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.
Kate Beckinsale defends her Harvey Weinstein story after backlash
foxnews.comKate Beckinsale is defending herself from online haters after revealing a shocking story about allegedly suffering sexually suggestive verbal abuse from convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
The 46-year-old actress shared a note on Instagram Wednesday following Weinstein's sentencing to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault charges.
In it, she detailed a 2001 incident in which the now-disgraced movie mogul was furious that she chose to wear a white suit on the red carpet for a movie premiere rather than something sexier.
In her post, Beckinsale revealed that Weinstein was upset with her for wearing an all-white suit to the October 2001 premiere of “Serendipity.” At the time, she noted that she didn’t want to attend at all given the.
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