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.
Harvey Weinstein Accuser Asia Argento More Stars Celebrate After He Gets 23-Year Sentence
hollywoodlife.comCelebrities have reacted to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein being sentenced to 23 years in prison on March 11.
The decision comes two weeks after he was found guilty of rape in the third degree and criminal sexual assault in the first degree.
The 67-year-old looked utterly shocked as the judge read the decision to the court — meanwhile on Twitter, people were celebrating.
Accuser Asia Argento took to Instagram as the judge laid down the verdict, “Justice at last. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LOS ANGELES TRIAL – XXIII years in prison.
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