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.
Oscars ‘hold emergency talks’ over whether Will Smith will be stripped of Best Actor award
ok.co.ukThe Academy are reportedly holding "emergency talks" to discuss whether Will Smith should be stripped of his Best Actor gong following his behaviour during the ceremony on Sunday evening.The 53 year old actor left fellow attendees and the world shocked as he walked up on stage and punched host Chris Rock after he made a joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith.
And while Diddy has insisted the pair are on good terms and the LAPD confirmed that Chris would not be pressing charges, it has been claimed that Oscar bosses are split over whether to punish Will by taking away the Oscar he won for his role in King Richard. "Once the ceremony was over, they called in key members to hold an emergency meeting about what action they should take," it was reported.
A source added to The Sun: "There have been calls to have Will stripped of his Best Actor gong. "They cannot be seen to be condoning violence in any way, and there are some people in the Academy who believe they should remove the award from him to make a point.
Others, however, believe he should be allowed to hold on to it." Higher-ups at the Oscars are said to be especially split over the decision after they drew up a new code of conduct in the wake of the #MeToo movement and the crimes committed by Harvey Weinstein.
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