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...Where Harvey Weinstein goes, Hollywood follows. And Harvey Weinstein is jetting off to Asia...
...last old fashioned film moguls, having built indie studio Miramax from the ground up, Weinstein and his quieter brother Bob are known in the biz for their flash and their foresight. They make bold choices - such as producing Quentin Tarantino's edgy Pulp Fiction in 1994 and bringing Hong Kong visionary Wong Kar-Wai to American screens in 1996 - that are considered brilliant and inspire packs of copycats...
...earlier this month, when Harvey announced that his new venture, The Weinstein Company (TWC), will oversee a $285 million dollar fund toward the production and distribution of 31 "Asian films," the industry was in a muddle over whether this was a lavish pronouncement or just plain smart business sense. The move is expected to help the company cut costs, and it may also allow the Weinsteins to stake a claim on the growing market of Asian film viewers...
...Weinstein said of the Inspector General's report, "This is a victory, but a Pyrrhic victory. The Pentagon's response has been at best tepid." He predicts that the Inspector General's recommendation for "appropriate corrective action" will be interpreted leniently. However, he says, "this supports what we've been saying, that a Christian Taliban is running the military...
Such rhetoric is fairly typical of Weinstein, who claims that he has faced a retaliatory campaign of harrassment and threats, some of violence. The new Inspector General's report will hardly reduce the flow of Weinstein's hate mail. But it constitutes an instance of official support for some of his concerns...