Hollywood’s pedophilia and debauchery problems still ongoing

Corey Feldman has sensationally vowed to name the Hollywood movie executives he claims abused him when he was 14 years-old.

The 80’s actor made the shocking confession to The Sun as he lifted the lid on the assaults he says happened when he was just a child.

"When I was 14 and 15, things were happening to me," he said. "These older men were leching around like vultures. It was basically me laying there pretending I was asleep and them going about their business.

"I will write a book - I will put all the information forward."

Feldman, 40, first opened up about the seedy side of the industry after his Lost Boys costar and best friend Corey Haim died, however at the time he wouldn’t name names.

"Corey and I were pegged as the scapegoats," said Feldman. "People need to know the reason Corey and I were swept under the carpet like the beaten dogs that were sent to the pound so no one had to deal with us anymore.

"I stood up and said there is a bigger problem, that I’d lost Corey and that I didn’t want to see any more kids lost to these sick perverts."

Michael Jackson’s sex abuse scandal connects Corey Feldman & Macaulay Culkin

To one generation, Michael Jackson was a charismatic child star.

To another, he was "Wacko Jacko," suspected child molester.

The sex scandals that plagued the increasingly erratic singer dated to the early 1990s, when he was first linked to the repeated abuse of a 13-year-old boy at his lavish Neverland Ranch.

Jackson, eventually accused of molesting three boys, was never convicted of any crimes.

But multimillion-dollar settlements with two victims, along with his bizarre persona, convinced many something odd was happening at his California home/kiddie theme park - and it crippled his career.

Jackson made no secret of his preference for the company of kids over adults, insisting it was all innocent as he welcomed "many children" into his bed.

His high-profile house guests included "Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin and child star Corey Feldman.

Jackson - even after his 2003 arrest on molestation charges - seemed clueless about the furor caused by his lifestyle.

Asked on "60 Minutes" if he thought it was okay to share his bed with a child, Jackson replied, "Why not?"

"If you’re going to be a pedophile, if you’re going to be Jack the Ripper, if you’re going to be a murderer, it’s not a good idea," Jackson said. "That, I am not."

His explosive 2005 trial on sex charges drew international attention. Prosecutors portrayed the fortysomething Jackson as a sexual predator who plied victims with wine and girlie magazines.

Jackson was accused of molesting a 13-year-old cancer survivor - allegations that put him back in the headlines long after his musical career slowed to a crawl.

During the three-month trial, the teen recounted Jackson giving him wine - the singer called it "Jesus juice" - before fondling him as they lay on a bed inside Neverland.

Jackson reportedly encouraged the boy to masturbate before groping the teen.

Millions in payouts

The jury also heard from another purported victim, who testified Jackson molested him when he was between the ages of 7 and 10.

The young man, the son of a Neverland maid, received a $2.4million settlement from Jackson.

The jury also heard that in 1993, Jackson paid a $20 million settlement to a 13-year-old boy.

The youth’s mother testified that Jackson browbeat her into letting the teen share a bed with the pop star - and rewarded her the next day with a gold bracelet from Cartier.

The mom recounted on the stand how the "sobbing, crying, shaking, trembling" singer shouted in anger when she balked at the sleeping arrangements.

"We’re a family!" he reportedly yelled. "Why can’t [he] sleep in my bed? ... Why don’t you trust me?"

The youth then slept with Jackson dozens of times from March to July 1993, she said.

The singer’s lawyer insisted the payments were made because Jackson didn’t like "courtrooms and lawyers," preferring to focus on his musical career.

"He is idealistic and naive," defense lawyer Thomas Mesereau said.

Mesereau also called Culkin to testify there was nothing sexual about his sleepovers in Jackson’s bed.

’Human sexuality’

Jackson’s collection of gay pornography was introduced as evidence. One book, prosecutors said, "shows everything one man could possibly do to another man."

Prosecutors charged he provided young guests with unlimited candy and video games by day - and sexual assault by night.

"In the evenings, they entered into the world of the forbidden," prosecutor Ron Zonen told the California jury. "They learned about human sexuality from someone who was only too willing to teach them."

Yet the jury acquitted Jackson, even though some of its members believed the superstar had victimized other children.

"I feel that Michael Jackson has probably molested boys," juror Raymond Hultman said.

"To be in your bedroom for 365 straight days and not do something more than just watch television and eat popcorn, that doesn’t make sense to me."

Jury foreman Paul Rodriguez offered the "King of Pop" some unsolicited advice after the verdict: "We would hope he doesn’t sleep with children anymore."

Jackson - who never testified at his trial - became a virtual recluse after the verdict. He spent time with his own three kids, but was rarely seen in public with other children.

Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin sparks concern as he emerges looking dishevelled and emaciated

He was once the mischievous, cherubic star of the hugely successful Home Alone movies.

However, Macaulay Culkin, now 31, appeared dishevelled and emaciated as he greeted fans in New York on Wednesday.

With his straggly goatee beard and messy hair, he looked gaunt as he sipped from an energy drink.

And last night he pulled out of his monthly deejay gig Le Poisson Rouge in New York City’s West Village.

’He’s here all the time. He comes pretty often,’ a club employee told America’s People magazine.

’Tonight, something just came up and he couldn’t make it.’

But his spokesperson insists there is no need for concern, saying in a statement: ’Macaulay Culkin is in perfectly good health.’

His appearance was a far cry from the cute youngster who shot to international fame playing cheeky Kevin McCallister in the 1990 family favourite.

Culkin was once Hollywood’s biggest child star, commanding £4million a film by the time he starred in 1994’s Richie Rich.

