Last Week's Creeps This Week: Dustin Hoffman
Welcome back to Where Are They Now?: Last Week’s Creeps This Week, a series that catches up with creeps of yore.
John Oliver Thinks His Conversation With Dustin Hoffman About Sexual Misconduct Allegations Was a Failure
John Oliver made a noble effort to question accused sexual harasser Dustin Hoffman about the allegations against him in a public forum earlier this month. According to a recent interview, though, Oliver wasn’t as impressed with himself as everyone else seemed to be.
Dustin Hoffman Accused of Sexually Assaulting Two Women, Exposing Self to Teen
Two women have accused Dustin Hoffman of sexually assaulting them while working on the 1987 film Ishtar, and a third woman says the actor exposed himself to her in a hotel room when she was a teenager.
Danny Masterson Is Being Written Out of Netflix's The Ranch Amid Rape Accusations
At long last, on Tuesday, Netflix announced that actor Danny Masterson, whom four women have accused of rape, is being written off his Netflix series The Ranch, in other words, he’s been fired.
John Oliver Grills Dustin Hoffman Over Harassment Accusations During Q&A in NYC
During the Q&A section of a special Wag the Dog screening at the 92nd St. Y Monday night, John Oliver surprised guest Dustin Hoffman—and the audience—by bringing up the harassment allegations made against him this year by Anna Graham Hunter.
Meryl Streep Once Said That Dustin Hoffman Grabbed Her Breast the First Time He Met Her [UPDATED]
Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman’s dislike for one another is well documented, as is Hoffman’s history of sexually harassing his female colleagues and employees. Well, here’s a story that combines both.
Here's Dustin Hoffman Telling a Story About Groping Katharine Ross During Their Graduate Screen Test
Early Wednesday morning, the Hollywood Reporter published a piece by Anna Graham Hunter in which she details a series of incidents that occurred in 1985 when she—then 17—was working on the set of the TV movie Death of a Salesman, starring Dustin Hoffman. Graham Hunter writes that Hoffman, 47 at the time, sexually…
Vanity Fair Cover Story: The Set of Kramer vs. Kramer Was Basically 'Streep vs. Hoffman'
The cover story of April’s Vanity Fair, adapted from Michael Schulman’s upcoming biography of Meryl Streep, recounts the tumultuous production of Kramer vs. Kramer, the 1979 film that made Streep a star. The journey from casting to the Oscar stage was quite a ride, and Schulman’s piece details her struggles with the…
Tootsie Costume Made Dustin Hoffman Face the Patriarchy
In an AFI interview from late 2012 that’s just starting to gain some traction now, in the summer doldrums, Dustin Hoffman talked about how, when he was first made-up as Dorothy Michaels during his preliminary preparations for Tootsie, he had a revelation about the unreasonable expectations our society has for female…
The Gorgeous Dresses and Hot Messes of the Oscars Red Carpet
Last night at the 85th annual Academy Awards, for the most part, the look on the red carpet was classic Hollywood glamour. Like rare birds during mating season, A-listers tried to outshine each other, and some of the bright plumage and peacockery on display was truly stunning. Alas, there were a few sartorial missteps…
Chris Brown Totaled His Car En Route to Charity Appearance With Little Kids
Yesterday afternoon Chris Brown wrecked his Porsche after being chased down by the rabid paparazzi on the way to a charity event, according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. Brown's PR rep (#2 most thankless job after "professional human shit shoveler") explained how it happened:
Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Are Never Ever Getting—Oh, Fuck It
Nothing gold can stay, including Taylor Swift and Harry Styles' brief foray into exclusivity. New reports claim that Haylor has ended their 65-day-and-one-Press Baby relationship after a disastrous New Year's Eve in the British Virgin Islands. As the Daily Mail quaintly puts it, the two "had an almighty row," after…
Ashley Judd's Political Career Looking Pretty Real
Recently Ashley Judd spoke to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand about possibly running for Senate in 2014. Alternatively, she might wait until 2016 to go up against Kentucky Republican and spawn of Ron Paul, Rand Paul. State Democratic senator Rep. John Yarmuth says that Judd's beyond your average pompous Hollywood liberal:…
Living Legends and the Stars Who Love Them Get Glam for the Kennedy Center Honors
Last night, luminaries gathered in Washington, DC for the 35th Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center. National treasures ahoy!
Taylor Swift and Conor Kennedy Split, Rain Falls on the Grassy Knoll of Her Heart
Next time you're in a Walgreens or a Duane Reade and you see that bizarre Taylor Swift display with the swag and the CDs and shit, offer your condolences to her 2-dimensional cardboard likeness, for she and Conor Kennedy are no more. Apparently the two "quietly parted ways awhile ago" and "it was a distance thing."…
Anna Wintour Gives Kim Kardashian the Ultimate Diss
Kim Kardashian may be dating megastar Kanye West, but that doesn't mean she was welcome among the A-listers at last night's Met Gala. In fact, she was expressly forbidden to attend by Queen Anna Wintour herself. A source reports, "The Met Gala is $25,000 a ticket, but Kim can't even buy her way in, Anna Wintour does…
Dustin Hoffman: For All The Single Ladies
[Brentwood, February 11. Image via Flynet]
A Peek Inside Daniel Craig's Pants
Burglars Pull A Fast One On Paris Hilton
Paris Hilton was robbed! $2 million worth of jewelry and other items were taken from her Hollywood Hills pad this morning. The crooks entered through an unlocked front door. Oh, girl. Lock the door next time!
Dustin Hoffman Narrowly Avoids Stroller Sideswipe
[New York, December 18. Image via INF]
