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.
Jill Soloway, Margaret Cho Talk "Unbelievable Relief" of Post-Weinstein and Louis C.K. Hollywood
hollywoodreporter.comTransparent creator Jill Soloway led a Pride Month-themed panel Saturday, talking with LGBTQ stars, execs and agents about coming out in Hollywood and how the industry has become more inclusive since the Harvey Weinstein allegations went public.
The LGBTQ+ Inclusivity Panel, put on by Young Entertainment Activists at Netflix's L.A. headquarters, featured stand-up comedian Margaret Cho, Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat, The OA's Ian Alexander, Ellen correspondent Kalen Allen, Sony Pictures TV exec vp global scripted Nina Lederman and CAA motion picture literary agent Rowena Arguelles.
Soloway, who was recently announced as Bryan Singer's replacement to direct Red Sonja, said that she's noticed significant change to industry inclusivity in.
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