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...something was amiss. The party seemed more crowded than cool. Kidman walked the red carpet, lingered on the fringes, then told friends she just wanted to go home and take a bath. And there was the final sketch of the evening. Miramax co-chairman Harvey Weinstein and DreamWorks co-owner Jeffrey Katzenberg, both players in this year's especially combative Oscar race, took the stage in gladiator uniforms for a mock therapy session that hit a little too close to home. "You fat f___!" exclaimed Katzenberg at one point, echoing a sentiment not uncommon in Hollywood but usually muttered behind...
...dirt in the '80s with the success of small, quirky films like sex, lies, and videotape, then exploded with big hits, including The Crying Game and Pulp Fiction. It reached critical mass with Best Picture winners The English Patient and Shakespeare in Love during the late '90s. The brothers--Harvey especially--seemed to have a knack for seeing around the zeitgeist and an unerring eye for talent. Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck became part of the Miramax stable, the newest cool kids' table in Hollywood...
Along the way, the company was acquired by Disney for $60 million, which gave the Weinsteins the clout (and the wallet) to hustle, bully and outspend the competition. Hit Man Harvey and Backroom Bob became as notorious as any WWF tag-team champions. For Harvey, a fearsome tank of a man with the temper and competitive streak of Bobby Knight, screams, threats and smears were simply standard operating procedure. Miramax executives, says a producer, "are like victims of abuse." Harvey became famous for his office tantrums, along with his combative intrusiveness during contract negotiations and his micromanaging of production...
According to publisher Peter Harden, of Harden's Guides, writing up department store eateries can be tricky. "We have reviewed only one department store restaurant, Harvey Nichols," he says. "When we gave them a bad review they refused to carry our books in their store. That kind of behavior can make reviewing these restaurants a delicate situation." Harvey Nichols' Dominic Ford points out that the store carries only two restaurant guidebooks, including the Zagat Survey, which gave his restaurant a mixed review. "I would not refuse to stock a book based on a bad review," says Ford. "I have just...
Harden and Zagat both acknowledge that for a restaurant to be reviewed it has to be mentioned by the people who fill out their surveys. "Harrods and Selfridges in-store restaurants hardly ever come up, even though I am sure they have good food," says Harden. "Harvey Nichols' restaurant is open at night, which makes it a destination restaurant rather than a place you stumble into for lunch while shopping...