But the young actor soon hit troubled times and has weathered a number of personal tragedies, including the death of his sister Dakota in a car crash and of his half-sister Jennifer Adamson from a drug overdose.

His career then came to a halt after he was embroiled in a messy financial dispute between his parents Christopher Culkin and Patricia Brentup.

In 1998 a judge fired his father - who was his manager - and handed control of his vast personal fortune to an accountant until he turned 18.

After a hiatus, he returned to films in 2000.

However, none of his subsequent movies have come near to matching the success of the Home Alone series.

’I’m the most out-of-work actor I know,’ he once said.

In 2004 he was arrested after police stopped a car in which he was a passenger and found more than a half-ounce of marijuana and several tablets of Xanax, a prescription medication used to treat depression and panic disorders.

He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of possession of medication without a prescription and marijuana.

He was given one year deferred sentences on each of the charges and ordered to pay $540 in fees.

The actor married actress Rachel Miner in 1998 but they divorced in 2002.
He went on to date Black Swan star Mila Kunis for eight years before the pair separated in 2010.

He had a famously close relationship with Michael Jackson during his youth, and even testified for the late singer’s defense in his child-molestation trial in 2005. (Stockholm syndrome?)

He took the stand and vehemently denied any inappropriate behavior or touching during the times he slept at Jackson’s Neverland Ranch.

He was amoung the mourners at the King of Pop’s funeral at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, in September 2009.

Culkin is rumored to be starring in the upcoming British military film Service Man, which is set for release next year.

How Jewish is Hollywood?
By Joel Stein | December 19, 2008

LA Times: Who runs Hollywood? C’mon

A poll finds more Americans disagree with the statement that ’Jews control Hollywood.’ But here’s one Jew who doesn’t.

How deeply Jewish is Hollywood? When the studio chiefs took out a full-page ad in the Los Angeles Times a few weeks ago to demand that the Screen Actors Guild settle its contract, the open letter was signed by: News Corp. President Peter Chernin (Jewish), Paramount Pictures Chairman Brad Grey (Jewish), Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Robert Iger (Jewish), Sony Pictures Chairman Michael Lynton (surprise, Dutch Jew), Warner Bros. Chairman Barry Meyer (Jewish), CBS Corp. Chief Executive Leslie Moonves (so Jewish his great uncle was the first prime minister of Israel), MGM Chairman Harry Sloan (Jewish) and NBC Universal Chief Executive Jeff Zucker (mega-Jewish). If either of the Weinstein brothers had signed, this group would have not only the power to shut down all film production but to form a minyan with enough Fiji water on hand to fill a mikvah.

The person they were yelling at in that ad was SAG President Alan Rosenberg (take a guess). The scathing rebuttal to the ad was written by entertainment super-agent Ari Emanuel (Jew with Israeli parents) on the Huffington Post, which is owned by Arianna Huffington (not Jewish and has never worked in Hollywood.)

The person they were yelling at in that ad was SAG President Alan Rosenberg (take a guess). The scathing rebuttal to the ad was written by entertainment super-agent Ari Emanuel (Jew with Israeli parents) on the Huffington Post, which is owned by Arianna Huffington (not Jewish and has never worked in Hollywood.)

The Jews are so dominant, I had to scour the trades to come up with six Gentiles in high positions at entertainment companies. When I called them to talk about their incredible advancement, five of them refused to talk to me, apparently out of fear of insulting Jews. The sixth, AMC President Charlie Collier, turned out to be Jewish.

As a proud Jew, I want America to know about our accomplishment. Yes, we control Hollywood. Without us, you’d be flipping between "The 700 Club" and "Davey and Goliath" on TV all day.

So I’ve taken it upon myself to re-convince America that Jews run Hollywood by launching a public relations campaign, because that’s what we do best. I’m weighing several slogans, including: "Hollywood: More Jewish than ever!"; "Hollywood: From the people who brought you the Bible"; and "Hollywood: If you enjoy TV and movies, then you probably like Jews after all."

I called ADL Chairman Abe Foxman, who was in Santiago, Chile, where, he told me to my dismay, he was not hunting Nazis. He dismissed my whole proposition, saying that the number of people who think Jews run Hollywood is still too high. The ADL poll, he pointed out, showed that 59% of Americans think Hollywood execs "do not share the religious and moral values of most Americans," and 43% think the entertainment industry is waging an organized campaign to "weaken the influence of religious values in this country."

That’s a sinister canard, Foxman said. "It means they think Jews meet at Canter’s Deli on Friday mornings to decide what’s best for the Jews." Foxman’s argument made me rethink: I have to eat at Canter’s more often.

"That’s a very dangerous phrase, ’Jews control Hollywood.’ What is true is that there are a lot of Jews in Hollywood," he said. Instead of "control," Foxman would prefer people say that many executives in the industry "happen to be Jewish," as in "all eight major film studios are run by men who happen to be Jewish."

But Foxman said he is proud of the accomplishments of American Jews. "I think Jews are disproportionately represented in the creative industry. They’re disproportionate as lawyers and probably medicine here as well," he said. He argues that this does not mean that Jews make pro-Jewish movies any more than they do pro-Jewish surgery. Though other countries, I’ve noticed, aren’t so big on circumcision.

I appreciate Foxman’s concerns. And maybe my life spent in a New Jersey-New York/Bay Area-L.A. pro-Semitic cocoon has left me naive. But I don’t care if Americans think we’re running the news media, Hollywood, Wall Street or the government. I just care that we get to keep running them.

jstein@latimescolumnists.com

Source: latimes.com