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Have you noticed that Harvey Weinstein has been more public this year than ever before? The co-chairman of the Weinstein Company has won back to back Best Picture Oscars with “The King’s Speech” and “The Artist.” His company’s debt is settled and he’s in a good place for this fall with four potential hits: “The Master,” “Django Unchained,” “Lawless,” “Killing Them Softly.” He has also the leading foreign film, “The Intouchables,” which has won raves and brought in lots of people to theaters. Everyone loves this movie. Plus this fall he’ll also release “The Sapphires” featuring music by Sam & Dave. In this new interview in Fandango online, he says he will only make a movie in which he’s a character if Bill Murray plays him. It’s not a bad idea. http://www.fandango.com/movieblog/exclusive-interview-harvey-weinstein-on-intouchables-his-career-and-what-comes-next-718168.html

Roger Friedman

Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. Friedman previously wrote the Intelligencer column at New York Magazine, He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of a film about R&B Music called “Only the Strong Survive,” which was released by Miramax in 2003 and was a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.