The End of Harveywood

Inside the Hive

Vanity Fair

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4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2017

⏱️ 34 minutes

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For 30 years, Harvey Weinstein bullied his way through Hollywood, sexually assaulting and harassing countless women. But how did he get away with it for so long? Krista Smith, who is been with Vanity Fair for two decades covering Hollywood, explains why the worst man in the industry took so long to fall, and how this may be the moment that finally changes the industry’s misogyny. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, I am in Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard at the Conde Nast offices here.
0:10.0	They're very swank, and I'm in Krista Smith's office. Hi Krista.
0:14.0	Hi, Nick.
0:15.0	So I usually do these elaborate intros.
0:18.0	We have music.
0:19.0	There's probably music playing right now actually, but I figured let's let you tell us a
0:25.3	little bit about you before we we dive into what we're going to talk about today.
0:29.0	I don't rate like some lead in music.
0:34.0	What do you want to know? Well, how long have you been at Vanity Fair?
0:37.2	I've been Vanity Fair a long time as you can see. There's lots of
0:40.4	pictures on my walls of Hollywood covers I think starting from 1996 with
0:46.7	Leonardo DiCaprio and last year's behind me but I've been in LA now 20 years so it's a long time and just to
0:57.3	paint the room for people there are lots and lots of vanity fair covers all
1:01.6	over the wall as Krista said and there also is a giant
1:06.8	Share sign which is apparently pretty famous in your office can Can you give us a little moment?
1:13.8	I like to say it's a little famous.
1:15.6	Well, when we photograph share for the cover
1:20.4	of the magazine, December 2010.
1:24.3	I wrote that cover story, but I also, my dual, my many jobs here is the West Coast
1:30.5	editor. I attended that shoot and we had this share sign
1:35.1	built for her of which she laid across it and it's the opening spread in the
1:39.2	magazine and we thought oh be great we should have her sign it and then we can eventually auction it off and it lights up.
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