Weekly news - 22/11/2017
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/20/russell-simmons-accused-of-sexual-assault-alongside-brett-ratner 

Russell Simmons accused of sexual assault alongside Brett Ratner 

Model, Keri Claussen Khalighi stated in 1991, aged 17 she was invited round to Russell Simmons, the hip-hop mogul who co-founded Def Jam Recordings. She stated that Simmons had tore off her clothes and attempted to force her to have sex, which she said she fought wildly. She also stated “I looked over at Brett and said, ‘Help me,’ and I’ll never forget the look on his face. In that moment, the realisation fell on me that they were in it together.” 
Due to the fact she was 17 at the time she is classified as a child, where 1 in 20 children are sexually abused and 1 of 3 are perused by an adult. This makes Russell Simmons an addition to this number. 
When looking at Brett Ratner, there is a history of sexual assault, where women such as Olivia Munn, Natasha Henstridge, Jamie Ray Newman,  and Katharine Towne were victims. Three of these womens professions are or were modelling. 

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Weekly news - 15/11/2017

BBC accused of sexing up Shakespeare after adding sex scenes to new £6m epic

This statement has been made after the BBC introduced sex scenes within the show Shakespeare. However the director Dominic Cook stated "For me it was really important that you saw this union between these two people – a kind of metaphor for their corruption."

Benedict Cumberbatch, playing the villain in Shakespeare was recently voted most popular BBC character, which in turn would have boosted the views of this programme, therefore receiving views from a diverse audience. 

He has also been voted the sexiest movie star in the world according to the mail online, which may have influenced this sex scene. 

Through research sex scenes within media have increased from 6% to 14% since 1999, showing the popularity of it. Therefore in my opinion Dominic Cook followed this trend to gain popularity in this programme, however it appeared to backfire. 

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