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Michael Moore’s Weinstein Lawsuit: Shady Accounting or Oscar-Timed Hit?

Posted on February 8, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Earlier today we were tickled by tales of Bob and Harvey Weinstein’s genius early ’80s sexifying shenanigans , but this afternoon brings allegations of shady accounting and legal chicanery lobbied by none other than former collaborator Michael Moore, who claims the Weinsteins deceived him out of millions in profits from his 2004 documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 . Naturally, we wonder: What’s this mean for the Oscar race?

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Misogynistic Piranha 3-D Resorts to Tweeting Girl-Slapping Videos

Posted on May 25, 2010 by | Leave a comment

In this installment of “How Desperate are the Marketers of Piranha 3-D Today?”, let’s browse the Twitter feed belonging to Derrick, the soft-core porn impresario (and Piranha 3-D perv) around whose Wild Wild Girls empire the film’s viral campaign is based. And I do mean “viral,” because this is the kind of stuff that makes you wish you had some antibiotics lying around.

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Weinsteins Won’t Reclaim Miramax

Posted on May 21, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Harvey and Bob Weinstein have been working steadily over the last few months to regain their old haunt Miramax from Disney, but the LAT says the deal has fallen apart. Among the sticking points: the Weinsteins’ final bid, $625 million, wasn’t quite as high as Disney wanted. Ugh, now the brothers will have to use that money to actually release the films they have on the shelf. They hate having to do that! [ LAT ]

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On This Day: Release the Cryer!

Posted on April 16, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Happy April 16, dear reader! Time to join Movieline on another breezy expedition through the historical arcana and milestones that helped shaped the pop culture you know and love today. Honestly, April 16 is not quite the rich trove of happenings that you’re used to, but we shall make a go of it thanks to a few strategically-born men.

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5 Miramax Films the Weinsteins Can Remake To Get Out of Hock

Posted on April 16, 2010 by | Leave a comment

By now you’ve heard the feel good story of the week — hey, it was a slow week — that Harvey and Bob Weinstein are thisclose to buying back their beloved Miramax from Disney for the not-so-cheap price of $600 million. Disney has denied this , but were the sale to go through it would bring up at least one question: How the hell do the Weinstein Brothers — the same Weinstein Brothers who barely had enough money to release Youth in Revolt into theaters — plan to pay back their fellow investors (lead by billionaire financier Ron Burkle), who presumably footed a lot of this bill? One word: Remakes! Here now are the five films from the Miramax library that the Weinsteins should seriously consider revisiting.

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Weinstein Brothers Win Back Miramax [Hollywood]

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It’s like the last decade-and-a-half didn’t happen! After a fierce back-and-forth between people with lots of money, The Brothers Weinstein—financed by Billionaire Ron Burkle—have bought back the storied Miramax name and catalog. More

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BREAKING: Weinsteins Buying Back Miramax?

Posted on April 15, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Happy days are here again! Disney has reportedly chosen Harvey and Bob Weinstein’s $600 million bid to reclaim Miramax Films, the label they started 31 years ago before breaking away in a rift with… Disney, which acquired the minimajor in 1993. It’s like a giant schadenfreude sandwich on rye, but don’t worry about it. All you need to know is that if the word on the street is in fact accurate, and if the Weinsteins are restored to their place atop the Miramax food chain, and if Harvey’s power and bluster return stronger than ever, and if the Miramax name crests like a phoenix from its ashen repose on some disused back lot in Burbank, then maybe — just maybe — Hoodwinked 2 might eventually be released . Developing… [ THR ]