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 Said Jennifer Aniston 'Should Be Killed'
msn.comHarvey Weinstein once made threatening comments about Jennifer Aniston when asked if he had sexually assaulted her, newly unsealed court documents reportedly reveal.
Court documents made public on Monday include dozens of emails sent by the former Hollywood mogul in the wake of exposés in October 2017 about his history of sexual harassment and assault, Variety and The New York Times have reported.
He did so after being forwarded a National Enquirer reporter’s email seeking comment about an allegation ― which turned out to be untrue ― that Aniston had accused him of groping her.
Aniston’s publicist confirmed to Variety and the Times that the Friends actor had not made such an accusation. “He never got close enough to her to touch her,” they
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