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Anthony Rapp shared the slew of Instagram comments he has received from angry Kevin Spacey fans who accused the actor of ending “House of Cards’” and ruining the disgraced star’s career. In October, Rapp told Buzzfeed News that in 1986 when he was 14-years-old, Spacey, a Broadway actor at the time, invited him to his apartment for a party. Later in the evening, Spacey, then 26, allegedly “picked Rapp up, placed him on his bed, and climbed on top of him, making a sexual advance,” the report stated. Following the report, at least 24 other men have come forward to...

A probe carried out by The Old Vic theater in London into their former artistic director Kevin Spacey has found over 20 testimonies of inappropriate sexual behavior. “This investigation concluded that there have been 20 personal allegations of incidents relating to The Old Vic ranging from 1995 to 2013, with the majority [all but two] falling before 2009,” the theater said in a statement. The theater recently opened a probe into Spacey amid a range of sexual abuse allegations against the actor, which include claims he made an unwanted advance on fellow actor Anthony Rapp back in 1986. Another man...

Netflix just released a statement saying that Kevin Spacey, star and executive producer of House Of Cards, will no longer be involved in the series. The streaming network also is pulling the plug on the Spacey-starring movie Gore, which had been in post-production. Here is the full statement: Netflix will not be involved with any further production of House of Cards that includes Kevin Spacey. We will continue to work with MRC during this hiatus time to evaluate our path forward as it relates to the show​. ​We have also decided we will not be moving forward with the release...

Earlier this week, Netflix indefinitely suspended production of the sixth and final season of House of Cards. Now, CNN has a report in which eight people corroborate accusations of sexual misconduct by Kevin Spacey on the set of the show. None of the people, who have worked on Cards in the past or at present, provided their names for fear of retaliation, but one former production assistant says Spacey assaulted him during an early season of the show. That PA describes the actor’s behavior as a “predatory,” and said the assault he suffered took place after he was tasked with...

Veteran actor Kevin Spacey has been accused of sexual harassment and assault by several coworkers working for his hit Netflix series "House Of Cards" as the actor faces allegations that he made sexual advances towards actor Anthony Rapp when the latter was just 14 years old. CNN reported Thursday that eight people working for or who previously worked for Spacey's Netflix show described a "toxic" work environment created by the actor, who one of the sources said sexually assaulted him during an early season of the show. All eight sources remained anonymous for fear of retribution. That source, a former...

In the wake of multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, a source confirmed to BuzzFeed News on Thursday that CAA, Kevin Spacey's longtime agency, as well as his publicist Staci Wolfe, have dropped the actor. The first accusation was from actor Anthony Rapp, who told BuzzFeed News in a story published Sunday that Spacey had made a sexual advance toward him when he was 14 years old. Since then, a number of other accusers have come forward, including an unnamed artist who told New York magazine Thursday that he and Spacey had a sexual relationship when he was 14 and Spacey...

Indefinitely Following Kevin Spacey Allegations (headline continued) EXCLUSIVE: Filming on the upcoming sixth and final season of Netflix’s Washington D.C.-set drama House of Cards has been suspended indefinitely. Cast and crew of the MRC-produced series were told of the decision this morning. “MRC and Netflix have decided to suspend production on House of Cards season six, until further notice, to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew,” the two companies said in a joint statement to Deadline. The news comes less than 24 hours after Netflix announced that House...

EXCLUSIVE: Filming on the upcoming sixth and final season of Netflix’s Washington D.C.-set drama House of Cards has been suspended indefinitely. Cast and crew of the MRC-produced series were told of the shutdown this morning. “MRC and Netflix have decided to suspend production on House of Cards season six, until further notice, to give us time to review the current situation and to address any concerns of our cast and crew,” the two companies said in a joint statement to Deadline. The news comes less than 24 hours after Netflix announced that House of Cards will end with its upcoming...

Netflix has announced it will be canceling House of Cards, the series starring actor Kevin Spacey, in the wake of an allegation leveled against Spacey Sunday. From Deadline: Coming just over 12-hours after the Star Trek Discovery star first made public his allegations on October 29 of what happened at a party at Spacey’s NYC apartment back in the mid-1980s, the streaming service made the official decision today sources tell us. While Netflix and producers Media Rights Capital were leaning towards ending the show, key cast and creatives were only alerted this morning in a series of calls.“Media Rights...

