to register e-mail WHEN: March 6–8 at [email protected] or call on 2020 Grand Prix is set to take place from March 6 till March 8 at the Losail International Circuit. Built-in just under a year, the circuit has been a regular venue of the MotoGP calendar ever since. You can watch the races with friends or family in an open-air setting where you will be surrounded by the uproar of larger crowds. Holi Festival WHERE: Sealine Beach, A Murwab Resort WHEN: March 13 TIME: 2:00pm onwards Get ready to enjoy a day full of fun and euphoria with vibrant colors, foot-stomping Bollywood music, delicious food and more! All these activities will be held on the beach and under a sunny sky! Brace yourselves for one of the most amazing Holi events in Qatar — ‘Beach Holi Festival 2020’. Book your 33897609/44723680 Compiled by Nausheen Shaikh. E-mail: [email protected], Events and timings subject to change 4 GULF TIMES Wednesday, February 26, 2020 COMMUNITY COVER STORY Anything for granted now out the window egregious things have happened By Ryan Faughnder across multiple parts of this industry and people can see that.” and Stacy Perman Here’s what’s changed. New guidelines nce known for The Weinstein allegations Oscar winners like sparked much-needed reforms Shakespeare in Love, within Hollywood guilds and disgraced producer agencies — institutions that are Harvey Weinstein’s supposed to protect their members Omost lasting legacy will surely be and clients from being taken the rise of the #MeToo movement advantage of, but instead were triggered by his downfall. criticised for not doing enough to On Monday, a New York jury prevent abuse. convicted Weinstein of two of fi ve Over the last two years, unions counts. Weinstein was found guilty and agencies have taken steps to of one count of rape and one count curb practices that make women of committing a criminal sexual vulnerable to sexual harassment. act, with each crime connected to Performers union SAG-AFTRA an individual allegation made by in 2018 called on producers Mimi Haley or Jessica Mann. He and executives to refrain from was acquitted on the more serious requesting meetings in “high- charges of predatory sexual assault, risk locations” such as private which each carried a potential life homes and hotel rooms as part of a sentence. seven-page code of conduct. Talent More than two years after representatives have increasingly accusations of sexual harassment cautioned clients against taking and assault ended Weinstein’s meetings in such places. career as a movie mogul, the The changes continued this year ripple eff ects of the revelations when SAG-AFTRA released a four- continue in casting meetings, page guide on the use of intimacy executive suites and writers’ coordinators to prevent abuse rooms. Weinstein, who also faces while fi lming intimate scenes. The charges in Los Angeles, denied all use of such specialists has become allegations of nonconsensual sex. more common, with HBO in 2018 The #MeToo movement, announcing it would hire intimacy launched by Tarana Burke years coordinators to monitor sets of its before it became a rallying cry of programmes. hashtag activism, has ended or “These guidelines didn’t exist stalled the careers of powerful before, so they’re incredibly men, including actor Kevin Spacey, meaningful,” Silverstein said. “I former CBS chief Leslie Moonves, think what we need to understand TV host Charlie Rose, producer is that every little piece counts.” Brett Ratner and comedian Louis The Academy of Motion Picture C.K. Industry organisations, Arts and Sciences instituted including trade guilds, the Academy new standards of conduct for its of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members and ejected Weinstein, and talent agencies have taken Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski CONVICT: Harvey Weinstein arrives at Manhattan Criminal Court Monday, in Manhattan, New York. He was found some tangible steps to address from its ranks. guilty of third degree rape and criminal sexual act. The case now moves to Los Angeles. the dangers and discrimination Studios, meanwhile, have women face in Hollywood. Groups become more cautious when like Time’s Up have emerged to hiring directors and actors who transform the energy of #MeToo may have a history of off enses. into practical solutions. Distributors and streaming services Structural problems, such as have increasingly placed “morality Hollywood’s persistent lack of clauses” in contracts that allow women in positions of power them to pull out of projects if and key creative roles, will take people involved are exposed for The bottom line is, the years to adequately address. Still, wrongdoing. Those clauses can on top of the specifi c changes to be very broad, said Akin Gump tectonic plates of the industry practices, advocates say entertainment lawyer Vanessa industry have shifted there’s a strong sense that the Foltyn Roman. “The fi rst drafts underlying standards of behaviour we’re seeing could cover everyone completely toward women in the industry from the lead actor to the makeup have changed in signifi cant ways, artists,” she said. despite rumblings of backlash from people (mostly men) who say the Legal changes — Melissa Silverstein, movement has gone too far. The allegations against Weinstein publisher of Women “The bottom line is, the tectonic have not only changed society, but plates of the industry have also the law.
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