Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

...film-maker - a French citizen - in Switzerland a "bit sinister". According to trade paper Screen Daily, Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is also backing the director. A lawyer acting for Mr Polanski said his client has "refused" the US...

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...an exclamation point on how flyover country feels about Polanski's raping of a 13 year old girl thirty odd years ago versus the view taken by the Hollywood crowd (Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, et al) that petitioned for his immediate release.

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...a 13-year-old in 1978. He claimed the judge in the case had reneged on a plea bargain. A host of Hollywood heavyweights have reportedly rallied to appeal for Polanski's release, including movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and director Woody Allen,...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Sharon Tate, California, U.S., Susan Atkins, Charles Manson, Rosemary's Baby, and Harvey Weinstein

...is running against Polanski -- or that Hollywood is out of step. "Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion," Weinstein said, according to the newspaper. "We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn, Martin Amis, Champagne, Bankruptcy, Los Angeles Times, and Jack Nicholson

...insult. The letters sounded like the bloggers and right-wing commentators in America who heaped scorn on Hollywood figures like Mr. Weinstein and Ms. Goldberg, who was parodied on "Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update Thursday," just as Mr....

In this article: Roman Polanski, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Respondent, Le Figaro, Le Point, Los Angeles Times, NY Times, and France

...restrict their ability to set interest rates and fees. Brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein are scrambling "to regain their golden touch in Hollywood," according to the New York Times. The paper says that they've hired financial advisers to...

In this article: Harvey Weinstein, ConocoPhillips, General Electric, Weinstein Company, Venture capital, Global warming, Financial Services Authority, Sunday Times, DVD, and Pepperdine University

...for once Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Alexander Payne, Michael Mann, Tilda Swinton and Harvey Weinstein were just a few of the big Hollywood names defending Roman Polanski after he was taken into custody last month. To recap,...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Jamie Foxx, Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein, Michael Mann, Tilda Swinton, David Lynch, Whoopi Goldberg, Woody Allen, and Alexander Payne

In an open letter, Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein called on "every U.S. filmmaker to lobby against any move to bring Polanski back to the U.S.," arguing that "whatever you think of the so-called crime, Polanski has served his time."

In this article: Roman Polanski, Los Angeles County, United States, Justice Department, Allegation, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Zurich Film Festival, Interpol, and Europe

...against the filmmaker and dismisses the categorization of Hollywood as amoral. "Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion," Weinstein said. "We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11. We...

In this article: Roman Polanski, Hollywood, Harvey Weinstein, Whoopi Goldberg, Categorization, God, Oscar, and UCLA