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.
Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein has reportedly tested positive for the coronavirus while he is serving his time behind bars.According to the Niagara Gazette, officials from the state prison system reportedly confirmed the news.
Weinstein, who recently turned 68, is being isolated at Wende Correctional Facility in Western New York. He is reportedly one of two inmates that have tested positive for the virus.Officials reportedly believe that he was positive with the virus when he entered the state prison system last Wednesday from Rikers Island.The officials that confirmed his status for the virus reportedly “spoke on the condition of anonymity,” acknowledging they are not “authorized by the corrections agency to publicly comment on the
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