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.
Usually the hosts of The View are encouraged to say everything they can — but this is one Hot Topic where Whoopi Goldberg had to hold her tongue!
Once again on the daytime talk show, the ladies were discussing the shocking moment during the Oscars when Chris Rock made a bad joke about Jada Pinkett Smith‘s new bald look (brought upon by alopecia), and Will Smith reacted by walking up to the stage and slapping the comic across the face. Related: Chris Rock’s Jada Joke Was Reportedly NOT Pre-Vetted By Oscars Team! On Tuesday’s show they had the new info of Will’s apology.
He released a statement on Instagram Monday afternoon apologizing specifically to Chris but also to the Academy and show producers, writing: So moderator Whoopi put it to the rest of the table what they thought of the apology.
Eventually the talk turned to consequences, and the ladies seemed to agree that even if they understood how Will could have reacted how he did, he still should face consequences for his act of violence.
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