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Allegedly drugging and raping someone? Yeah I should fucking hope that would be news.Not to defend Singer or his actions, but if this were a mid-tier director doing this with barely legal girls would it even be a story?
Allegedly drugging and raping someone? Yeah I should fucking hope that would be news.Not to defend Singer or his actions, but if this were a mid-tier director doing this with barely legal girls would it even be a story?
So tired of this notion that because a director has directed 1 or 2 good movies for a franchise, it then means no one is worthy enough to be brought in to replace them. When there is probably someone out there who can give us a better X-Men movie, and I say this as someone who enjoyed X2 quite a lot.
Guess who was supposed to direct The Wolverine.
Aronofsky.
Why is this coming up now? Just because his new movie is coming up? Why don't they come forward years ago? It's suspicious.
So tired of this notion that because a director has directed 1 or 2 good movies for a franchise, it then means no one is worthy enough to be brought in to replace them. When there is probably someone out there who can give us a better X-Men movie, and I say this as someone who enjoyed X2 quite a lot.
He would have made a great Catholic priest if he weren't so busy making shitty movies.
Credit card receipts, telephone records and production schedules show that "X-Men" franchise director Bryan Singer was not in Hawaii when a lawsuit claims he sexually abused a 17-year-old on the islands, a defense attorney said Friday.
Came across this response from Singer's lawyer:
I don't know if anyone is interested in following the story anymore though. Personally I'm a bit grossed out by the whole issue.
It's always interesting how news that defuses or defends people in these situations gets zero press.
Came across this response from Singer's lawyer:
I don't know if anyone is interested in following the story anymore though. Personally I'm a bit grossed out by the whole issue.
Marty Singer, who said previously that he and the director are not related, declined to provide any of the personal records, saying they were private.
Not to defend Singer or his actions, but if this were a mid-tier director doing this with barely legal girls would it even be a story?
Just in time to shit on X-Men.
I remember reading a thread a while ago about Ninja Turtles and how Megan Fox somehow managed to get back into the good graces of Bay and other Hollywood directors.
A bunch of people got threatened (and maybe banned) by mods for suggesting the casting couch was real.
Strange to see the contrast to this thread where it's being discussed with complete candor.
if yr trying to make some sort of point that it wasn't ok there because it was about a woman: people discussed megan fox and her relationship with Bay and all that in this thread. so,
Eh, this part of the process is always pretty boring. It's just a back and forth with both sides claiming they have evidence that counters the other. It's an awful lot of posturing until someone can compare and contrast the evidence from both plaintiff and defendant.
Pre-Snowden people mocked those that suggested widespread government surveillance, post-Snowden everyone always knew and it was obvious all the time (duh!).
That's how it always goes. That said, we still don't know (for sure) how widespread this all is, even if it seems reasonable to assume that it is a (rather) common practice.
I remember reading a thread a while ago about Ninja Turtles and how Megan Fox somehow managed to get back into the good graces of Bay and other Hollywood directors.
A bunch of people got threatened (and maybe banned) by mods for suggesting the casting couch was real.
Strange to see the contrast to this thread where it's being discussed with complete candor.
That the casting couch exists does not mean that it's not sort of gross to imply that an attractive woman only got major roles by whoring herself out (sans evidence).
X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer has responded to the sexual abuse allegations against him, calling the accusations outrageous, vicious and completely false.
Singer also declared that he will not participate in the promotional campaign for the upcoming Fox tentpole, due out May 23, in order to avoid having the fictitious claims divert attention from the film.
Came across this response from Singer's lawyer:
I don't know if anyone is interested in following the story anymore though. Personally I'm a bit grossed out by the whole issue.
I remember reading a thread a while ago about Ninja Turtles and how Megan Fox somehow managed to get back into the good graces of Bay and other Hollywood directors.
A bunch of people got threatened (and maybe banned) by mods for suggesting the casting couch was real.
Strange to see the contrast to this thread where it's being discussed with complete candor.
There's a difference between saying "lol she sucked cock for the spot!1" and discussing the predatory nature of the casting couch. The former is using the the victim's gender to justify an insulting connotation and being dismissive about the issue, while the latter is a conversation about how pervasive the issue is and how it can be tackled.
