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Tony Awards face backlash after exiled Hollywood producer wins years after bullying claims

Tony Awards face backlash after exiled Hollywood producer wins years after bullying claims

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Broadway fans are up in arms after producer Scott Rudin won a Tony Award for best revival of a play Sunday, four years after he left the industry over claims of bullying and bad behavior. Rudin, 67, took home the coveted trophy as the lead producer on the revival of Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman, which stars Laurie Metcalf, Nathan Lane and Christopher Abbott. This marks the fourth time that the play has won best revival, with Rudin also serving as lead producer on the winning 2012 production. Because Rudin was not in attendance at the 79th ceremony of Broadway’s biggest night, Lane accepted the award on behalf of production — and viewers were quick to call out the fact that Rudin’s name was not mentioned on stage even once, despite the play winning the most out of any individual …

BBC presenter and Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire cleared of bullying allegations after investigation

BBC presenter and Newsnight host Victoria Derbyshire cleared of bullying allegations after investigation

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Newsnight presenter Victoria Derbyshire was reportedly investigated by the BBC after multiple complaints were made about her behaviour. The broadcaster, 57, is said to have been accused of bullying after three complaints were made to the BBC. The complaints, which were firmly denied by Derbyshire, were not upheld by the BBC following an investigation. According to The Guardian, Derbyshire was accused of making some colleagues uncomfortable with her language and approach. The presenter reportedly denied the accusations but accepted that she could be direct and demanding in the tense newsroom environment. A BBC spokesperson told The Independent: “While we do not comment on individual cases, we take all complaints about conduct at work extremely seriously and will not tolerate behaviour that is not in line with our values.” Derbyshire declined to comment when contacted by The Guardian. Victoria Derbyshire joined ‘Newsnight’ …

A moment that changed me: I became an uncle – and it helped me heal from childhood bullying | Family

A moment that changed me: I became an uncle – and it helped me heal from childhood bullying | Family

Published by Sam Flores

When I found out I had become an uncle, I was 22 and on a year abroad as part of a languages degree, living in Madrid. I’d spent much of my time there having raucous fun on the city’s gay scene, dancing till the early hours then sloping off with Spanish men. It felt a long way from my family life back home in Bolton. As this was 1997 – a time before mobile phones – calls from landlines had to be rationed to once a week. But my mum phoned to tell me my sister had gone into labour and then, two days later, the phone rang again with the news that I had a nephew. It felt like an abstract concept, not quite real. I was desperate to meet the baby but had to wait six weeks till the end of the academic year and my flight home. So I reverted to having wild nights out in Madrid. When I woke up with a strange man and an apocalyptic hangover, I couldn’t see …

‘We’re really good. I don’t mean that arrogantly’: Yard Act on bullying, imposter syndrome and their heavy new sound | Yard Act

‘We’re really good. I don’t mean that arrogantly’: Yard Act on bullying, imposter syndrome and their heavy new sound | Yard Act

Published by Sam Flores

It’s certainly a novel way to announce your comeback. On the opening song of Yard Act’s new album, over a cacophony of doomy piano chords and crashing drums, singer James Smith announces: “I’ve got absolutely nothing – absolutely nothing new to say!” And he’s not finished there. Later in the same track, Empty Pledges, Smith whips himself up into unhinged preacher mode only to declare: “Do you feel like an impostor for every new level you ascend to too? Do you have to bluff as much as I do?” Is it refreshingly honest to begin a record by saying you haven’t got a clue what you’re doing – or an act of ludicrous self-sabotage? “Well, I don’t know if anyone has anything new to say really,” says Smith with a grin when I meet him and bassist Ryan Needham in a London bar to discuss You’re Gonna Need a Little Music, the band’s forthcoming third LP. “We’re in this age where everything has to be a manifesto and a statement, but it’s mainly just a …

Are You Bullying on Social Media Without Realizing It?

Are You Bullying on Social Media Without Realizing It?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Most people who behave cruelly online do not think of themselves as cruel, and in fact may not be especially so. Subjectively, they may be speaking from a sense of conviction, righteousness, or simply what feels like playful competition. Give Us This Day Our Daily Dread As a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst active online and in my work, I have spent years watching and being directly impacted by how ordinary people account for harm they cause—usually, they feel they are in the right. Often, they believe they are doing what is best. Sometimes, there is a tinge of enjoyment, especially if justified and rationalized ethically and morally. Some days, going online feels like a risky proposition, particularly if one of the more persistent low-level proto-trolls has latched on to some idea. How to handle that, I’ve discussed in my work on BRODA, a common set of moves on socials: bait, refuse open dialogue, attack. There is often a theme of the alleged troll expressing being victimized, falsely accused, shifting to a personal register, flipping blame (DARVO), …

Abraham Foxman was a warrior against hate. His work is hardly complete.

