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.
Alyssa Milano Marks Fifth Anniversary Of Her Original #MeToo Tweet
etcanada.comOn Oct. 15, 2017, as the Harvey Weinstein scandal exploded and numerous women in Hollywood and beyond began sharing their stories of sexual harassment, Alyssa Milano issued a tweet. “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet,” Milano wrote. READ MORE: Alyssa Milano Delivers Emotional Speech Detailing Her Sexual Assault At A Concert When She Was 19 That tweet caught on like a wildfire, generating thousands of responses within hours and sparking a movement that led the #MeToo hashtag to take on a life of its own as numerous women throughout the world shared their own personal stories.
On Saturday, Oct. 15, the former “Charmed” star marked the fifth anniversary by retweeted her original tweet, sharing the hashtag #MeToo.
Back in 2018, Milano spoke with NBC News about the power of what her tweet had evolved into. “Everyone was so brave to talk about their experiences,” Milano said, on the first anniversary of her tweet. READ MORE: Alyssa Milano Had Flashbacks Of Being Sexual Assaulted During Childbirth: ‘It Triggered All Of These Memories’ “The most beautiful thing from all of this is not only women standing up and using their voices but standing up for each other in solidarity,” Milano added. “The collective pain we’ve felt has turned into a collective power.
It’s amazing.” At the time, she added, “We’ve come really, really far in a year, but I think we have a lot further to go. No movement is perfect.
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