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Harvey Weinstein used to be one of the most influential figures in the film industry, shaping the careers of actors, directors, screenwriters, and more through his production company, Miramax. Later, he founded The Weinstein Company along with his brother Bob. The producer accomplished many astounding accomplishments during his career, however, his meteoric rise came crashing down in 2017.

Harvey Weinstein / Credits: CNN

After dozens of allegations of s*xual misconduct surfaced, some dating back to the 1970s, his once-unshakable empire came crashing down. Now lodged in New York City’s Rikers Island, the once-celebrated figure is now one of the most disgraced of all time. Here is a look at how his empire went from hundreds of Oscar nods to nothing in a matter of years.

From Hollywood Mogul to a Convicted Felon: How did Harvey Weinstein end up in jail? Harvey Weinstein | Credit: The Graham Norton Show/BBC One

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by Cláudio Alves

After a litany of TIFF titles, Sweden's Opponent, and a pair of Latin American gems, let's take our Best International Film odyssey to Central Europe. There, we find a most curious couple from neighboring nations – a Swiss period piece about sexual repression and an Austrian docu-drama hybrid on an Italian celebrity. Both countries succeeded with the Academy in the past, having won twice each. Switzerland had its heyday in the last decades of the 20th century, taking the trophy for 1984's Dangerous Moves and 1990's Journey of Hope. For Austria, the triumph's more recent, with 2007's The Counterfeiters and 2012's Amour.

Thunder and Vera aren't likely victors like those past titles, but they're worth your time, nevertheless…...

Carmen Jaquier’s debut is the first title to be announced for the international category of the Academy Awards.

Carmen Jaquier’s Thunder has been selected to represent Switzerland in the best international feature film category of the 2024 Oscars.

The announcement was made by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture at Locarno Film Festival this afternoon (August 4), where the film screens in the Panorama Suisse strand, and is the first title to be announced for the international feature film category of the Academy Awards.

Set in 1900, it follows a 17-year-old girl who is preparing to take her vows at a...

Carmen Jaquier’s debut is the first title to be announced for the international category of the Academy Awards.

Carmen Jaquier’s Thunder has been selected to represent Switzerland in the best international feature film category of the 2023 Oscars.

The announcement was made by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture at Locarno Film Festival this afternoon (August 4), where the film screens in the Panorama Suisse strand, and is the first title to be announced for the international feature film category of the Academy Awards.

Set in 1900, it follows a 17-year-old girl who is preparing to take her vows at a...

Carmen Jaquier’s debut is the first title to be announced for the international cateogy of the Academy Awards.

Carmen Jaquier’s Thunder has been selected to represent Switzerland in the best international feature film category of the 2023 Oscars.

The announcement was made by Switzerland’s Federal Office of Culture at Locarno Film Festival this afternoon (August 4), where the film screens in the Panorama Suisse strand, and is the first title to be announced for the international feature film category of the Academy Awards.

Set in 1900, it follows a 17-year-old girl who is preparing to take her vows at a...

Ragalyi worked with filmmakers including Istvan Gaal, Istvan Szabo.

Elemer Ragalyi, the Hungarian cinematographer who worked with directors including Istvan Gaal and Istvan Szabo, died last week on March 30, at the age of 83.

Described by Hungary’s National Film Institute as ‘one of the greatest talents of modern Hungarian cinema’, Ragalyi shot films including Gaal’s Falcons, which won the jury prize at Cannes Film Festival in 1970.

Journey Of Hope, the Swiss feature he shot for director Xavier Koller, won the best foreign language film (now best international feature) Oscar in 1991; while Ragalyi received the Emmy for outstanding cinematography for...

Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.

Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.

Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry

An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.

Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.

A shortlist of 15 finalists is...

Michael Steiner’s comedy was a hit at 2018 Swiss box office.

Michael Steiner’s Wolkenbruch has been selected as the Swiss submission for the newly-rebranded International Feature Film category at the 2020 Academy Awards.

The film premiered at the 2018 edition of Zurich Film Festival and went on to become the most successful domestic film in Swiss cinemas for the year, selling 300,000 tickets.

Based on a novel by Thomas Meyer, the comedy tells the story of Motti, a young orthodox Jew who falls in love with non-Jewish girl Laura, and starts to doubt whether the strict ways of his family and culture...

Jennifer Garner knows how important it is to help the smallest victims of a natural disaster.

As an artist ambassador and trustee for Save the Children, the actress, 45, traveled to Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in September and found an amazing resilience in the kids she met.