Abraham Foxman was a warrior against hate. His work is hardly complete.

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Right about now, the angels in the world to come are tearing their hair out. That is because Abraham Foxman has arrived. They will never know what hit them. Abe Foxman, the longtime national director of the Anti-Defamation League, died Sunday (May 10) at the age of 86. He joined the organization in 1965 — fresh out of New York University Law School — and served for 50 years, 28 of them as national director. He made the ADL into one of the world’s foremost civil rights advocacy organizations and was the unquestioned dean of the alphabet soup system of Jewish legacy organizations. And, I dare say that even he could not have predicted the wave of antisemitism we are now experiencing — the very thing he spent his entire life fighting against. About 13 years ago, during a professional transition, I spent a year working for the ADL. I had long admired its mission and its purpose. I appreciated how their scope went far beyond antisemitism in how they protested discrimination against …

Do Age and Timing of Bullying Matter in Mental Health?

Do Age and Timing of Bullying Matter in Mental Health?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Most parents know that bullying is harmful. But a question that has lingered in research is when during childhood does bullying matter most. Does being bullied at age 5 leave as deep a mark as being bullied at 15? Does harm accumulate over years, or does it fade? Our new study published in European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry investigated the relationship of timing of bullying across childhood and adolescence, and the development of later depressive symptoms in emerging adulthood. The study drew on data from over 6,700 children in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), a large UK birth cohort that has followed families since the early 1990s. Bullying was measured repeatedly between ages 4 and 16 using parent-reported questionnaires. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Mood and Feeling Questionnaire in the same young people from age 16.5 through to age 23. Rather than simply asking “were they bullied or not?”, we tested three distinct theories about timing: (1) that bullying accumulates, such that more episodes over more years means more harm; …

Dan Walker’s former Channel 5 News co-host withdraws bullying allegations

Dan Walker’s former Channel 5 News co-host withdraws bullying allegations

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Broadcaster Claudia-Liza Vanderpuije has withdrawn her claims against former co-host Dan Walker after reaching a “mutual agreement” with ITN and Channel 5, her lawyers have confirmed. Ms Vanderpuije, 47, who co-presented the Channel 5 News programme with Mr Walker from 2022, had lodged claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination on grounds of race and sex, harassment, and breach of contract. She had also filed a claim of suffering detriment or dismissal under the Public Interest Disclosure Act, commonly known as whistleblowing. Her lawyer, Jonathan Coad, told the Daily Mail earlier this month: “Claudia-Liza claims that she was the victim of a sham redundancy because as a whistleblower she made protected disclosures alleging that a toxic culture of racism, sexism, misogyny and bullying existed in the Channel 5 Newsroom, and that its editorial content reflected its racist culture.” Mr Walker, 49, was listed …

Emmerdale confirms Dr Todd’s fate on ITVX – as other bullying victims are revealed

Emmerdale confirms Dr Todd’s fate on ITVX – as other bullying victims are revealed

Published by Sam Flores

Emmerdale spoilers follow from Thursday’s episode (23 April), which is available to watch now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet. Emmerdale’s Dr Todd scores another victory tonight as her bold blackmail plan pays off. Will Jacob Sugden’s workplace ordeal get even worse as a consequence? Todd is fighting to save her reputation after medical trainee Jacob went to the hospital’s HR department to accuse her of bullying – but she now has an ace up her sleeve after discovering Charity Dingle’s big secret. Thursday’s episode sees Todd pay another visit to Charity’s hospital room, making veiled threats to expose the fact that Jacob isn’t baby Leyla’s biological father. ITV Related: Emmerdale pays tribute to two characters with Jacob and Sarah’s baby name “I’m sure that I would do a much better job of keeping your secret if you convince Jacob to drop the complaint,” Todd brazenly suggests. “It’s not blackmail – we’d be doing each other a favour. Besides, I think Sarah and Jacob are the lucky ones – and it’d …