Harvey Weinstein CBE (born March 19, 1952) is an American former film producer. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films, including Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Crying Game (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Heavenly Creatures (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), and Shakespeare in Love (1998).
Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for a variety of plays and musicals, including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein Company, a mini-major film studio. He was co-chairman, alongside Bob, from 2005 to 2017.
Former ‘Seinfeld’ Writer Wonders: Has L.A. Gotten Too Woke for Boomer Comedians? (Guest Blog)
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They have sensitivity consultants now.”“Sensitivity consultants? That’s a job?”“Oh, yeah. Big job.”“So, I guess they’d have a problem with my idea for a nonbinary rom-com called “They’s All That.’”After 30 seconds of silent head shaking, we’ll recall something like “Cheers” waitress Carla Tortelli’s dialogue about smacking her kids.“Imagine writing those jokes now?
A minute after typing CUT TO, The Woke Industrial Complex would perp-walk you off to play gin rummy with Harvey Weinstein.”After imagining a stretch in Guantanamo for making Harvey Weinstein jokes, we thank God we worked when political correctness was ignorable, wonder if our agents are still alive, then pull up the KN95s we still wear before dispersing into another perfect day — I love L.A.Speaking of agents, we hear that several L.A.
talent agents recently transitioned into L.A. real estate agents. In the past, people only threatened to quit the industry. Now, we’re left to debate who makes worse clients, sitcom writers or home sellers.And speaking of KN95 masks, an old friend in town got COVID despite practically wearing a mask when he shaved.
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