Film academy finally catches up with the times and boots Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has booted convicted rapists Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski from its ranks. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Academy’s board of governors voted to expel both men at its May 1st meeting. “The Board continues to encourage ethical standards that require members to uphold the Academy’s values of respect for human dignity,” the organization said in a statement.
The move is part of the Academy’s late-coming efforts to enforce the Standards of Conduct it established following the expulsion of longtime sexual abuser Harvey Weinstein. Of course, it’s been almost three years since 35 women came forward with graphic accounts of the many ways in which Cosby drugged, assaulted, abused, and raped...