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    Harvey Weinstein 'Getting Healthier' by Bailing on His Businesses

    Harvey Weinstein's Desperate Hunt For More Cash

    Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins

    Weinstein Co. Is Now 25% Off

    Could The Word 'Porno' Destroy Weinstein's One Hollywood Hope?

    Project Runway Panic Temporarily Calmed

    World War Weinstein Ensues as Harvey Finds Film Scuttled by Chinese Government

    Darth Weinstein Relents, Geeks Stay Hungry as 'Fanboys' Saved From Hacky Death

    Trade Round-Up: Viacom's Healthy Q4 Only Deepens Sumner's Love For Brad
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    Image of Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter
    10/20/09

    In reply to Harvey Weinstein 'Getting Healthier' by Bailing on His Businesses
    Isn't the old "Hate the evil Weinsteins" thing a tad cliche? #harveyweinstein
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    unclevanya promoted this comment Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter was starred Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter was unstarred
    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    10/20/09

    @Tiger Lourdes: Zombie Hunter: Only if and when the concept of evil itself becomes cliché. #harveyweinstein
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    unclevanya was starred unclevanya was unstarred
    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    09/25/09

    In reply to Harvey Weinstein's Desperate Hunt For More Cash
    Freaking Harvey thought he ruled the world - jamming Gwyneth Paltrow's Oscar down our collective throats. His empowerment is marketing because Shakespeare in Love wasn't a "great film", nor was The Crying Game. He can market a mediocre movie with a gimmick like you the viewer should be trembling with delight at paying $12.

    He's the Wizard of Oz, no more, no less.
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    FormerEnglishMajor was starred FormerEnglishMajor was unstarred
    Image of Chore Boy Chore Boy
    09/25/09

    In reply to Harvey Weinstein's Desperate Hunt For More Cash
    You want generate some new cash? Three words - Bikini Barrista Hut
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    Edited by Chore Boy at 09/25/09 12:15 PM Chore Boy was starred Chore Boy was unstarred
    Image of TabithaIapetus TabithaIapetus
    09/25/09

    @saythatscool: I was thinking he should become a Craigslist prostitute... but he should seriously consider advertising with someone else's picture
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    TheBusinessGuy promoted this comment TabithaIapetus was starred TabithaIapetus was unstarred
    Image of TheBusinessGuy TheBusinessGuy
    09/25/09

    @TabithaIapetus: All producers are Craigslist prostitutes.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    09/25/09

    @saythatscool: Damn right. I'd pay foldin' money to watch Whipped Cream, The Musical.
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    BadUncle was starred BadUncle was unstarred
    Image of Niko Bellic Niko Bellic
    08/24/09

    In reply to Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
    Well if America can't sell atrocities committed from a moral high ground to the world, it must mean that the art of film making is just a waste of time!
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    Edited by Niko Bellic at 08/24/09 2:07 PM Niko Bellic was starred Niko Bellic was unstarred
    Image of sarrible sarrible
    08/24/09

    @Niko Bellic: I wonder how it'll play in Germany.
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    sarrible was starred sarrible was unstarred
    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    08/24/09

    In reply to Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
    What about Project Runway? Didn't it do well on Lifetime? Give the guy a break. He had a good week. I can't believe I'm saying this, but don't write his obit yet (even though karmically the man is prolly unsalvageable).
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    RonMwangaguhunga was starred RonMwangaguhunga was unstarred
    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    08/24/09

    @RonMwangaguhunga: Isn't the PR money already made and spent on Harvey's end? Lifetime paid TWC for the rights some time ago, and now Lifetime makes its money in ad revenue.
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    Edited by unclevanya at 08/24/09 1:34 PM unclevanya was starred unclevanya was unstarred
    Image of FormerEnglishMajor FormerEnglishMajor
    08/24/09

    In reply to Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
    This made $65 mil worldwide this weekend. Can't they extrapolate out what it will earn worldwide now? Isn't the fall-off rate after the opening weekend like >50%, so maybe it will earn $150 mil total?

    They paid $100 mil; Brad Pitt gets $30 mil; $20 mil left, Universal gets half, so Weinstein is left with, maybe $10 taxable million at the end of the day? I'd say put a fork in Harvey, but I'm afraid he'd blow around the room and end up in a crumpled heap.
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    FormerEnglishMajor was starred FormerEnglishMajor was unstarred
    Image of smithhimself smithhimself
    08/24/09

    In reply to Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
    The other problem is that -- in order to get Brad Pitt -- they agreed to pay him 20% first dollar gross.

    First dollar gross means an adjusted gross participation payable from the first dollar of receipts. Also...

    Payment to movie theaters increases and payment to studio decreases on each successive week of release.

    My general feeling is that the film will make money after DVD sales, but Harvey is definitely not out of the dark woods because of this film.

