harvey weinstein bought the film and bought it for the whole world.the international rights. my first feature, i spent four or five years working on it. i get flown to new york. i'm in a big boardroom with 20 people who are all being very friendly. the minute harvey walks in, no—one makes eye contact again. the deal was, here's a pile of scripts — you have to make your next three films for me exclusively, or i don't release your film. and so my issue was, i'd read all the screenplays and i was like, "i don't really like them. "they're not grabbing me, but i'd love to work with you." you know, we'll find something. and he said, "no, i need a guarantee "that all three films from now on will be mine, "or i will not release the film." and i said, "i'm not a huge fan of contracts. "i've always worked for myself. "i'll do a film with who i want to work with." he said, "well, no—one will know your film exists." i was like, "well, "that's not going to make me sign a contract." so i didn't sign, so he said, "i'll kill the film". now, you must have walked away

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it's the, it's the harvey weinstein circle. remember that running past their entire red carpets of a list, there's look it over their shoulders, these days, global icons like jennifer lopez, leonardo dicaprio, mariah carey, and of course jay z and beyonce knowing what you know about p d d and his free cos. how can anyone want to listen to mariah carey will be on say beyond say in dunces, dressed in white referencing, did he and his wife parties also creepy. so i went down the rabbit hole with the whole jay z and do the thing going on. never saw us have it that this man could be a predator. but what did i know crazy things that i found out. it's true that sean did. he comes is the jeffrey epstein of the rap industry a rest jennifer lopez. she knew as well and did nothing. but, you know, dicaprio will lose everything because of duty sick animals. the call is the lawsuit has left to have the paper trail to sean carter, better known as j. v. core documents that use a to rep or as of raping a 13 year old girl in 2000. but instead of

while i was at the "new york post" at the time after harvey weinstein wass convicted of rape in new york of more men than women heard some very complicated difficult testimony from women who were alleging rape against harvey but home of whom said they maintained friendly relationship afterward or even had conceptual sexual encounters. i really thought we had taken a huge leap forward in understanding what abuse sexual abuse, abuse of power, abuse of political power really meant. that was the germ of the book. whichea i wrote like a novel. it is historical nonfiction. i wanted the reader to be in the hearts and heads of these women every step of the way state what i noticed your sources include the library of congress. the brown a popular cultural library in bowling green, kentucky which i want to know more about but not the jfk library. >> site actually did use the jfk library as a resource. it was difficult because it was still closed even after most of the world was emerging from lockdown. they were quite helpful. the first draft of camelot, jackie'sck mythologized version after the as

continued writing critically about them while i was at the "new york post" at the time, and after harvey weinstein in new york city by a jury that was composed of more men than women who hurt some very complicated, difficult testimony from women who are alleging rape against harvey, but some of them said they maintain very friendly relationships with them afterward or even had consensual sexual encounters, i really thought we had taken a huge leap understanding what abuse, sexual abuse, abuse of power, abuse of political power really meant. that was the germ of the book really, which i wrote like a novel although it is historical nonfiction because i wanted the reader to be in the hearts and the heads of these women every step of the way. >> host: i know your sources included the library of congress, the brown popular cultural library in bowling green, kentucky, what you want to know more about but not the jfk library. >> guest: actually did use jfk library as a resource. it wasas difficult because it ws still closed even after most of the world was emerging from lockdown but they were quite helpf

they're very uncomfortable. >> so that's what it was like for harvey weinstein.out mangione? what do we know about how the next few months be play out for him behind bars? >> well, so you have the state case and the federal case. those proceedings will run in parallel. the state case will likely go to trial first. we will probably not see him in court, either state or federal court until next month. we reached out to both the prosecutors and the defense team for comment. the defense team says they're not commenting right now and prosecutors didn't get back to us. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. >>> just ahead, the legendary dolly parton opening up about one of the most iconic and surprising parts of her career. you will hear about that on "popstart". >>> first, some just-revealed health benefits of coffee and why it matters when you reach for that daily cup of joe. coming up right after this. it works with your asthma medicine to help improve lung function. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems and doesn't replace a rescue inhaler. it's proven to help preve

the ivy league graduate working with a prison consultant who also represents convicted felon harvey weinsteinith nbc new york in 2020 about weinstein's first 90 days. >> they are very lonely and dark. >> stephanie gosk, nbc news. >>> an update on the nasa astronauts stuck in space, nasa leaders wrapped up a call with the astronauts on board the international space station including suni williams and suni williams were launched on a mission in june of last year. now they have spent more than nine months in space because of technical issues and delays. nbc news correspondent george solis is following those developments. what are the astronauts say about their time in space, how they are doing and the pl to come home? >> they are in good spirits. one of the things the nasa administrator wanted to make clear is the astronauts are stock -- not stuck in space, were stranded, but they are doing the work, looking forward to a spacewalk in a few days. and they are completing other missions that they have in their schedule. one of the things they want to make sure if this was not like a castaway situat

too" movement really began to take hold in almost every instance it gained national attention, harvey weinstein, bill cosby, or some media personalities. the general population coalesced around. the general default position is we should take the accuser incredibly and believe that this seems to me eand i could b wrong but this seems to me to be the first major case that shows a huge fissure in our cultural and how we look at this. you don't have people coalescing around the accuser in this case say they have some of the others. my questions are why is this one field and is the pendulum swinging in either direction and you feel a cultural shift in how people are looking. >> obviously the key distinction this is for possession of government and the highest court of landfill that automatically interjects politics. so significant number of senators opposed him before it was even out there. this doesn't make them likely developed for men but the broader issue is this for far too long in this country, this is not a new issue for me have been involved in efforts to pass legislation on a bipartisan cas

