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.
Lea Seydoux: There is a lot of hypocrisy with the Me Too movement
breakingnews.ieLea Seydoux has said she thinks there is “a lot of hypocrisy” with the Me Too movement. The Bond actress, who will reprise her role of Dr Madeleine Swann in the upcoming film No Time To Die, said she thinks people have taken advantage of the movement against sexual harassment and abuse.
The hashtag #MeToo gained traction in 2017 with the revelations about movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who has since been found guilty of rape.
Allegations of misconduct have been made against a string of high-profile men in the entertainment industry, including actor Kevin Spacey, director James Toback and comedian Louis CK.
Discussing the movement, Seydoux told Harper’s Bazaar UK: “There is a lot of hypocrisy. Because people knew! “And they take advantage now
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