Bombshell
Fox News was for a while embroiled in a sexual harassment case when Gretchen Carlson sued the company and specifically the CEO Roger Ailes. Carlson in this film is played by Nicole Kidman , and Fox anchor Megyn Kelly is played by Charlize Theron —earning an Oscar Nomination for Best Actress. This is because the story’s arc is Kelly’s ascent to anchoring her own show and her later confirmation that she too had been on the receiving end of Ailes’ threatening advances—in the power dynamic acquiescing to him meant promotion. So it allegedly is with Weinstein and many others. The problem is apparently rife in any business where men have power over subordinate women, and so this is a timely piece. Roger Ailes is played by John Lithgow , and although he is an odious figure we can rest assured that John Lithgow is not. When Kelly is fired from Fox & Friends (Donald Trump’s favourite programme) she unexpectedly sues for sexual harassment and the event—which seems an unlikely indi...