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.
Elijah Wood Reveals Lord Of The Rings Contains A Secret Slam To Harvey Weinstein!
perezhilton.comDid you catch this hidden easter egg?? Lord of the Rings star Elijah Wood has confirmed there is a secret jab at the disgraced media mogul Harvey Weinstein in the franchise!
As LOTR fans surely know, the fantasy film series includes many fictional characters called orcs, monster-ish, goblin-like creatures, who enjoy the taste of human flesh.
And one of them is apparently designed after the convicted sex offender!! Related: Dog The Bounty Hunter’s Old Network ‘Immediately Passed’ On Brian Laundrie Hunt Show While on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Elijah, who starred as Frodo Baggins, admitted that SHADY feature came as a major FU to the producer and Miramax, who owned the rights to the J.R.R.
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