News Brief for November 2017

November 2017 News

As the years draws to a close we've witnessed dictators like Robert Mugabe fall and Catalonia rise up. ISIS attacks shed blood in Turkey while Donald Trumps administration stumbled from one controversy to the next. Cryptocurrencies raced ahead reaching new milestones while Brexit dragged on. The sporting world featured more controversy than accomplishments with scandal's hitting the Olympics and FIFA while the world of entertainment wallowed in sexual harassment scandals and awards ceremonies. Cyber criminals fell and new technologies grew while the beautiful people strutted along cat walks for all to see.

Who's in the news? Woody Allen

Director and actor Woody Allen has been dealt a kick in the teeth with allegations of child abuse and sexual assault coming to light again after years of denial.

Golden Globes lose luster

The allegations resurfaced after the Golden Globes when Woody Allen was presented with a life time achievement award and his son Ronan slamming the award via Twitter.

Letter revelations

The main allegations came from Dylan Farrow in an open letter to the New York Times where she claimed she was sexually assaulted multiple times when she was 7 years old.

Response to allegations

Woody Allen's lawyers and publicist soon stepped in denying the allegations. Woody Allen himself has since asked the New York Times to publish his response to the letter in an Op-Ed piece which is still under consideration.

Not only have family members had a say but so have other celebrities who had been mentioned in the letter with Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin both replying.

With award season under way the revelations were cannon fodder for comedians presenting at award shows.

Family Feud

Since the allegations resurfaced Dylan Farrow has reveled how the family has been split with sides being taken. Dylan's brother. Moses, has supposedly taken his fathers side denying the allegations while Mia Farrow has taken her daughters side.

A history of bizarre

Problems arise when you look into Woody Allen's past with his marriage to his ex partner, Mia Farrow's, adopted daughter, Soon Yi.

Looking further back to an interview with People magazine from 1976 Woody Allen talked about hypothetical orgy with 12-year-olds.