Harvey Weinstein

Harvey Weinstein Cops to Some Laughable 'For Your Consideration' Ads - Posted December 2, 2011
There has always been the perception that some awards season ads taken out by the studios and plastered with a solemn "For Your Consideration" tease are solely for the benefit of the clients in question. Much like a big fat billboard on Sunset Blvd. for a likely big fat flop, these... [FishbowlLA]

Gawker's Nick Denton on Boredom, Commenters, and Niche Audiences - Posted November 16, 2011
[caption id="attachment_30292" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="An image from Deadspin's Tiger Woods coverage."][/caption] Gawker Media founder Nick De... [PRNewser]

Sharon Waxman Enjoys a Hotel du Cap Nightcap - Posted May 16, 2011
Over the weekend, The Wrap's doyenne Sharon Waxman filed a freewheeling dispatch... [FishbowlLA]

Eliot Spitzer on Working for CNN: 'I'm having a barrel of fun!' - Posted April 27, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE Although it might not seem like it given the sheer numbers of journalists reporting from England this week, there are plenty of media folk and fashion mavens who aren't headed out of town to cover that little get-together at Westminster Abbey on Friday. The dining room at Michael's was... [FishbowlNY]

Eliot Spitzer on Working for CNN: 'I'm having a barrel of fun!' - Posted April 27, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE Although it might not seem like it given the sheer numbers of journalists reporting from England this week, there are plenty of media folk and fashion mavens who aren't headed out of town to cover that little get-together at Westminster Abbey on Friday. The dining room at Michael's was... [SocialTimes.com]

TIME Toasts the 100 Most Influential... - Posted April 27, 2011
[caption id="attachment_37546" align="alignleft" width="250" caption="Credit: PATRICK MCMULLAN/PatrickMcMullan.com "][/caption] TIME magazine hosted in New York last night the TIME 100 Gala to honor their annual list of the "100 Most Influential People in the World." This year's list included domestic po... [FishbowlDC]

Newsweek Has a Winner with 'My Favorite Mistake' - Posted April 11, 2011
Dennis Quaid is making a lot of media waves today with his cocaine confessional in Newsweek. As he should - it's an incredibly candid first-person recollection of how h... [FishbowlLA]

Rachel Uchitel Creates A Stir at Michael's - Posted March 30, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE Having covered the scene at Michael's for some time now, I've been witness to plenty of Fellini-esque tableaus where the head-spinning mix of stars and strivers, masters of the universe, and alien-like actors never ceases to amuse and occasionally amaze me, but today was off the charts. What started... [FishbowlLA]

Separate Tables for Jann Wenner and Neal Boulton - Posted March 16, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE We were grateful that several faithful Lunch readers emailed to let us know Bill Clinton was at Michael's yesterday. Thanks guys! I guess Mr. Clinton didn't get the memo stipulating that all A-list... [FishbowlNY]

'Miral' U.N. Premiere Causes Controversy - Posted March 16, 2011
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Harvey Weinstein, Evelyn Lauder and A Few Football Moguls - Posted February 9, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE We missed Al Gore and a bearded Keith Olbermann by a day. A little birdie told us Current... [FishbowlLA]

Harvey Weinstein, Evelyn Lauder and A Few Sports Moguls - Posted February 9, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE We missed Al Gore and a bearded Keith Olbermann by a day. A little birdie told us Current... [FishbowlNY]

Tidbits: Gap Exec Ouster, Startups, Trash Talking, and More - Posted February 1, 2011
The Gap exec responsible for the catastrophe that was their logo redesign has been shown the door after 24 years with the company. Marka Hansen was... [PRNewser]

Tangling with Jack Valenti - Posted October 14, 2010
Nothing gets the Hollywood entertainment media community going quite like the MPAA's occasional puritanical habit of slapping an NC-17 rating on some unsuspecting piece of film art. The latest casualty, at least until Harvey Weinstein gets to the bottom of things, is Blue Valentine, a 2010 Sundance and Cannes entry starring... [FishbowlLA]

Democratic Operative Turned Glenn Beck's Publicist - Posted October 28, 2009
The Washington Post profiles Matthew Hiltzik, personal publicist to, among others, Glenn Beck. The story wonders how a former democratic operative -- he worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate ca... [TVNewser]

Lunch: A Smiling Anna Wintour, Hungry Brian Williams, & A Tasty Mogul Stew - Posted October 21, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE They were dishing like it was 1999 today at Michael's where it was SRO at the bar and in the lounge and filled with movers and shakers of every stripe in the dining room. I got a serious case of whiplash trying to keep track of it all. Between... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch: Cindi Leive, Harold Ford, Jr. & The Gang - Posted June 10, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE We heard we missed quite a scene yesterday when the dining room was filled with the likes of dirty joke diva Sarah Silverman, ... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch: Barry Diller (on a Vespa!), Harvey Weinstein & Judge Judy - Posted May 6, 2009
— DIANE CLEHANE Maybe it was because it finally stopped raining for five minutes, but the power-lunchers were out in force today at Michael's. There was a crowd gathering in the lounge before noon waiting for tables. Of course, most of the regulars breezed in at their appointed hours, making su... [FishbowlNY]

