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.
Johnny Depp a wife beater.Mr Depp, 57, is suing The Sun's publisher News Group Newspapers (NGN) and its executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 2018 article which alleged he was violent towards ex-wife Amber Heard, 34, during their tumultuous relationship.Katherine Kendall, 50, an advocate for the #MeToo movement who publicly accused Harvey Weinstein of harassing her in the 1990s, is expected to explain how annoyed she was that the article was presented as if she was “endorsing” a comparison between the actor and disgraced film mogul.The court is also due to hear evidence from artist and friend of Mr Depp, Isaac Baruch; Travis McGivern, a member of the actor’s security team, and Laura Divenere, former interior designer to Ms Heard.
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