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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: The Weinstein Company

The Weinstein Company stories: 8 news summaries

 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

(Newser) - Harvey Weinstein can breathe a sigh of relief. Inglourious Basterds mowed down the competition at the box office yesterday with an estimated haul of $14.3 million, reports Variety. That makes it Tarantino’s best opening ever, and the second-highest R-rated opener August has ever seen—behind More »

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box office • The Weinstein Company • movie industry • Inglourious Basterds • District 9

 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

OPINION

 Doubling Best-Pic 
 Nominations 
 a Winning Move 

Dark Knight, Wall-E would have been in running

Jun 25, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - We should all thank the Academy for its decision to double the number of Best Picture nominees next year, writes Lane Brown in New York. A few reasons why:
  • More “crowd-pleasing hits” will be in the running, meaning a ratings jump—which in turn means more exposure for
... More »

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Academy Awards • film • The Dark Knight • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences • The Weinstein Company • Vicky Cristina Barcelona • Wall-E • Oscars • The Wrestler • Doubt • Best Picture

NBC Releases
Project Runway
to Lifetime

Legal jousting over, show back in summer
to face Bravo knockoff

Apr 2, 09 9:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a nearly season-long hiatus, Project Runway will finally be back on air this summer, the Washington Post reports. In an out-of-court deal, the Weinstein Co. has agreed to pay NBC for allowing the show to move to Lifetime. And—as is common in the fashion world—NBC plans to... More »

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television • reality TV • fashion • NBC Universal • Project Runway • The Weinstein Company • Lifetime • Isaac Mizrahi • Tim Gunn • Kelly Rowland

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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

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

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