CINEMA: INDEPENDENTS' DAY

WITH 20 OSCAR NOMINATIONS, THE WEINSTEINS OF MIRAMAX ARE LEADING A SMALL REVOLUTION

Your basic movie-mogul breakfast menu would include strawberries, decaf, a splash of Evian, maybe a Diet Coke. But Harvey Weinstein has never got with fit-for-life cuisine. One morning at the recent Sundance Film Festival, the co-chairman of Miramax Films eagerly devoured a greasy omelette (the secret ingredient: cholesterol) while schmoozing with a reporter about art, movies and life in general. It's been said that a family of four could subsist for a month on the crumbs that stick to Weinstein's shirt. That family may soon need to find other means of dietary support: the big guy has shed 50 lbs. and...

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