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.
Kate Beckinsale Responds to the Unwarranted Backlash She Got After Sharing Harvey Weinstein Story
justjared.comKate Beckinsale bravely shared the story of a horrific incident she was put through by Harvey Weinstein and now she’s responding to unwarranted backlash in the comments section of her Instagram post.
The 46-year-old actress took to her Instagram page just hours after Harvey was sentenced to 23 years in prison so that she could share her story. Kate recalled how Harvey forced her and the cast of Serendipity to attend the film’s NYC premiere just weeks after 9/11 and then he called her to his home the next day and berated her for not wearing a tight dress on the red carpet.
In the comments section of her post, some people questioned if the moment actually happened, some said she should have fought back, some asked why she even went to his
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