“One boy told me how his mom had put the kids in a kiddie pool in chest-high waters, and she had gone under because she couldn’t swim,” Garner tells People in this week’s issue. “He’d said, ‘Throw Mama a rope!’ and saved her. Instead of saying, ‘We lost our house,...

Former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush gave the nation a rare glimpse into their experiences growing up in the public eye with their recent heartfelt open letter to Malia and Sasha Obama. Now they’re taking a big step further, sharing never-before-told anecdotes about their lives, loves and losses in a new joint memoir, Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life.

In the upcoming book, the 35-year-old twin daughters of former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush look back on the many moments that have shaped their remarkable lives — from...

It has been four years since a gunman walked into an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut and opened fire, killing 20 first-graders and six educators before turning the gun on himself.

The Sandy Hook school massacre — its violence and wrenching loss, its heartbreak — still looms large for the survivors, whose lives were irreparably changed.

But their lives did not stop. In the years since the shooting, the survivors have continued on: raising children, giving back and thinking, sometimes, of the future.

On the yearly anniversary of the shooting, on Wednesday, People spoke with three parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook.

Efp chooses panel of industry experts to select Europe’s best acting talents for its annual Berlinale showcase.

European Film Promotion, the international association of organisations promoting European cinema worldwide, has announced its European Shooting Stars jury for 2017.

The panel will select the ten most promising young actors from across Europe in early December.

Members of the jury include Hungarian actress and former Shooting Star Dorka Gyllus (Demimonde), British casting director Lucinda Syson (Batman Begins), Portuguese producer Pandora da Cunha Telles (Bridges Of Saravejo), Swiss film director Xavier Koller (Journey Of Hope) [pictured] and Swedish film editor and critic Jan Lumhold (Svenska Dagbladet).

At the upcoming Berlinale, which runs from February 9 – 19, 2017, Efp will celebrate the 20th edition of its European Shooting Stars initiative.

The Shooting Stars programme aims to bring together European talent with agents, casting directors and international media. The three-day annual event ends with its awards ceremony on February 13, where each selected actor is honoured on the...

Turkey is the literal bridge between Europe and the East and is increasingly in the news as the stopping point for 3 million refugees, mostly from Syria, seeking to flee to Europe and the U.S. and as a player in the newest battle for Mosul.Turkey, the bridge between East and West

The Antalya Film Festival feels it is imperative to show that life still goes on, and the creative and recreative power of entertainment leads the show.

Moreover, it is obvious today to those people with alert perception that men are not succeeding in ruling the world very well. Women must take on their 51% role. Let a cosmetic culture rule the world rather than a culture of arms. (Mac does happen to be a sponsor of the festival and their gifts were great, including a free makeup session for the closing night gala!).

Venus and Mars may have been lovers,...

Happy Days are ahead for Chasing Life.

Marion Ross, who famously played Mrs. C on the 1950s-set 1970s comedy, and fellow TV icon Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) have joined ABC Family’s cancer drama, per The Hollywood Reporter.

Related | ABC Family’s Chasing Life: Will You Follow April’s Journey of Hope?

Ross and Asner will play April’s (Italia Ricci) grandparents, who end up causing trouble when they visit for the holidays.

Smash alum Andy Mientus also recently joined the freshman drama, which follows an aspiring journalist who discovers she has cancer.

Chasing Life airs Tuesdays at 9/8c.

ABC Family’s Pretty Little Liars opened Season 5 on Tuesday night with 2.7 million total viewers and a 1.1 rating in the 18-49 demo, trailing both its previous premiere (3 mil/1.3) and its March finale (3.1 mil/1.3).

That said, Pll emerged as Tuesday’s No. 1 scripted program in the 12-34, Women 18-34 and Females 12-34 demos — and besides, it’s already renewed for Seasons 6 and 7!

Related | Little Liars Ep Talks Aria’s Killer Twist, Hanna’s New Crisis and More

Continuing ABC Fam’s night, Chasing Life debuted to 1.3 mil and a 0.5, down 19 percent from Twisted‘s year-ago apres-Liars premiere.

Cable’s other big Tuesday premiere,...

Pretty Little Liars‘ fifth season premiere introduced an evil new army, another dead body and a little liar’s dark side – among other things. But with new developments come new questions, so TVLine hit up executive producer Marlene King for some answers.

Related | Pretty Little Liars Season Premiere Recap: Girlz N the Hood

Below, King discusses the premiere’s “killer” twists, as well as what we can expect from the rest of Season 5 – including which member of the Pll crew will soon spiral out of control.

