“A US bankruptcy court approved the $289m sale of The Weinstein Company (TWC) to Lantern Capital on Wednesday (July 11), in spite of objections from a group of Hollywood players. The group of stars, directors, producers and business people – among them Robert DeNiro, Julia Roberts and David O Russell – had called for the sale to be blocked until they are guaranteed payment of TWC’s outstanding debts” says John Hazelton.

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