    A personal comment: virtually every article about Weinstein Co. -- including the Times piece -- has been completely clueless about how studios, etc...make their profit.
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    smithhimself was starred smithhimself was unstarred
    Image of contradicto contradicto
    08/24/09

    In reply to Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
    I couldn't stand this movie.
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    contradicto was starred contradicto was unstarred
    Image of stanner stanner
    08/24/09

    @contradicto: Me neither. People kept telling me to sit the hell down.
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    snugbug promoted this comment stanner was starred stanner was unstarred
    Image of snugbug snugbug
    08/24/09

    In reply to Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
    A $35 mil marketing budget, and not a penny of it spent on someone to proof their tagline! It's "Once upon a time in Nazi-occupied France...," you basterds!
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    Edited by snugbug at 08/24/09 10:04 AM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of Swordfish Swordfish
    08/24/09

    @snugbug: agreed: yingyangs.
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    Image of Cheap Shot Cheap Shot
    08/24/09

    In reply to Inglourious Basterds Won't Save Weinsteins
    Saw it yesterday. While being suspenesful and fun, I wasn't totally blown away in end.

    I thought The Weinsteins were against long cuts like Quentin Tarantino's last flop?
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    Cheap Shot was starred Cheap Shot was unstarred
    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    12/10/08

    In reply to Weinstein Co. Is Now 25% Off
    To be fair, Nine looks like it will be, at the very least, quite easy on the eyes:


     Reply
    unclevanya was starred unclevanya was unstarred
    Image of richardmarxhatesmyhair richardmarxhatesmyhair
    12/10/08

    In reply to Weinstein Co. Is Now 25% Off
    I got it!


    Shakespeare in Love: 2 Electric Boogaloo!

     Reply
    richardmarxhatesmyhair was starred richardmarxhatesmyhair was unstarred
    Image of Sproing Sproing
    12/10/08

    @richardmarxhatesmyhair: The English Patienter.
     Reply
    Sproing was starred Sproing was unstarred
    Image of unclevanya unclevanya
    12/10/08

    @Sproing: Chicago 2: When You're Good to Blago, Blago's Good to You
     Reply
    unclevanya was starred unclevanya was unstarred
    Image of GuyBitchy GuyBitchy
    10/30/08

    In reply to Could The Word 'Porno' Destroy Weinstein's One Hollywood Hope?
    If Obama wins big and this movie fails miserably, I may have to start going to temple again...
     Reply
    GuyBitchy was starred GuyBitchy was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/30/08

    In reply to Could The Word 'Porno' Destroy Weinstein's One Hollywood Hope?
    Aside from the poster, which is funny, the rest of the ad campaign is ridiculous. The commercials are utterly and completely unfunny, don't make any sense, and then wind up with a totally gratuitous shot of Rogen's pasty white flab dancing.


    It's the least attractive, least funny commercial I've ever seen. It turns me off the movie entirely.

     Reply
    Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/30/08

    @Pope John Peeps II: And the highlight always seems to be David Allen Grier or whatever his name is quietly uttering the words "Her name Bubbas" in a very Bubba-from-Forrest-Gump-esque-black-man-retard-speech-impediment voice. God. Awful.
     Reply
    Pope John Peeps II was starred Pope John Peeps II was unstarred
    Image of bluebears bluebears
    10/30/08

    @Pope John Peeps II: wait, what are you saying? that the joke, "how about a beer? I'll take 3!" is NOT hilarious???
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    bluebears was starred bluebears was unstarred
    Image of rajmahall rajmahall
    10/30/08

    @Pope John Peeps II: That's Craig Robinson. The line is, "Her name is Bubbles."
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    rajmahall was starred rajmahall was unstarred
    Image of City_Dater City_Dater
    10/30/08

    @rajmahall:


    The line might be "her name is Bubbles" on the page but the unfortunate actor is saying "her name Bubbles" -- because apparently in the same Kevin Smith universe where beautiful women are destined to mate with extremely unbeautiful men, 21st century men of color speak in a slave dialect from "Gone with the Wind."
    Sometimes I am just so filled with loathing for white middle-aged doofuses and the lame shit they find funny and reassuring.

     Reply
    City_Dater was starred City_Dater was unstarred
    Image of NinaHagen NinaHagen
    10/30/08

    In reply to Could The Word 'Porno' Destroy Weinstein's One Hollywood Hope?
    I really need to see yet another film where the fat guy gets the hot chick.
     Reply
    NinaHagen was starred NinaHagen was unstarred
    Image of Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith
    10/30/08

    @NinaHagen: How about a sitcom? Unfunny comedian schlub and his unrealistically hot wife.

    Bonus points if casual racism is invoked.
     Reply
    Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith was starred Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith was unstarred
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