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NEWS ABOUT: Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein stories: 9 news summaries

Roman Polanski Will Fight Extradition: Lawyer 

French, Polish ministers ask Clinton for leniency

Sep 28, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roman Polanski is “shocked and dumbfounded” by the Swiss government’s decision to arrest him but is “in fighting mood” and won't be extradited easily, his lawyer said today. Diplomatic wrangling continued over Polanski’s fate, as the French and Polish foreign ministers said they had written to... More »

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Poland • France • Switzerland • Harvey Weinstein • Roman Polanski • child rape • Monica Bellucci • Fanny Ardant

 Weinstein Co. in Trouble, 
 Despite Success of Basterds 

Company needs more hits to pull itself out of debt

Sep 25, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Inglourious Basterds’ success has provided a stay of execution for Weinstein Co., but the firm needs several more blockbusters like it to stay afloat, sources tell the Wall Street Journal reports. The 4-year-old company hasn’t released as many films as it thought it would, but it’s... More »

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Harvey Weinstein • Miramax • The Weinstein Company • movie financing • financing • Inglourious Basterds • Bob Weinstein

 Weinsteins to Basterds: 
 Please Save Our Careers 

Fallen Miramax founders desperate for Hollywood comeback

Aug 16, 09 3:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once Hollywood’s highbrow hitmakers, Bob and Harvey Weinstein are hitless, humbled, and hoping that a movie about Nazi-killers can save them, the New York Times reports. They once raked in Oscars by producing films like Pulp Fiction and The English Patient, but since leaving Miramax to start their own... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • Harvey Weinstein • Miramax • The Weinstein Company • movies • Inglourious Basterds • Bob Weinstein

 HBO's Unlikely New Series 
 Offers No Sex, Violence    

Network looks to PG series to rekindle viewers' interest

Mar 20, 09 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - HBO's newest series one has nothing to do with single New Yorkers or mobsters in New Jersey. The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith, is more like a younger, Botswanan version of Miss Marple—in a good way. R&B singer Jill Scott... More »

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HBO • Harvey Weinstein • Botswana • TV series • Anthony Minghella • Sydney Pollack • Alexander McCall Smith • Jill Scott • The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

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Off-Screen
Bickering Spoils Project Runway

No designers at Friday's finale as 6th season stuck in court

Feb 19, 09 1:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Cattiness on Project Runway is part of the show's distinctive flavor, but it's legal wrangling between networks and producers that has kept the whole 6th season off the air. As a result, the finale, a live event tomorrow at New York Fashion Week, will be completely anonymous: Designers will be... More »

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reality TV • NBC Universal • Harvey Weinstein • Fashion Week • Bravo • Project Runway • The Weinstein Company • Lifetime

(Newser) - Just 22% of Americans say Jews run Hollywood, and one Jew is insulted: "It just shows how dumb America has gotten," Joel Stein writes in the Los Angeles Times. "Jews totally run Hollywood." Looking through the trades, he could find only eight Gentiles holding powerful positions... More »

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television • Hollywood • film • Jews • Brad Grey • Harvey Weinstein • Jewish

Weinsteins Sign 7-Year Deal
With Showtime

Films will replace slate lost when Paramount bailed in April

Jul 15, 08 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Showtime and the Weinstein Company have inked an exclusive 7-year movie deal, giving the pay TV network a replacement for the slate of films it lost when Paramount, MGM, and Lionsgate decamped in April and teamed up to launch a rival network, Variety reports. Showtime had balked at what it... More »

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Hollywood • cable TV • Showtime • Paramount Pictures • Harvey Weinstein • Lionsgate • MGM • The Weinstein Company • Variety magazine

Weinstein Reaches WGA Deal

'We need to get people back to work,' mogul says of interim pact

Jan 10, 08 2:21 PM CST
(Newser) - The Weinstein Company, a prominent Hollywood independent film company, has reached an interim agreement with the striking writer’s guild, the New York Times reports. The deal is supposedly similar to that reached by United Artists last week, and its particular terms are designed to be superseded by any deal... More »

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Harvey Weinstein • Writers Guild of America • Hollywood writers' strike • United Artists • Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers • The Weinstein Company

Dylan Flick Coming Soon to (1 or 2) Screens Near You

Starting small, even with big star power

Aug 21, 07 5:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A little movie looking for a crowd will open on only 4 screens this fall, but its distributor boasts that “I’m going to play every major city in the United States with this movie.” With Heath Ledger, Christian Bale and Cate Blanchett taking star turns in a... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Bob Dylan • musician • Todd Haynes • Cate Blanchett • Heath Ledger • Christian Bale • Harvey Weinstein • movies • Oscars

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