Langella basically confessed to the whole thing, amazingly, in his preening op-ed which he clearly thought would exonerate him and did the exact opposite - among other things, he openly admitted to ignoring requests from the production on how to behave and what to do or not do, feeling it lacked 'spontaneity.'

I think Frank Langella is one of our greatest living actors, and I love his work. I also love Mike Flanagan's work and was really looking forward to Langella working with him. But while he is a brilliant actor he is also an old fool. It's sad. (Bruce Greenwood, a Flanagan alum, has replaced Langella)

Bruce Greenwood is like 20 years younger than Frank, which is hilarious. (And still looks amazing, if he’s kept his Gerald’s Game body.)

29 minutes ago, Faulkner said:

Bruce Greenwood is like 20 years younger than Frank, which is hilarious. (And still looks amazing, if he’s kept his Gerald’s Game body.)

Believe me, I know. I love Greenwood but I was shocked they didn't go for another elderly prestige name. But they were almost totally done with shooting at the time and under the gun, and Greenwood is a trusted Flanagan commodity, and apparently the Usher role requires a ton of makeup anyway, so...

Kevin Spacey has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault in the UK. “The charges relate to two alleged incidents in London in 2005, another two and 2008, and a further incident in Gloucestershire, western England, in 2013.”

 

This has been percolating for a month or two now online.

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/12-year-old-granted-order-of-protection-against-ezra-miller

I'm always wary of these types of stories because they can easily fall into right wing hysteria against queer people, but there has been something wrong with Ezra Miller for several years now and this just keeps getting worse. This latest allegation made my jaw drop. I don't know if any of my fellow David Lynch fans have read it or not but the whole thing reads like something that I could see popping up in Fire Walk With Me or season 3 of Twin Peaks...

Film-maker Paul Haggis arrested over sexual assault allegations in Italy

 

The former agent who allegedly groped Terry Crews has been accused of extremely disturbing sexual and physical violence by his wife:

 

R. Kelly given 30 years in jail for sex abuse

Se separate thread in the Off Topic Lounge

Edited June 29, 20223 yr by I Am A Swede

 

Totally unhinged stuff.

So apparently, there are domestic abuse allegations (which have resulted in a restraining order) against Ricky Martin, which he is denying.

Ricky Martin Denies Allegations in Domestic Abuse Restraining Order: 'Completely False and Fabricated' https://t.co/b7e8dkwa6f

— People (@people) July 3, 2022

Holy sh*t

 

 

Reading the full extent of the allegations, rather than hints like the People magazine article alluded to…it’s so much worse than I could have imagined and the article on the People magazine blog was already pretty bad.

Ewwww