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.
Showtime drops Louis C.K. #MeToo documentary: source
foxnews.comA documentary that reportedly followed the downfall of Louis C.K. post #MeToo scandal has been scrapped by Showtime. "The project is no longer moving forward at Showtime," a source confirmed with Fox News Digital.
The disgraced comedian admitted to sexual misconduct allegations in 2017 after the release of a bombshell report with detailed experiences from five women claiming C.K.
masturbated in front of them without their consent. Despite his fall from grace at the time, C.K. returned to the spotlight to win a Grammy award in 2022 for his "Sincerely Louis C.K." album, and has since returned to the standup circuit.
Former Paramount Global executive David Nevins announced plans for the feature-length documentary last year at the Edinburgh TV Festival.
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