This turns everything aroundHe did?! That throws everything into question!
Why the hell am I just learning this now? Has now mainstream media reported this yet or something? Why?
Think they reported it over a week ago.
I think EVERYONE in Hollywood, male or female, likely is being coerced into sexual acts.
In his latest podcast discussion with writer/director Alan Ball, the author was quite candid about his own knowledge of Singers parties. In addition to discussing himself, Ellis specifically addresses the director:
Though for many of us here in L.A., weve known about this for a very long time. Im not saying anything particularly about this case, but just about this world, that it sort of I dont know if its encouraged because of this business, by the nature of the world we live in, or if its a particular proclivity of Bryans Out here everyone kind of knows about the parties and uh, the kind of underage boys
Ellis goes on to talk about people in his own dating past whod attended the Bryan Singer and Roland Emmerich parties:
I actually dated two people who hadwho were much older at the time, but hadwho had gone through the kind of Bryan Singer/Roland Emmerich kind of world and these, underage parties they were not called, but people kind of knew that their fake IDs had a lot to do with the placement of certain boys in its culture.
Ellis heard about the parties first from one guy whose expiration date had come and gone he had told me about it and I said, Oh really, thats going on? And then I, there was another guy that I dated who was in his late 20s, and he said he had been one of those guys who had been invited to those parties for about 2 or 3 months. And hes a sensitive guy and he wasnt at all into the drugs, but he was kind of into the parties and the sex and the attention. And could easily understand I guess he was 17? I dont know how old he was what was expected of him, and kind of got it and said, Okay, Im gonna enjoy this now. I understand why Im here and what my expiration date is, and what these people want from me. And then moved on. And I guess it was November 2007, I was at a dinner party in Venice, and a gay screenwriter was having a dinner party it was a mixed dinner, half the people were straight, half the people were gay, but what I noticed was that the gay dudes were leaving the dinner much earlier than anyone else. And I said, What are, where are you guys going? And they said, Were going over to one of Bryans underage parties in Encino at the M&C Estate, or whatever it was called, and I said Really, those are going on? And they said Oh yeah, yeah. You should just see it, as a goof. I just didnt really feel comfortable. I had been drinking, and didnt want to drive and whatever. But, you know, there is a long and hallowed history in Hollywood about the abuse this is where it gets murky the quote unquote abuse, because I think at 17, and youre a guy, its much different than if youre 12 or 13
Wait a minute
Bret Easton Ellis is gay?!
If this is true, and I have no idea why Ellis would be lying about it, then I think it's just fucking sad that it's taken this long to get exposed to the public. We hear about all these intrusive asshole paparazzi and how they're constantly stalking celebrities in Hollywood for pictures and whatnot and they're apparently very good at their job... and yet stuff like this stays hidden and covered up for years and years. If only they could've been using their paparazzi talents for good instead of evil.
Hopefully Bret Easton Ellis speaking out gives more people courage to speak up.
The parties aren't really where the real problem lies, they're a symptom of what's going on behind closed doors. 17yos using fake IDs isn't really going to trigger someone's ethical radar. (17yos pretending to be 18 is definitely a thing in general, and makes me glad I'm not into twinks/"young" guys. At that age, meeting people in the traditional way (through school) is pretty much impossible and your body/hormones are dying for contact with another person.)It's hard to call this "courage" as he has known about underage kids being taken advantage of for years yet didn't say anything. I find that disturbing.
Is this a joke? It has been known since forever.
Last week, Singer also filed a motion for summary judgment, an additional procedural move attacking the suit several weeks after his motion to dismiss. It includes declarations from various people associated with DEN asserting that neither Singer nor Egan were on the two alleged trips to Hawaii.
Singers legal team has provided Fox with proof that the lawsuits are fiction, the source claims, but its money thats the issue.
They dont really care whether hes innocent or guilty theyre only concerned with the bottom line, which is giving him another $250 to $350 million to make Apocalypse. There have been talks about who else hed let direct it, with him producing, but those led to heated arguments and walk outs, the source revealed.