Report: Harvey Weinstein Hired Obama Admin Vet to Push 'Silver Linings Playbook'

Breitbart writes, Producer Harvey Weinstein has a way of making his films get plenty of Oscar attention. His crowning achievement may be pushing Shakespeare in Love past Saving Private Ryan for the 1999 Best Picture honors. The upset remains one of the biggest in Academy Awards' history. This year, Vulture reports Weinstein leaned on a friend of the Obama administration to promote his latest project, Silver Linings Playbook, into serious Oscar contention. In fact, Vulture has learned that in order to help increase the profile of David O. Russell’s Best Picture nominee, the Weinstein Company reached out to…

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