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.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is the 45th and current president of the United States. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality. Trump was born and raised in the New York City borough of Queens, and received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Wharton School. He took charge of his family's real-estate business in 1971, renamed it The Trump Organization, and expanded its operations from Queens and Brooklyn into Manhattan.
The company built or renovated skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. Trump later started various side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. He owned the Miss Universe and Miss USA beauty pageants from 1996 to 2015, and produced and hosted The Apprentice, a reality television show, from 2003 to 2015. Forbes estimates his net worth to be $3.1 billion.
‘SNL’s Weekend Update: Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine “A Tough Subject To Make Jokes About,” But Punchlines Land On Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump & More
deadline.comIt’s a daunting task to crack jokes during wartime, especially days after Russia has bombarded the Ukraine, however, SNL Weekend Update hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che were fearless and eloquent in their approach to the topic.SNL knows how to play sensitive situations, classy.
Reminiscent of when they returned after 9/11 in an opener that honored first responders, NBC’s late night sketch show tonight skipped the opening skit in favor of a performance by the Ukrainian Chorus of New York.Likewise, in the Weekend Update rundown, Jost and Che threw pies in the faces of the standard beating posts, i.e.
President Donald Trump, Harvey Weinstein, and Fox News political commentator Tucker Carlson.“It’s a tough subject to make jokes about,” remarked Che toward the middle of the satirical newscast about the Russo-Ukraine crisis, “In my lifetime I’ve seen footage of attacks like this on other countries, but never a white one.”“I have a close friend who is Russian,” Che continued, “I asked her what she thought about it, and she said ‘Michael, you don’t pay me to talk, baby.'”“Russia began their invasion of Ukraine,” Jost set-up at the top of Weekend Update, “President Putin launched the attack with support from allies like Belarus and Tucker Carlson”.
The latter recently opining “The invasion of Ukraine is a humiliating defeat for Joe Biden”. The Washington Post headlined two days ago “After downplaying Russia-Ukraine conflict, Tucker Clarson shifts his tone on Putin: ‘He is to blame'”“Many analysts were surprised that Putin went through with the invasion, even though it was obviously going to be a colossal mistake,” continued Jost, “But he couldn’t back down after all that build-up.”Then taking a jab at mother network, Jost beamed,
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