because everyone on earth who was cheering when they locked up harvey weinstein was in a photo within the day before. greatest guy! he's met oprah, the obamas, the clintons! next day, never heard of him. headline, and what you takes on this. luigi mangione is the loser who allegedly shot the united health care ceo. he is also accused of larceny after stealing those eyebrows from a greek cabdriver. [laughter] do buy this hype that women now want to date this guy or are they just losers looking for attention on social media? >> i mean, he's pretty good looking. >> jimmy: oh, no! >> buddies into charles manson. i'm waiting for him to get all the prison letters. >> jimmy: he's getting them! that's the point! he is getting them from a lot of dirtbag broken women on the left. >> his name has to be luigi? >> it kills you that he's italian, right? >> as soon as that went down i said, please don't be italian. my mother would always get upset every time -- when rudy giuliani cleaned up the mob in new york, and she was so proud of that, because every time somebody had a vowel at the end of their

movement really began to take hold, and almost every instance that gained national attention, harvey weinsteinmedia personality, the general population coalesced around the accuser and the general default position was we should take the accuser incredibly seriously, incredibly and believe them. this seems to me and he could be wrong but this seems to me to be the first major case that shows a huge fisher in our common culture and how we look at this. you don't have people coalescing around the accuser in this case the way they have in some of the others. i guess my questions are one, what is this one feel different and two, is there, is the pendulum swinging in another direction, beginning, do you feel a cultural shift and a people look at these? >> the key distinction, this is for a position and the government and the highest court in the law so that automatically inject politics into it. we should recognize a significant number of senators that oppose judge kavanaugh opposed him before this of you out there. they had announced they were not going to vote for them. this doesn't make them like

because everyone on earth who was cheering when they locked up harvey weinstein was in a photo with him the day before. greatest guy. he's with oprah. he's with the obamas. look at the clintons. but next day they're like, never heard of them anyway. taylor, there's another criminal who made headlines with the ladies. so i want your take on this. luigi mangione is the loser who allegedly shot the unitedhealthcare ceo. he's also charged with grand larceny after stealing those eyebrows from a greek cab driver. do you buy this hype that women now want to date this guy, or are they just losers looking for attention on social media, too? >> i mean, he's he's pretty good looking. oh, no, not i mean, he's a new charles manson. yeah. you know, i'm i'm waiting for him to get all the prison letters. and, you know, he's getting them. >> that's the point. he is he is getting them from a lot of, like, dirtbag, broken women on the left. go ahead. >> his name has to be luigi. i know it's killing you as an italian, right? his name has got to be luigi. this guy. this guy's got to be luigi. it's like, as

movement really began to take hold, and almost every instance that gained national attention, harvey weinsteinality, the general population coalesced around the accuser and the general default position was we should take the accuser incredibly seriously, incredibly and believe them. this seems to me and he could be wrong but this seems to me to be the first major case that shows a huge fisher in our common culture and how we look at this. you don't have people coalescing around the accuser in this case the way they have in some of the others. i guess my questions are one, what is this one feel different and two, is there, is the pendulum swinging in another direction, beginning, do you feel a cultural shift and a people look at these? >> the key distinction, this is for a position and the government and the highest court in the law so that automatically inject politics into it. we should recognize a significant number of senators that oppose judge kavanaugh opposed him before this of you out there. they had announced they were not going to vote for them. this doesn't make them likely to vote f

began to take hold, in almost every instance that gained national attention, whether it was harvey weinstein cosby or some of the media personalities, the general population coalesced around the accuser, and the general default position was, we should take the accuser incredibly seriously, credibly, and believe them. this seems to me -- and i could be wrong -- but this seems to me to be the first major case that shows a huge fissure in our -- culturally in how we look at this. you don't have people coalescing around the accuser in this case the way they have in some of the others. and i guess my questions are, one, why is this one -- why does this one feel different? and two, is there -- is the pendulum swinging in another direction? is it beginning to? do you feel a cultural shift in how people are looking at these questions? sen. rubio: well, i mean, obviously, the key distinction, this is for a position in the government, in the highest court in the land. and so that automatically injects politics into it. and so we should recognize that a significant number of senators that oppose judge

began to take hold, in almost every instance that gained national attention, whether it was harvey weinsteinbill cosby or some of the media personalities, the general population coalesced around the accuser, and the general default position was we should take the accuser incredibly seriously, credibly, and believe them. this seems to me -- and i could be wrong -- but this seems to me to be the first major case that shows a huge fissure in our -- culturally in how we look at this. you don't have people coalescing around the accuser in this case the way they have in some of the others. and i guess my questions are, one, why is this one -- why does this one feel different? and two, is there -- is the pendulum swinging in another direction? is it beginning to? do you feel a cultural shift in how people are looking at these questions? sen. rubio: well, i mean, obviously, the key distinction, this is for a position in the government, in the highest court in the land. and so that automatically injects politics into it. and so we should recognize that a significant number of senators that oppose jud