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Hollywood Movie Producer Harvey Weinstein Fired Amid Sexual Harassment Controversy

Harvey Weinstein is out of the company he founded.

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Just days after The New York Times published a huge feature about American film executive Harvey Weinstein reportedly paying off sexual harassment accusers, his company, The Weinstein Company, announced today that he has been terminated.

The Weinstein Company's board of directors announced the firing today in a statement, saying it made the move "in light of new information about misconduct."

Weinstein, who founded The Weinstein Company with his brother Bob, announced that he was taking a leave of absence last week after the NYT story came out. In a statement, Weinstein said, "I so respect all women and regret what happened." He added: "I cannot be more remorseful about the people I hurt and I plan to do right by all of them."

One of the biggest names in Hollywood, Weinstein won the Best Picture Oscar for 1999's Shakespeare In Love and also picked up a nomination for 2003's Gangs of New York. Among his other producing credits included films like Pulp Fiction, The Aviator, and Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

The NYT story cites anonymous Weinstein Company officials who said that Weinstein reached no fewer than eight settlements with women over the past decades. Actress Ashley Judd is among the celebrities referenced in the story. You can read it here.

Actor Mark Ruffalo spoke out against Weinstein today on Twitter. He said, "To be clear what Harvey Weinstein did was a disgusting abuse of power and horrible. I hope now we are seeing the beginning of the end of these abuses."

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Wonder if they can finally get Brian Singer now that the snowball is rolling.

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What they're not telling you is that he's been messing around with young kids for years. The woman harasser thing is just a smoke screen. Go read about it all over the web. Cover up.

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I don't know who blackened his soul along time ago, but may god have mercy on it

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Wait, they fired him instead of electing him president of the United States?

Perhaps US voters could learn something from this...

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Haha, when it comes to Hollywood this effectively skimmed the surface of a problem that has been a linchpin of its existence.

It's a good start nonetheless, but this is the first page of a long story that needs to unfold.

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Grab the P_ _ _ _ !

No seriously, big $ producers have been getting away with that kinda sh!t for years. Guess somebody wasn't having it that day.

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Gosh, that's a shame. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

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@RedWave247: huh? Is he the victim here? Pretty sure he is the one making the victims.

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@nikolistary: Sarcasm, my friend. My comment was dripping with it.

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@RedWave247: Sometimes you have point these things out by using /s

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@proxima1025: You'd think the fact I used the word "gosh" would've been a dead giveaway.

Plus, "Couldn't happen to a nicer guy" is not a compliment.

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This guy is a disgusting pig, he is trying to turn women into hookers by offering career advancement in return for sex, I am glad he finally got caught.

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@yukushi: Welcome to Hollywood.

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Dan Schneider next, please?

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I'm just here to laugh at rape apologists in the comments.

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@saturatedbutter: So basically you came here to make stuff up to satisfy your twisted troll mind? Where are these comments you speak of?

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@straightcur: yours. I'm laughing at you.

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@saturatedbutter: Okay, cause I thought if you don't side with leftist Weinstein then you're an obvious anti-semite--Trump supporter---Hitler worshiping pagan.

In which case, according to the Koran...when Jesus comes back, he plans on murdering everybody...so not to worry.

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The silence of certain actresses was deafening.

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@ToadstoolPeach: That silence is what allows more and more people to become victims.

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Half asleep here I read that as "hairy wolfenstein fired amid sexual harrassment controversy" and thought what the hell kind of marketing did they pull now.

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@koospetoors: OMG, thanks for the laugh, man xDDD

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Hollywood Twitter accounts rage every time Trump looks at something sideways yet one of their own is outed as a serial pig & next to nothing is said is by any of them. What a pack of cockroaches.

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@CrouchingWeasel: Have you been living under a rock .. loads of people are making comment ! .. It was people making comment that led to him being dismissed !

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@CrouchingWeasel: WTF are you talking about? Plenty of people in the movie industry are speaking up about this.

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Stories I've heard for years were that he was an asshole anyway. I feel no loss here. The producer is not the creative talent. We lost nothing.

Unfortunately he's not lost anything either. He's already rich as ****. People can publically lambaste him now, though, since he'll lose all clout- which is good.

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@cornbredx: The one thing The Weinstein Company had going for it, and especially Harvey Weinstein is that both were willing to take risks. I not certain of this, but I think that The Lord of the Rings would have only been a two film series, until he came on board and said 'there's three books, we should make three films'. With him now gone, will they continue to take risks? Who knows, hopefully.

Just to make it clear this is in no way a defence of his actions, I'm glad he was fired, and that it was a short and sweet firing, so as not to give him the chance to resign and look like he took the higher ground. Now we can only hope to soon hear of the firing of Andy Signore. EDIT: Seems Screen Junkies/DEFY have now terminated his employment too. Seems a bit strange that it took them until it became public to finally act.

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For shame Harvey, for shame.

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After reading the article it sounds like the guy is a creep. He's the rich equivalent to a guy running around in a trench coat flashing people.

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@Iamkalell: Do you know how you can be in a trench coat while flashing people without being a creep? Flash them with a flashlight!

... I know, my jokes suck.

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he's been terminated!¿???

ouch

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Hollywood Babylon...

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Replace him with Ari Gold!

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Be careful guys, simply asking a woman for her number is sexual harassment. Just ask Brie Larson... And allegations are enough to destroy your life by convicting you in the court of public opinion

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@straightcur: From the stories i have read or heard, he does normal guy stuff to a point, and is pleasant. When he gets shot down, he just goes for broke and jacks off in front of the woman. Or he asks dumb questions like "do you want to watch me take a shower?", which he allegedly asked Ashley Judd. Why would she want to watch that? Was he going to do a Chris Farley routine and make it funny? LOL

If he was a good or even decent looking guy with all that money, clout, and success, chances are he never gets to the desperation stage. He should have cut his loses -- instead, he's booted from his own company.

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@straightcur: In some cases I get what you are saying just being a guy seems to be a crime sometimes .. but in this instance I think its pretty clear !

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@straightcur: Except he admitted it himself. Read the article before commenting (Both you and the 4 likes you got there).

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@Warlord_Irochi: Just to be clear, I never at any time said that this man was innocent. Nowhere in my comment did i say that at all. Perhaps you should read the comments that you are replying to.

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@straightcur: Yes. I'm absolutely sure that the total convenience in timing and chance to divert attention from the topic being discussed was totally coincidental in your case.

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@Warlord_Irochi: So Ms Larson can make ridiculous statements in response to this situation and we cant comment on it? There is a constant push towards the assumption that men are guilty if a woman says so. We need to fight at all times for proper justice and the presumption of innocence. Also, this mentality from certain extremists that simply being attracted to a woman and asking her out is somehow an assault, needs to be stopped. Men are not evil. It needs to be ok that we can defend ourselves and each other while punishing the actual abusers.

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@straightcur: Are you daft? Did you read his response?

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@superklyph: Did you read my comment? (try again)

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@straightcur: yea there are plenty instances where the allegations are ridiculous. But that many payouts? Come on now. And he didn't deny It. Sooooo yea. Doesn't look good on his part.

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@straightcur: i was a judge in that court......now i'm merely an usher in the court......

*ushers you out*

^Just messing with ya a little lolz

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