Harvey Weinstein Has Been Officially Kicked Off The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Harvey Weinstein has been officially kicked off the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

According to the LA Times.

Embattled film mogul Harvey Weinstein — a once-dominant force in the Academy Awards who rewrote the rules of Oscar campaigning — has been expelled from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in response to mounting allegations of sexual harassment and assault against him.

 

The film academy’s 54-member board of governors, which includes such industry luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, Kathleen Kennedy and Whoopi Goldberg, voted in an emergency meeting on Saturday morning to remove Weinstein from the organization’s ranks in an unprecedented public rebuke of a prominent industry figure. The move marked the latest blow in Weinstein’s stunning downfall and, in symbolic terms, amounts to a virtual expulsion from Hollywood itself.

 

In removing Weinstein from its ranks, the academy said in a statement, “We do so not simply to separate ourselves from someone who does not merit the respect of his colleagues but also to send a message that the era of willful ignorance and shameful complicity in sexually predatory behavior and workplace harassment in our industry is over. What’s at issue here is a deeply troubling problem that has no place in our society. The Board continues to work to establish ethical standards of conduct that all Academy members will be expected to exemplify.”

Yeah, ok…. that’s all fine and dandy… and a load of crap.

Why?

But within the academy some wrestled with the decision, fearing that it could set a precedent that would require the academy to police its members’ behavior going forward. As many have pointed out in recent days, other Hollywood figures who have come under attack for their treatment of women — including Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski and Mel Gibson — remain members of the academy in good standing.

 

The academy’s bylaws give the board of governors free rein to expel members “for cause,” but that power has very rarely been exercised.

I REPEAT: Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski and Mel Gibson are still in. This is all just virtue signaling because Hollywood got caught.

THEY ALL KNEW. EVERYONE KNEW. NO BODY CARED.

They’re just saving face.

Oh… and here’s an interesting little tidbit:

A 2015 analysis by the website Vocativ found that Weinstein was second only to Steven Spielberg in the number of times he had been thanked in Oscar acceptance speeches. (God ranked sixth.)

Weinstein came in second… God came in sixth. That sums up Hollywood for ya…