Oscar voting starts today, and Harvey Weinstein may be skiing in Europe, but he isn’t missing a beat.
The movie mogul is holidaying in Gstaad with wife Georgina Chapman and their brood of kids, but eyewitnesses at the Swiss ski resort’s posh Gstaad Palace Hotel said Weinstein was all business.
One said, “Harvey was talking business on the phone in the middle of the hotel’s Great Room.”
Weinstein — whose movies include “The Butler,” “August: Osage County” and “Mandela” — was also seen talking to director Roman Polanski, who had been under the world’s most luxurious house arrest in his $1.6 million chalet at the chi-chi resort, until he was declared a “free man” by the Swiss in 2010, and now appears to be the toast of the town.
Also in Gstaad is Madonna, staying at the chalet of design icon Valentino, who’s preparing for his annual New Year’s Eve extravaganza.
Madonna, who recently split with her toyboy Brahim Zaibat, is said to be traveling with her daughter Lourdes and a group of her friends.
We’re told her group all has had custom designer ski suits made to hit the slopes.
Meanwhile, all eyes were on heiress Anastasia Berezovsky — the 19-year-old daughter of late Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky — who arrived at a “Great Gatsby”-themed party at the Palace Hotel in a top hat and black dress, and was surrounded by huge security guards.
Boris was found dead on the bathroom floor of his Ascot, UK, home in March with a “ligature [mark] around his neck” — consistent with hanging. Before seeking asylum in the UK, Berezovsky had a high profile falling out with Vladimir Putin and survived assassination attempts including a car bomb that decapitated his chauffeur.