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Six Harvey Weinstein accusers want a judge to block the proposed $46.8 million global settlement against the convicted rapist and his production company, calling it one-sided and unfair. A lawyer for the women, Douglas Wigdor, filed a motion Monday in Manhattan federal court opposing the deal touted last month by New York state Attorney General …

Bada-bing! “Sopranos” star James Gandolfini once got so upset with a pre-scandal Harvey Weinstein’s heavy-handed ways that he exasperatedly threatened to “beat the f–k” of the mogul. Fellow “Sopranos” star Steve Schirripa revealed the anecdote on his “Talking Sopranos” podcast, which he co-hosts with another of the show’s alumni, Michael Imperioli, explaining that Gandolfini spent …

ER=EPR summarizes new clues to understanding entanglement and spacetime. There’s a new equation floating around the world of physics these days that would make Einstein proud. It’s pretty easy to remember: ER=EPR. You might suspect that to make this equation work, P must be equal to 1. But the symbols in this equation stand not …

Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein was hit with a new lawsuit Thursday from four anonymous women who say he sexually abused them over the last four decades — including a victim who says she was just 17 at the time. The Manhattan Supreme Court filing accuses the imprisoned ex-producer of using his power to entice women …

The Justice Department has dropped insider-trading investigations into three U.S. senators but remains focused on Senator Richard Burr (R., N.C.), according to multiple reports. Prosecutors have informed attorneys for Senators Kelly Loeffler (R., Ga.), Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.), and Jim Inhofe (R., Okla.) that they were no longer under investigation for selling off millions in …

After Matt Lauer published what he claimed to be a devastating rebuttal to Ronan Farrow’s bombshell book “Catch and Kill,” a journalist has reported that another of Farrow’s “primary targets” is close to filing a lawsuit against the author. On Tuesday Lauer, 62, wrote an article on Mediaite alleging that Pulitzer-winning reporter Farrow engaged in “shocking” …

Harvey Weinstein won’t be headed to Los Angeles anytime soon to face a fresh slew of sex crimes charges — due to the coronavirus pandemic, officials said. “The virus has delayed the processing of the extradition paperwork,” said Greg Risling, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. “There is no time estimate …

Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) on Thursday attacked former Joe Biden staffer Tara Reade, who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Biden in the spring of 1993. Feinstein said the allegations were “totally different” than those against Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh. “Kavanaugh was under the harshest inspection that we give people over a substantial …

Actress Ellen Pompeo has responded to criticism over a newly resurfaced clip of the “Grey’s Anatomy” star appearing to empathize with convicted rapist, Harvey Weinstein. Pompeo, 50, has been accused by many of victim blaming in the controversial clip cut from an hour-long Oxford Union Q&A. The television star was quick to assure fans the …

Ellen Pompeo is facing backlash for resurfaced remarks she made in a July 2018 interview about Harvey Weinstein’s victims. In a one-minute clip that was cut from an hour-long Oxford Union Q&A, the “Grey’s Anatomy” star said, “I think we bear some responsibility, not all, but it takes two to tango for sure.” She continued, …