And the Oscar for Best Mogul Goes to...
...Harvey Weinstein of Miramax. Some say his campaign to get Martin Scorsese a Best Director nod pushes the envelope. I say, bravo Harvey!
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By Ron Grover
It's Oscar season again in Hollywood -- or, as insiders like to say, "It's Harvey-hating time." Harvey, of course, is Harvey Weinstein, the larger-than-life co-head of Miramax Film. The prestige film unit of Walt Disney (DIS ), which Harvey runs with his brother Bob, has its annual hammerlock on Oscar nominations. This year, Miramax films, which include Chicago and The Gangs of New York, collected 40 Academy Award nominations, by far the most of any studio.