The Acolyte
2024
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Jun 3, 2024 · One of the main criticisms centers on Headland’s former employer Harvey Weinstein. The Hollywood mogul was an industry leader for decades, but evidence of rampant sexual assault landed the...
Feb 29, 2012 · Leslye Headland loves Harvey Weinstein—despite having worked as his personal assistant. And he most likely loves her back—even after she penned the play Assistance ,about ill-treated...
Upon graduating college, Headland spent six years working as an assistant at Miramax, one year of which was spent as Harvey Weinstein's personal assistant.
Jun 14, 2024 · Leslye Headland, creator of The Acolyte, faces backlash on social media - some criticisms rooted in racism and misogyny, despite her lifelong love of Star Wars. Headland's connections to Harvey Weinstein spark concern, but her play "Assistance" serves as a critique of her time at Miramax.
May 30, 2018 · Between 2007 and 2010, Headland managed to write six plays, covering a sin each (including Assistance, a thinly veiled memoir of her time working as an assistant to Harvey Weinstein, and the raucous Bachelorette). But she hit a snag with the final sin: pride.
Sep 4, 2012 · It’s no surprise that RADiUS, an arm of The Weinstein Company, snatched up the U.S. rights to Leslye Headland ’s Bachelorette — her filmmaking debut — as the playwright-turned-screenwriter and...
Feb 7, 2024 · Leslye Headland, the showrunner of the upcoming Star Wars Disney+ series The Acolyte, is accused of being part of the Lucasfilm campaign targeting actress Gina Carano.
Now, to be abundantly clear: There is absolutely zero evidence that Headland, Disney or Lucasfilm have any direct connection to the horrors perpetrated by Weinstein.
Oct 10, 2017 · Ronan Farrow’s report on the allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein, published in the New Yorker Tuesday, includes a number of disturbing revelations. One of them isn’t about ...
Sep 10, 2019 · Headland started her career at Miramax and spent a year as an assistant to Harvey Weinstein, whose alleged treatment toward actresses and women in the industry helped spark the #Metoo Movement.
