H’wood giant losing Best ‘Pitcher’ at the Oscars
Hollywood insiders are taking sides over whether Harvey Weinstein’s sexual-harassment allegations will spell the end of his Oscar winning streak.
This year, The Weinstein Company has two films that could be awards bait: “Wind River” starring Jeremy Renner, and “The Current War” with Benedict Cumberbatch as Thomas Edison and Michael Shannon as George Westinghouse.
But one Oscars insider predicts that “the industry will turn its back on Harvey” after his sexualharassment allegations.
But another Hollywood insider countered, “I would like to think that the Academy doesn’t hold this against the filmmakers.”
Weinstein has long been an Oscars magician whose aggressive campaigning has managed to nab nominations even for dark horses like the 2000 film “Chocolat” and Kate Winslet for her role in 2008’s “The Reader.”
He also engages in cagey smear campaigns, sources have said.
A source close to The Weinstein Company told Page Six of Harvey’s either suspension or leave of absence, “Well, they just lost our key Academy Awards strategist.”