Peckerwood Manor

"Crazy" and "difficult" are adjectives female movie stars just can't seem to escape. And the #MeToo stories which accompany them? They just keep coming. Late last week, Sharon Stone dropped a doozy. It was the 1980s. She was a young, rising star gaining notice for her beauty and her acting abilities - a formidable combo. All of which earned her several "general meetings" with powerful studio executives around town, or the type of meetings which allow executives to size up a star they've heard so much about, ask them what types of projects they're interested in, and who they'd like to work with. Or at least that's how it's supposed to go.  But when Stone entered the office of an unnamed Sony executive at this time - I'm going to take a wild guess and assume it wasn't Dawn Steel - the tenor of the meeting changed when the executive, unprompted and out of nowhere, dropped trou and expected a hood rinse, as they say. "Of co...

Famously unnecessary scene in Star Trek So what is it? We are prudes. No, no, scratch that. We are liberated. No, wait, not that. We view s*x positively. Absolutely not that. We are fucking confused; that is what we are. There are so many messages flying around which we are supposed to believe and try to grasp. The UK, Canada, and America are not s*x-positive countries, yet the adult industry rakes in billions a year; women often have to position themselves as sexy to sell records or be seductive to further their careers in the film industry. The #MeToo movement lifted the lid off of the casting couch culture and the sick objectification of actresses. But didn't we kind of know that already? Was it that much of a surprise? However, you know what surprised me? Australia. From what I have experienced and in researching the issue, they are ahead of the other 3 countries. Don't mind me packing my bags and the Melbourne or Bust tattoo on my shoulder.   Loana may have been a beauty,...