Kate Winslet Refused To Thank 'Nasty' Harvey Weinstein In 2009 Oscar Speech. ", Streep called Weinstein's behavior "inexcusable" and an "abuse of power."

It's up to Hollywood and the people who run it to change entrenched behavior and create a place where it is safe to speak out against abuse.

He was bullying and nasty.”, MORE: Woody Allen backtracks over ‘sad’ Weinstein, Kate Winslet poses after winning the Best Actress award for The Reader at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. It’s not that the strategizing is gone completely, but the outward-facing messaging that the industry wants to telegraph is a cleaner one, and the kinds of projects and themes the Academy hopes to reward and wants the Oscars to represent seem to have galvanized in tandem with the #MeToo movement.

Good riddance. But the astonishing size, scope, and severity of the allegations against Weinstein is a beast of different color.

The actress explained why she took a stand against Weinstein years ago while promoting her new Woody Allen movie. The disgraced film producer was personally thanked or praised by name in at least 34 Academy Awards acceptance speeches from 1993 through 2016, based on a Quartz analysis of speeches through 1966 that were archived by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences*. Opinion Meryl Streep Harvey Weinstein Oscars Sexual Harrassment Five years ago, actress Meryl Streep accepted the award for best actress in a motion picture drama at the 2012 Golden Globe awards. Nationwide News Pty Limited Copyright © 2020. ", Winslet said that Weinstein's behavior surrounding "The Reader" was "disgraceful," but had nothing to do with sexual harassment. At that point, sexual abuse wasn't important enough to report on.

She said, "I remember being told. © 2020 Quartz Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Harvey Weinstein is one of the most praised people in Hollywood. Kevin: The more vicious and expensive his campaigns were, the more robust rival studios had to be in return, transforming the awards season into a mean-spirited arms race. Weinstein harassed Sydney Pollack on his deathbed. Kick off each morning with coffee and the Daily Brief (BYO coffee). Streep has worked with the movie mogul more than once, and it's hard to imagine that the 68-year-old winner of multiple Oscars was unaware of Weinstein's reputation, given that Hollywood is powered by gossip. Copyright © 2020 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. The former movie mogul, 68, was granted an honorary CBE for his contribution to the British film industry in 2004. © 2017 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. He is unlikely to rack up many more tributes. And yet Hollywood could paper the walls of a studio with the stories of his verbal and sometimes physical abuse of colleagues and employees. Kevin: Ugliness has no place in Hollywood!

Then later, with 'The Reader,' same thing, 'I'm gonna get you that Oscar nomination, I'm gonna get you a win, I'm gonna win for you.'"

Harvey Weinstein has been stripped of his CBE by the Queen.

"That was deliberate.