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.
Mira Sorvino's late dad Paul passed down the acting torch to her
msn.comMira Sorvino says she learned the “craft” of acting from her late father Paul Sorvino. The ‘Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion’ star revealed the ‘Goodfellas’ star - who passed away in July 2022 aged 83 - would “ break down” her acting in school productions and it made her into the star she is today.
The 54-year-old actress told Closer US’ ‘My Life in 10 Pictures’ featurette that her father would “break down my performance and tear them apart,” before saying “but I learned my craft from him. ” Mira shared that making her father “proud” was “integral” to their dynamic and he was her “hero”.
She said: “Making him proud was such an integral part of our relationship, and it was a special passing of the torch. I always felt there was something honourable to his life - to show humility in a clear, truthful way and move people.
He was my hero. ” The ‘Mighty Aphrodite’ star admitted she felt “terrible mixed feelings” about getting the Academy Award for the role created by director Woody Allen, who has faced child abuse allegations since the 90s from his now-estranged daughter Dylan Farrow.
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