New York Post

H’wood giant losing Best ‘Pitcher’ at the Oscars

- Ian Mohr

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.”

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