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 Reportedly Incarcerated On Rikers Island After Successful Heart Surgery
theshaderoom.comRoommates, Harvey Weinstein has found himself in a new home on Rikers Island, after having to undergo hear surgery this week.According to Page Six, Harvey was placed in protective custody in Rikers’ North Infirmary Command after being discharges from Bellevue Hospital on Wednesday night.
A source familiar with the procedure said he was in surgery for about four hours, and got a stent put into his heart.As we previously reported, Harvey was found guilty on two charges of criminal sexual assault and rape in the third degree.
After the verdict, he was taken into custody without bail and shortly after, Weinstein was hospitalized for chest pains and heart palpitations.While Harvey was being transported to Rikers Island last week, he was rerouted
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