In what appears to be an impressive piece of corporate spin, Netflix announced Monday that it was cancelling House of Cards, the series starring Kevin Spacey, the two-time Oscar winner who is facing numerous allegations of sexual misconduct, including with a 14 year-old boy some 30 years ago. The announcement makes it appear as though Netflix is pro-actively severing ties with the embattled Spacey, who has not denied he made an aggressive sexual advance on a 14 year-old Anthony Rapp. A deeper look at the Netflix announcement actually reveals that this “cancellation announcement” might be the streaming company’s way of...

As allegations of unwanted sexual advances in 1986 by Kevin Spacey against then-14-year-old Anthony Rapp have emerged, Netflix today decided to pull the plug on the Spacey-starring House of Cards after the upcoming sixth season next year. Coming just more than 12 hours after Star Trek Discovery star Rapp first made public his allegations of what happened at a party at Spacey’s New York City apartment back in the mid-1980s, the streaming service made the official decision today, sources tell us. While Netflix and producers Media Rights Capital were leaning towards ending the show a while ago, key cast and creatives were...

In the wake of the sexual harassment allegation against actor Kevin Spacey, Netflix has announced “House of Cards” will be ending after the show’s sixth season. The news comes after many fans called on Netflix to pull the plug on its original series following a report from Buzzfeed News in which actor Anthony Rapp alleged Spacey, then 26, made a sexual advance on him when he was 14 years old. The decision to conclude "House of Cards" was made several months ago, according to a person with knowledge of the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were...

That’s right a former U.S. President has come out of the closet. He’s a power hungry, narcissistic  ex-president with an angry wife who’s always felt she was better than her spouse. Surprise! It’s not Barack Hussein Obama. Still in the shadowsIt’s Frank Underwood, Who (spoiler alert!) in season 5 more or less lost the presidency to his wife Claire, the evil bitch (surprise!). It’s true: Hollywood and politics intersect again. Kevin Spacey Comes Out as Gay after Being Accused of Making Sexual Advance on 14-Year-Old Actor.It’s getting harder and harder to separate fact from fiction around here...and Hollywood’s not helping.Posted...

Actor Corey Stoll has opened up about his experience starring in the Public Theater’s controversial staging of Julius Caesar this summer, explaining that performing the play in the wake of protests and criticism was itself a form of “resistance.” In an essay for Vulture, the 41-year-old House of Cards star, who played Marcus Brutus in the play, wrote that he initially did not know the Caesar character would be a stand-in for President Donald Trump, complete with blonde hair and business suit. The character’s resemblance to the president sparked outrage when, as happens in the Shakespeare classic, the Trump-like Caesar...

I liked it, though there were many tangents that separated from the main narrative. I thought the Roger Stone character was an awesome addition to the show. I did think, however, some of the ways the Underwood's dealt with the characters in the season were a bit melodramatic.

The actress said the show is "running out of ideas" because of Trump. "Trump is trumping us. We're running out of ideas at this point," Wright said. "He's stolen them all."

"With around 94 million people out of the workforce, and the near record low Labor Force Participation rate, former Assistant Treasury Secretary Dr. Paul Craig Roberts says, “The Labor Force Participation rate never falls during a recovery. It rises because people are entering the labor force to take advantage of the strong economy and jobs. So, there isn’t any economy. There is a house of cards that is held together by central bank money creation. The money flows into financial assets. That’s what keeps the stock market up, and it flows into bonds, which is why we have essentially 0%...

I don't know which FReepers have a Netflix account, but... The new season of House of Cards came out today; who's excited about it? Thoughts? Predictions? Don't forget spoiler warnings for comments, BTW.

Fact and fiction tangled a bit at the National Portrait Gallery, where a portrait of Kevin Spacey as President Francis J. Underwood –the character he plays in the Netflix series “House of Cards” – was unveiled on Monday.In the six-by-six-foot portrait, British artist Jonathan Yeo depicts Spacey as the fictional President Underwood sitting at his desk in a recreated Oval Office. The portrait was introduced at a ceremony meant to mimic the unveiling of a real presidential portrait, an event featuring Spacey as Underwood and “members of the actual White House press corps,” Netflix noted.The work will be on display in the Smithsonian...

As Republican presidential candidates argued about foreign policy, terrorism, immigration and, of course, the horrors of a Hillary Clinton administration, another politician was sneakily making his move -- and he wasn't even on stage. "America, I'm only getting started," announced President Frank Underwood in a fake, but cleverly timed, campaign ad for his reelection bid. The parody ad, which promotes the launch date of the fourth season of Netflix's "House of Cards," was released with the hashtag #FU2016 during Tuesday night's GOP debate. It's a new day in America. #FU2016 https://t.co/0AcBefiby5 - House of Cards (@HouseofCards) December 16, 2015