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.
Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison
perezhilton.comJustice is served. On Wednesday, Harvey Weinstein was given 23 years in prison and will be required to register as a sex offender.
The historic ruling in the #MeToo era came from Supreme Court judge James Burke. ICYMI, the former movie mogul was convicted on February 24 of third degree rape for assaulting aspiring actress Jessica Mann in an NYC hotel room in 2013, and of committing a criminal sex act for forcing oral sex on PA Mimi Haley in 2006. [Image via WENN] The post Harvey Weinstein Sentenced To 23 Years In Prison appeared first on Perez Hilton.
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