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Ashley Judd said women will persevere in sex harassment fight

Actress Ashley Judd, whose claims against a Hollywood mogul helped set off an avalanche of sexual harassment allegations, said that the fight against sexual misconduct will be a “chaotic, messy” endeavor, but that women won’t let potential public fatigue about the scandals slow the efforts.

Celebrities offer Hefner tributes in special Playboy edition

Norman Lear, Cindy Crawford, Berry Gordy, Kim Basinger, Bill Maher and the Rev. Jesse Jackson are among the stars offering tributes to Hugh Hefner in a special edition of Playboy hitting newsstands this week.

Kevin Spacey dropped from ‘House of Cards’

Netflix said Friday night that Kevin Spacey will no longer be a part of House of Cards and its cutting all other ties with the actor after a series of allegations of sexual harassment and assault.

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Playboy founder Hugh Hefner dies at 91

Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner, the pipe-smoking hedonist who revved up the sexual revolution in the 1950s and built a multimedia empire of clubs, mansions, movies and television, symbolized by bow-tied women in bunny costumes, has died at age 91.

 
Fans angry over charge to visit Elvis’ grave during vigil

For nearly four decades, fans of the late singer Elvis Presley have made a solemn procession past his grave at his Graceland mansion during the annual candlelight vigil commemorating his death, without paying a penny.

Bill Cosby says he won’t be doing town hall tour

Bill Cosby said on Tuesday he has no plans to hold town hall events to discuss sexual assault, days after his spokesman suggested the comedian planned a series of public talks to educate men about how to avoid false accusations.

Cosby jury asks about wording of 1 charge

The jury in the Bill Cosby sexual assault case drilled down Tuesday on what the TV star said happened inside his suburban Philadelphia home and how he characterized his relationship with the accuser as it weighs charges that could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

No verdict yet in Bill Cosby sexual assault trial

The jury at Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial deliberated without reaching a verdict Monday over whether he drugged and molested a woman more than a decade ago in a case that already has helped demolish the 79-year-old comedian’s good-guy image.

2005 Cosby interview read during Day 4 of sex assault trial

Bill Cosby told police that he gave allergy pills to Andrea Constand to help her relax before what he described as a consensual sexual encounter, a policeman testified at the entertainer’s criminal trial Thursday