A strange pinkish glow emanates from the greenhouse of Planthouse Biotechnologies, the laboratory where Alice Woodward (Emily Beecham), a dedicated geneticist, works. With the help of her partner Chris (Ben Whishaw), Alice cultivates a unique plant that allows its carer — so long as they water it regularly, keep it out of the cold, touch, and talk to it — to feel happy. But when Alice brings the plant home to show her son Joe (Kit Connor), for whom the plant is named, she begins to observe strange behavior from everyone who comes into contact with the plant, which seems to infect those in proximity by releasing an inhalable, dusty cloud of pollen with neurological consequences.
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- 5/21/2019
- by Caroline Tsai
- The Playlist
Mark Schwahn has been accused of sexual harassment by 25 female crew members who work on his E! soap “The Royals.” The women all signed an open letter in which they describe “repeated unwanted sexual harassment” at the hands of Schwahn. The creator was accused of similar allegations earlier this week by the female cast and crew of “One Tree Hill.”
“Upon reading a statement from the ladies of ‘One Tree Hill,’ a statement from their Royal sisters could not possibly go unwritten,” the letter begins. The women say they were aware of the rumors surrounding Schwahn’s behavior on the set of “One Tree Hill” but went into the filming of “The Royals” hoping they were “just rumors.” “By the time we wrapped this had irrevocably proven not to be the case,” they write.
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“Upon reading a statement from the ladies of ‘One Tree Hill,’ a statement from their Royal sisters could not possibly go unwritten,” the letter begins. The women say they were aware of the rumors surrounding Schwahn’s behavior on the set of “One Tree Hill” but went into the filming of “The Royals” hoping they were “just rumors.” “By the time we wrapped this had irrevocably proven not to be the case,” they write.
Read More: ‘One Tree Hill’ Cast and Crew Accuse Creator Mark Schwahn of Sexual Harassment
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- 11/16/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Just three days after female cast and crew members from One Tree Hill released a joint statement accusing former showrunner Mark Schwahn of sexual harassment, the women of The Royals, Schwahn’s current TV project, are following suit.
RelatedOne Tree Hill Creator Accused of Sexual Harassment by Cast and Crew Members
Twenty-five actresses and female staffers from the E! drama contributed to the statement, which was released Thursday, claiming that Schwahn engaged in “repeated unwanted sexual harassment of multiple female members of cast and crew.”
Hours earlier, Royals star Alexandra Park released her own statement on social media, in...
RelatedOne Tree Hill Creator Accused of Sexual Harassment by Cast and Crew Members
Twenty-five actresses and female staffers from the E! drama contributed to the statement, which was released Thursday, claiming that Schwahn engaged in “repeated unwanted sexual harassment of multiple female members of cast and crew.”
Hours earlier, Royals star Alexandra Park released her own statement on social media, in...
- 11/16/2017
- TVLine.com
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