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 tests positive for coronavirus in New York prison
dailystar.co.ukHarvey Weinstein has reportedly tested positive for coronavirus. The disgraced film mogul was sentenced to 23 years in prison earlier this month, and is currently in isolation behind bars.
Weinstein tested positive for COVID-19 at Wende Correctional Facility in New York, according to the Niagara Gazette. Earlier this week, the 68-year-old was allegedly undergoing medical evaluations at the maximum security facility in the New York State town of Alden.
Weinstein has already experienced medical complications, and was rushed to Bellevue hospital after his sentencing with alleged high blood pressure.
According to The Sun, New York Board of Corrections released a statement about the spread of the virus in prisons in the state.
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