Immaculate-looking flight attendants who appear unruffled by the demands of a life spent in the air are part of the slick image sold by carriers -- but Hong Kong-based workers are increasingly hitting back against sexual harassment. Female cabin crew told AFP of how they had been harassed by not only passengers but also other…

Anthony Anderson, the lead in hit ABC sitcom Black-ish, is being investigated for an alleged assault on a woman more than a year ago, Los Angeles police and US media reported yesterday. "All we can confirm is... a crime report was taken listing Anthony Anderson as a suspect. The investigation is ongoing," police spokesman Drake…

R. Kelly's management has lashed out at a campaign for the music business to dump him over his alleged treatment of women and girls, denouncing a "public lynching." The R&B singer, best known for his ballad "I Believe I Can Fly," supports the Time's Up movement for gender equality, his management said, suggesting that his…

Hollywood's awards season reaches its glittering climax on Sunday at the Oscars, with fairytale romance The Shape of Water and dark crime comedy Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri neck-and-neck in the race for the major statuettes. The ceremony caps a difficult few months during which the industry has declared war on the pervasive culture of sexual…

Eight models, all subject to sexual harassment or assault in one form or another, took advantage of New York Fashion Week on Friday to raise awareness for the #MeToo movement sweeping the United States. Far from the bright lights of the most coveted fashion tickets in town, none of the women were famous. The venue…

New York Fashion Week started on Thursday and for the first time, the models were granted cubicles to change in. This move was prompted by the sexual harassment allegations that started in Hollywood and filtered into the fashion industry with male models accusing ace photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Webber of sexual harassment. British model…

New York Fashion Week kicks off the global fall/winter 2018 season fighting to stay relevant blighted by sexual harassment scandals, an industry in chaos, and designers jumping ship. More than 230,000 people flood the US financial capital to attend the style-fest that generates nearly $900 million a year for the city. It is currently scheduled…

Traditionally, fashion has always been dismissed as a frivolous pastime, completely downplaying the complex work that goes into a garment and how cuts and silhouettes can inform how a person is perceived and identified. But, as more men and women in the field deconstruct their ideas and encourage the average person to understand the power…

The great global reckoning with sexual harassment is "long overdue", says acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, but the feminist figurehead in Africa hopes it is not "a passing fad". As the global #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct continues in the wake of the disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein's downfall, the novelist said it should…

Paris men's fashion week began in earnest Wednesday with two collections showing what dogs and pigs men can be, as the industry reels from a new sexual harassment scandal. French designer Julien David sent out his models wearing dog's heads, from a macho, man-spreading Doberman to an intellectual whippet and a splayed poodle in dungarees.…

Thousands of people took the "Me too" online campaign against sexual harassment and assault started by the Harvey Weinstein affair onto the streets of France Sunday. In Paris, the mostly female demonstrators in Republique square waved placards bearing the "#Metoo" hashtag used by tens of thousands of women in the past two weeks to share…

The Hollywood sexual abuse scandal widened Monday after 38 women were reported to have accused US film director James Toback of unwanted sexual encounters over a period of decades.