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...shadow of savvy Miramax Films, the ingenuity of whose Oscar campaigns is notorious. But last night SPC copped five awards (four for "Crouching Tiger" and Harden's statuette), while Miramax went Oscarless for the first time in 13 years. So no big Miramax party on Oscar night. No Harvey Weinstein gags. Miramax had to be content with laughing all the way to the bank: its giddily sleazy low-budget horror farce "Scary Movie" earned nearly $160 million. Weinstein may not mind being Samuel Goldwyn on Oscar night, so long as he can be Sam Arkoff at the domestic box office...
...this intermingling is simple. One never knows when the informal bond that arises will pay off. Spacey may have a "vanity project" (the industry term for a quirky idea driven by a star's passion or ego) turned down by other studios. Attending parties and schmoozing with Miramax honcho Harvey Weinstein lays in place a rapport that might one day be turned to advantage. For Miramax the transaction is equally simple. Spacey and others like him attract the hip-erati. Put another way, Spacey is a chic magnet...
...center of the ballroom sits Miramax co-chair Harvey Weinstein. In his speech from the stage he ruefully acknowledges that the company will probably have an empty-handed Oscar night for the first time in many years. But he rejects the view that Miramax had gone gooey with "Chocolat." "Wait till you see the first few minutes of "Gangs of New York?" he teases, referring to the long-awaited Martin Scorsese movie, which has been shooting in Italy. This is vintage Weinstein. He turns this year's Oscar disappointment into next year's Oscar anticipation. He is part Louis...
...lawsuit against HSPH which ended yesterday implicated University Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 who was dean of the school when the alleged discrimination took place. Awerbuch-Friedlander is seeking damages of $1 million in lost wages and benefits, as well as promotion at the HSPH...
...Harvey A. Silverglate...