"Milano and Burke met for the first time on the Today show after TIME chose as its Person of the Year the people around the world who shared their experiences with sexual assault and harassment, including those who did so as part of the #MeToo movement.
“This is just the start. I’ve been saying from the beginning it’s not just a moment, it’s a movement,” said Burke, an activist who founded the #MeToo movement in 2006 to help survivors of sexual violence. “Now the work really begins.”
On Twitter in October, Milano urged every woman who had ever been sexually harassed or assaulted to write “me too” as a reply to her tweet to “give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.” More than 1.7 million people immediately spoke out about their own harassment experiences after Milano’s tweet, she later wrote on Twitter.
The call to action came as a wave of women in Hollywood — including Rose McGowan and Gwyneth Paltrow — came forward to accuse movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and other men in power of sexual assault or misconduct. At least 74 public figures have since faced accusations.
Milano, who stars in the upcoming Netflix series Insatiable, is credited with popularizing the movement Burke began more than a decade ago. “I could never imagine this,” Burke said about how large her movement has grown."
"When Phoebe begins to have recurring nightmares of being followed down a dark and unfamiliar street, Piper and Paige try to help her understand whether these dreams are just dreams, or a premonition warning her of danger soon to come. After inserting her waking conscience into her dream, Phoebe soon finds that she has no control over its outcome, because it’s not her dream. It’s not even a dream. It’s real, and it’s about to go down.
Working together with their sister, Prue, and the reformed ex-demon Cole-who’s sworn to protect her and the magic of the Nexus-the Halliwell’s find themselves in a race to save the life of a witch with a special ability to communicate with the dead. With sinister forced at work, will the sisters be able to save this witch before dream becomes reality?
Inspired by the hit televisions series Charmed, the new novel Charmed: Social Medium continues the story of the Halliwell witches. With only the Book of Shadows to guide them, the Halliwell sisters are the fulfillment of their ancestor Melinda Warren’s prophecy that three sisters descending from her line would become the most powerful witches of all time. The sisters use the Power of Three to protect the innocent and banish evil from the Earthly realm."
""It is because of Anita Hill that we can say, 'This happened to me,'" Milano said. "Today we want women everywhere to know we are listening and the days of silence are over."
Hill, who brought the concept of sexual harassment to national consciousness in 1991 when she testified during Thomas' Supreme Court confirmation hearings, said this "huge moment" of outspokenness and awareness needs legal and institutional follow-through to have a lasting impact.
"In many ways, it's unprecedented," she said, "but it needs sustained energy."
A key change now, Graves said, is that accusers are believed, rather than attacked and belittled the way Hill was in 1991.
"For the first time, when women told their stories, they weren't immediately dismissed, disregarded, ignored and doubted and shamed," she said. "That brief window of not experiencing shame for coming forward, that made more women come forward."
Hill said that after her 1991 testimony, she received scores of invitations to speak about sexual harassment and she thought she might spend a couple of years discussing the issue."
""Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" was originally a pair-up for The CW's emerging hit show "Riverdale" for its 2018-2019 season slate. Plans went into development in the last few months but The CW recently decided to pass on the project, which Netflix then picked up for a 20-episode order.
Part of the reason The CW gave up the Sabrina series was that it wanted the "Charmed" reboot more. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Jennie Snyder Urman remains heavily involved in the redevelopment of the show from the 1990s about witch siblings.
Back in August, The CW head Mark Pedowitz told the press that they were waiting for what Urman comes up with the "Charmed" reboot. The creator of "Jane the Virgin" will likely have more details about the new series in January when pilot season begins.
There's also another reason why the network is keener on a pursuing a "Charmed" reboot than "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina." The show is solely a CBS property and CBS is The CW's mother network, which means there's full control on what the network can do with "Charmed." The other show, however, is a partnership with Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. didn't actually lose out on the deal for "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" because its arrangement with Netflix meant the studio still owned the series 100 percent. "Riverdale" also streams on the platform after its run on The CW and its availability on Netflix actually helped spike the show's ratings for season 2, thus "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" will have no problem finding its audience in this platform."
"As women, we have to support each other and stand together and say, ‘That’s it. We’re done. No more.' It’s vital to me that we really set in some actionable things that we can do to continue this momentum."
"However, Alyssa Milano, who played Phoebe Halliwell revealed in a brand new interview, that, despite the fact that the original cast is all for it, there are no concrete plans yet.
‘We all said that we’d do it, but nobody has actually put that in motion. I am working with CBS Studios on my new Netflix show Insatiable, and that is the studio that was trying to reboot ‘Charmed.’ So I feel like I have an in there, but nothing has changed,’ the actress stated.
What’s more, earlier in the year, CW announced that they were rebooting the show. But what the network was planning, in fact, was a prequel to Charmed, meaning that it wouldn’t be involving any of the original cast members.
That being said, it gathered a lot of criticism from fans who just want to see the actors reprising their roles. As a result, CW decided to delay the prequel and change the script. Another Charmed star, Shannen Doherty stated that the reboot is not happening and that it also probably shouldn’t!"
"It was her friend Charles Clymer, who sent her a screenshot. It read: “Suggested by a friend: if all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote ‘me too’ as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.”
“I thought, you know what? This is an amazing way to get some idea of the magnitude of how big this problem is,” said Milano over the phone from Los Angeles. “It was also a way to get the focus off these horrible men and to put the focus back on the victims and survivors.”
Milano added a sentence to her friend’s message before posting it on Twitter: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted, write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.”
And she sent it out.
“That was basically it,” she said. “I looked down at my daughter, sent the tweet, and went to sleep not knowing it was going to snowball.”"
"Milano has been steadily banging the drum for net neutrality in recent weeks, primarily on Twitter to her 3.3 million followers. And she hasn't been shy in going after Pai who, as the chairman, has spearheaded the effort to have the FCC repeal the strong net neutrality rules put in place under the Barack Obama administration.
On Wednesday, Pai fired back in a speech, referencing Milano's role on "Who's the Boss?" with Tony Danza, as well as other celebrities including Cher and Mark Ruffalo.
And then it was on.
Funny thing happened yesterday. @AjitPaiFCC attacked me for using my voice to speak out against his plan to kill #NetNeutrality and the internet as we know it. THREAD
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) November 29, 2017
The whole thread is worth reading. But it's not just the substance of Milano and Pai's debate that's important—it's that the debate is even happening at all."
"Talks about the highly-anticipated "Charmed" reboot have been around for months. At least 11 years since the popular TV show ended its run, many fans believe that the time to revive the series has finally come. In a recent interview with Milano, however, the actress said the future of the reboot is still up in the air.
According to Milano, all the original cast members are willing to be part of the reboot and are just waiting for updates on the production. However, the CW has no concrete plans yet for the show.
"We all said that we'd do it, but nobody has actually put that in motion. I am working with CBS Studios on my new Netflix show 'Insatiable,' and that is the studio that was trying to reboot 'Charmed.' So I feel like I have an in there, but nothing has changed," said Milano.
It was early this year that the CW network announced that they would develop a "Charmed" reboot, getting fans excited for the upcoming show. However, new reports suggest that what the network is planning is not actually a reboot of the original series, but a prequel to it.
If the rumors are true, then fans shouldn't expect any of the original cast members to be involved in the project. Rumor has it that the new show will be set in 1976 and will be written by "Jane the Virgin" writers Jessica O'Toole, Amy Rardin, and Jennie Snyder.
"Charmed" debuted in 1998, featuring three sisters who used witchcraft to fight some evil forces. The series ran for eight seasons."
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