Harvey Weinstein Articles

Asa Butterfield, Jude Law in Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Oscar Predictions: Best Picture THE ARTIST In early 1996, the Best Picture win of Mel Gibson’s Braveheart wasn’t a surprise, as the Producers Guild/Directors Guild award winner Apollo 13 had failed to be shortlisted in the Academy Awards’ Best Director category. In fact, Ron Howard’s DGA win — much like Steven Spielberg’s for The Color Purple a [...]

Jean Dujardin, Uggie the dog, The Artist Our prediction for the Best Picture Academy Award: Michel Hazanavicius‘ The Artist. Why The Artist? No, not because of some sociohistorical/psychological significance that various pundits have ascribed to the Hazanavicius’ movie and its effect on members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. That’s not only total b.s., but a blatant misreading of both the (brilliant) [...]

Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love The early 2003 Robert Wise/Martin Scorsese/Gangs of New York Oscar campaign scandal wasn’t the first time that Miramax and its big boss, Harvey Weinstein, were accused of aggressive Oscar campaigning. Following the unexpected 1999 Best Picture win of Miramax’s John Madden-directed romantic comedy Shakespeare in Love over DreamWorks’ Steven Spielberg-directed World War II drama Saving Private Ryan, New [...]

Oscar Campaign Scandal Pt.2: Robert Wise’s Oscar Ad a Rebuff to William Goldman’s Attack on Martin Scorsese/GANGS OF NEW YORK Whether or not because of the furor over the Murray Weissman-Robert Wise (photo) ad, despite its ten nominations Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York failed to win a single Academy Award on Oscar night 2003. But if there was any ill will against Harvey Weinstein [...]