CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 22: Producer Harvey Weinstein attends the “Les Bien-Aimes†premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 64th Cannes Film Festival on May 22, 2011 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images)
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President Obama, d-girl? Harvey Weinstein has revealed that the President of the United States recently sent him an unofficial film pitch. “The President sent me a book the other day and said ‘Why don’t you make this into a movie?’†Weinstein told the London Times, though he was tight-lipped about the book in question. “I can’t tell you. It was a spy novel.†In fact, Weinstein claims he turned the President’s pitch down: “I sent him an email back saying he was the most overqualified book scout I’ve ever had,†the movie mogul said. Sweet revenge?