Top Hollywood news of the day: November 7, 2017

Harvey Weinstein hired private spies to hound accusers and journalists: Harvey Weinstein clearly was bothered by accusations of sexual harassment by women against him. Investigative journalist Ronan Farrow has published a detailed piece in The New Yorker explaining how the producer hired private spies to keep track on accusers and even journalists.

Kevin Spacey's film pulled out of AFI fest: Kevin Spacey starrer upcoming film All the Money in the World has been taken out of AFI fest in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against him. The film is directed by Ridley Scott and is still scheduled to open on December 22.

Thor: Ragnarok rattles the Indian box office: Thor: Ragnarok is making mince meat of a mainstream Bollywood film Ittefaq at the Indian box office. The massive marketing campaign run by Marvel and also the extremely positive reviews seem to have enlivened the previously insipid Thor franchise. The Indian collection of the film currently stands at Rs 40.71 crore.

Justice League's runtime is under two hours: Justice League, DC's answer to Marvel's The Avengers, is only a few days away after a difficult production period. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara had mandated that the runtime of the film would be under 2 hours. The makers seem to have utilised the time-window very well as the runtime of Justice League's theatrical release would be 1 hour and 59 minutes.

Dustin Hoffman allegedly groped Meryl Streep: A 1979 interview of Meryl Streep has been unearthed in which she claims that Dustin Hoffman groped her breast the first time they met. Streep was auditioning for a play Hoffman was directing. The two actors starred in the Oscar-winning film Kramer vs Kramer in the same year.

Harvey Weinstein voted out of Television Academy: Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood film producer who has been accused of sexual harrassment by more than 50 women now, had another setback on Tuesday as he was kicked out of Television Academy for life. Last month, The New York Times and The New Yorker had published shocking exposes alleging that Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed many women.