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.
Clip of late Paul Sorvino offering to ‘strangle’ Harvey Weinstein resurfaces
nypost.comtributes to late screen icon Paul Sorvino, who died Monday at 83 of natural causes, one video in particular seemed to resonate with fans: A clip of the “Goodfellas” star threatening to choke the life out of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.
The old snippet amassed 126,000 views on Twitter as social media lauded the deceased thespian for standing up to predators.“It is reprehensible beyond description that women have been treated in this manner,” Sorvino told local news outlet KCAL9 at a Golden Globes Event in January 2018, addressing the highly-publicized scandal, in which multiple actresses — including the actor’s own daughter Mira Sorvino — stepped forward to accuse Weinstein, 70, of rape, sexual assault or sex harassment.“When you’ve had a phenomenal mother like I had, you are automatically a feminist.
That’s why I have this wonderful wife,” the “Godfather of Harlem” actor added. “The reality is, anyone who takes advantage of women should be publicly strangled and I’ll volunteer.”Paul Sorvino discussing the treatment of women (including his daughter) in Hollywood.
He’d have dealt with Harvey Weinstein personally given the chance. A good man. His eyes always made me feel emotional. RIP..
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