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 Extradition Hearing Postponed to December
variety.comGene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA hearing on whether to extradite Harvey Weinstein to face sex crimes charges in Los Angeles has been postponed, according to a Buffalo TV news report.Weinstein was set to appear on Friday via Skype for a hearing before Judge Kenneth Case in Buffalo.
The hearing was continued to Dec. 11, according to a tweet from Chris Horvatits, a reporter at WIVB-TV in Buffalo.Los Angeles prosecutors want to bring Weinstein to face five charges, including rape and sexual battery, connected to three alleged victims.Weinstein’s attorneys have argued that the request is premature, because the Los Angeles court system appears to be unable to handle the trial any time soon.
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