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 ‘miserable’ after bad fall in Rikers Island prison
metro.co.ukConvicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has been ‘miserable’ in Rikers Island jail after taking a bad fall, his spokesman has said. Weinstein was convicted of two sexual assaults, including rape, last month.
The disgraced mogul arrived at the infamous prison after staying in a hospital for 10 days for chest pains. Weinstein had a procedure to implant a stent to remove a blockage at Bellevue Hospital.
And on Saturday night, Weinstein took a tumble after trying to walk on his own. ‘He fell on his head and thinks he has a concussion,’ his spokesperson Juda Engelmayer said. ‘His head has been pounding since yesterday.’ Speaking on his time in prison, he continued: ‘He’s miserable but trying to be optimistic as best he can. ‘He has had a lot of
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