{"id":124324,"date":"2017-10-16T21:20:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-17T01:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=124324"},"modified":"2017-10-16T21:20:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T01:20:03","slug":"producers-guild-starts-process-to-expel-harvey-weinstein-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/16\/producers-guild-starts-process-to-expel-harvey-weinstein-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Producers guild starts process to expel Harvey Weinstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_124288\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-124288\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-124288\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371.jpg\" alt=\"Weinstein has also been nominated for multiple Producers Guild Awards over the years twice for films \u201cGangs of New York\u201d and \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and twice as a producer of \u201cProject Runway.\u201d\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/shutterstock_279099371-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-124288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Weinstein has also been nominated for multiple Producers Guild Awards over the years twice for films \u201cGangs of New York\u201d and \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and twice as a producer of \u201cProject Runway.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014 In an unprecedented move, the Producers Guild of\u00a0America\u00a0has voted unanimously to institute termination proceedings for Harvey Weinstein on disciplinary grounds.<\/p>\n<p>The PGA&#8217;s National Board of Directors and Officers said Monday that Weinstein has an opportunity to respond before a final decision is made on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to move forward with the expulsion process was decided on by a group comprised of 20 women and 18 men. It comes just two days after the 65-year-old Oscar winner had his membership in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revoked.<\/p>\n<p>An email sent to Weinstein&#8217;s representative Sallie Hofmeister was not immediately returned.<\/p>\n<p>The guild, which has over 5,000 members and represents those in film, television and new media, also decided Monday to institute an anti-sexual harassment task force to research and propose solutions to what it calls a \u201csystematic and pervasive problem requiring immediate industry-wide action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PGA calls on leaders throughout the entertainment community to work together to ensure that sexual abuse and harassment are eradicated from the industry,\u201d said PGA presidents Gary Lucchesi and Lori McCreary in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In 2013 Weinstein and his brother Bob Weinstein were given the Milestone Award by the PGA, which is considered the Guild&#8217;s highest honour and is intended to recognize those who have made historic contributions to the entertainment industry. Other recipients include Walt Disney, Steven Spielberg and James Cameron.<\/p>\n<p>Weinstein has also been nominated for multiple Producers Guild Awards over the years twice for films \u201cGangs of New York\u201d and \u201cShakespeare in Love\u201d and twice as a producer of \u201cProject Runway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The guild has terminated memberships in the past for failure to pay dues, but Weinstein is the first to have been voted for expulsion on disciplinary grounds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES\u2014 In an unprecedented move, the Producers Guild of\u00a0America\u00a0has voted unanimously to institute termination proceedings for Harvey Weinstein on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":124288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[24309,18205,28087,28085,28084,28086],"class_list":["post-124324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-academy-of-motion-picture-arts-and-sciences","tag-harvey-weinstein","tag-pgas-national-board-of-directors-and-officers","tag-producers-guild-of-america","tag-producers-guild-starts-process-to-expel-harvey-weinstein","tag-weinstein","mauthors-lindsey-bahr","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}