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USC Rejects Weinstein’s $5 Million Endowment For Women Directors

Paul Bois

Another brick in Harvey Weinstein’s crumbling wall of influence has fallen. The University of Southern California (USC) announced on Wednesday that they will reject the movie mogul’s $5 million dollar endowment that was meant to create scholarships for female directors.

“The USC School of Cinematic Arts will not proceed with Mr. Weinstein’s pledge to fund a $5M endowment for women filmmakers,” according to the school.

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