Tvline | Congratulations on getting picked up for Season 6 and 7.

Thanks! Yeah, it’s exciting...

ABC’s coverage of the NBA Finals Game 3 on Tuesday drew 14.8 million total viewers and a 5.9 rating (per finals), dominating the night in the demo and on par with Sunday’s Game 2.

Going up against the hoops action at least in part, NBC’s America’s Got Talent (11.5 mil/2.6) added a few eyeballs but dipped 7 percent in the demo, while The Night Shift (6.7 mil/1.5) stayed steady.

Related | 2014 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled?

Fox’s Riot (1.2 mil/0.4) and I Wanna Marry ‘Harry’ (990K/0.4) both were steady.

The CW’s Famous in 12 (630K/0.3) rose a tenth from its premiere.

At a Zurich Film Festival masterclass, the mogul also confirms plans to direct Mila 18 “sooner rather than later.”

Harvey Weinstein, speaking at a Masterclass at the Zurich Film Festival, said that this year’s Oscars race is “the most competitive season I’ve ever seen.”

He was responding to a question from the audience about Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman being moved back from November 2013 to spring 2014. Weinstein said this was simply a case of the film not being ready. “The only reason is because it just wasn’t ready…The score wasn’t ready, a lot of things weren’t ready…Also we’ve played no festivals on that movie, so it’s hard to get into an Oscar race without at least some festival exposure. The movie is going to be fantastic, and very glamorous. I think this could be bigger than My Week With Marilyn and in the same category...

At a Zurich Film Festival masterclass, the mogul also confirms plans to direct Mila 18 “sooner rather than later.”

Harvey Weinstein, speaking at a Masterclass at the Zurich Film Festival, said that this year’s Oscars race is “the most competitive season I’ve ever seen.”

He was responding to a question from the audience about Olivier Dahan’s Grace of Monaco starring Nicole Kidman being moved back from November 2013 to spring 2014. Weinstein said this was simply a case of the film not being ready. “The only reason is because it just wasn’t ready…The score wasn’t ready, a lot of things weren’t ready…Also we’ve played no festivals on that movie, so it’s hard to get into an Oscar race without at least some festival exposure. The movie is going to be fantastic, and very glamorous. I think this could be bigger than My Week With Marilyn and in the same category...

New films from Markus Imboden and Xavier Koller among new films at the Zurich Film Festival.

Xavier Koller’s Die Schwarzen Bruder and Markus Imboden’s Am Hang are among a trio of new Swiss films announced as part of the Zurich Film Festival (September 26 – October 6).

Adapted from the successful children’s book of the same name, Koller’s family-history follows chimney sweep boys who escape from the drudgery of city life back to their mountain villages. The film premieres in the festival’s new Children’s and Family Films strand.

Koller’s drama Journey of Hope won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1990.

The Foster Boy director Markus Imboden’s next effort is an adaption of Markus Werner’s novel Am Hang, in which two men get involved with a female phantom that draws them dangerously close to each other. Martina Gedeck, Henry Hübchen and Max Simonischek star.

Documentary Gergiev...

Fans of canonical children’s book The Giver were torn when word broke last year that Jeff Bridges’ big screen adaptation of the novel was finally moving forward in the development process. On one hand, Bridges’ twinkly eyes and grizzled wisdom make him a natural fit for the titular role; on the other, The Giver’s unique, simple charms may not translate well to celluloid. But one year later, those who felt ambivalent may no longer have to worry that Hollywood will ruin their favorite story — Giver author Lois Lowry doubts that the long-incubating film will ever get made at all.

By Scott Feinberg

The Hollywood Reporter

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As I predicted earlier this week, a five-member jury in Switzerland has chosen, from a shortlist of five options, Ursula Meier‘s Sister (L’enfant d’en haut) as its submission to the Academy for consideration in the best foreign language Oscar race. The French-language film, a gripping and beautifully-made drama with a third-act twist, revolves around a 12-year-old thief (Kacey Mottet Klein in only his second film), his mysterious guardian (Léa Seydoux from Midnight in Paris and Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol), and his victims (including Gillian Anderson of The X-Files). It premiered at February’s Berlin Film Festival, where Meier won a prestigious Silver Bear Award. It subsequently played at many film festivals, including the Los Angeles Film Festival in June. And it will go into limited release — courtesy of Jeff Lipsky‘s new distribution operation Adopt Films limited — on October 5.

Meier’s last film Home,...