Glamour Women of the Year Awards: 'I'd Like to Thank My Mother' - Posted November 11, 2008
Last night's Glamour Women of the Year Awards ceremony held at Carnegie Hall was a rare thing — interesting and inspiring all at the same time (and how often can you say that?!) We've all heard more than once in the last twelve months that regardless of the outc... [FishbowlNY]

Finke Inserts Herself Into Weinstein/Rudin Scrap - Posted September 30, 2008
Blogger Nikki Finke, as is her wont, has placed herself smack in the middle of this true Hollywood showdown between producers ... [FishbowlLA]

Harvey Weinstein Owes Nikki Finke $1 Million - Posted September 30, 2008
Rupert Murdoch may be losing a millions dollars a day this year, but he's not alone! ... [FishbowlNY]

Lunch: Charlie Rose, Joe Scarborough, and the Summer Die-Hards - Posted August 6, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE With the dog days of summer upon us, the usual suspects at Michael's are soldiering on over their Cobb salads until it's time to take off those last few weeks of the month to the Hamptons, Nantucket or some other sun-filled spot ... [FishbowlNY]

Tarantino Pleas with Universal to Take 'Bastards' - Posted July 30, 2008
Quentin Tarantino's first period piece about World War II, called "Inglorious Bastards," may end up at Universal Pictures... [FishbowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 07.25.08 - Posted July 25, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli aft... [FishbowlDC]

Everybody Wants to be a Blogga: Portfolio Launches 'Playas' - Posted July 24, 2008
Portfolio has launched a new blog called "Playas." Do you need to know more than that? Playas? Apparently it's the early nineties? Anyway, the blog will "bring you the thoughts and insights of some of the brightest minds in business," and will be "guest edited by celebrit... [FishbowlNY]

Larry King's Gift to the World: Himself - Posted July 14, 2008
Harvey Weinstein announced today that the publishing arm of The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to publish Larry King's "definitive autobiography," What Am I Doing Here? I... [TVNewser]

Terry Semel Inspired As He Chats Up His Former Yahoo! Colleagues - Posted July 10, 2008
Dan Cox, on special assignment for FishbowlLA, covering the 2008 Sun Valley Media Conference.In the Sun Valley Lodge bar last night, where all the good deals are made, an informal pow-wow of sorts for Yahoo! executives and their new partners Google Inc. was underway... [FishbowlLA]

Who is Who? New York's '2,109' Most Notable - Posted July 7, 2008
We all know "notable" New Yorkers never get tired of hearing about themselves, much as the blogosphere never tires of writing about them. To that end, Gawker is reporting th... [FishbowlNY]

Weinstein To Sign WGA Deal - Posted January 10, 2008
The WGA is making side deals left and right. Biggie Harvey Weinstein says he's getting a contract similiar to the one Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner wrangled for UA. And not a moment too soon: One project that will im... [FishbowlLA]

Tracking Down Mrs. X With "Nanny Diaries" Scribes - Posted August 24, 2007
Harvey Weinstein is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who can accurately reveal the identity of the real Mrs. X as portrayed onscreen by Laura Linney in "The Nanny Diaries." And The New York Post reports that ... [FishbowlLA]

Trade Round-Up: August 21, 2007 - Posted August 21, 2007
Variety's Daniel Frankel and Ben Fritz tag team on a story about the drama surrounding Paramount and DreamWorks Animation's DVD decisions. Paper announced on Tuesday that the studios have exclusively picked HD DVD for all future releases. The story details the move, saying that it's th... [FishbowlLA]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted May 23, 2007
Does Our Girl-Crush Have The Hots For Johnny Depp? It appears so. In yet another maddeningly wonderfully written review (sigh) Carino Chocano says she'd rather see Depp "dine with relish on half a peanut than sit through... [FishbowlLA]

Weinstein Books' Thin Fall Catalog - Posted May 21, 2007
Last year, Harvey Weinstein's book division at Miramax scored a mini-coup with the Spy magazine anthology. We just received the renamed Weinstein Books debut fall catalog, and ... well, let's put it this way: When the cornerstone of your catalog is a Chris Elliott spoof of Jon Krakauer... [FishbowlNY]

Inside The Time 100 Party - Posted May 9, 2007
America Ferrera and John Mayer It's arguably the most exclusive magazine party of the year. (Graydon Carter's Vanity's Fair Oscar party perhaps being the other.) John Edwards mingled with John Mayer. Sir Richard Branson (just back f... [FishbowlNY]

Complete This Helvetica Statement - Posted April 6, 2007
From here, it certainly seems like Helvetica is going to change the world. We loved it. Alice Rawsthorn, ... [UnBeige]

LAT in 90 Seconds - Posted January 22, 2007
Coachella Is All the 'Rage': Coachella announced the headliners for the three-day festival that begins April. 27. Yes, there is Rage Against the Machine and the reformation of ... [FishbowlLA]