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.
Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas, has died aged 83. His wife, DeeDee Sorvino, announced the news on Instagram, writing: “I am completely devastated.
The love of my life and the most wonderful man who has ever lived is gone. I am heartbroken. ”The actor died from natural causes, according to his representatives (via Variety).
Aside from Goodfellas, Sorvino was known for playing Sergeant Frank Cerreta on NBC’s Law & Order. He also made memorable appearances as Fulgencio Capulet in Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet and Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone’s Nixon.
Sorvino is survived by three children from his first marriage with Lorraine Davis: Mira, Michael, and Amanda. Mira Sorvino won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Woody Allen's Mighty Aphrodite (1995).
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