On The Lot: Harvey Weinstein wants to segregate and Disney builds new worlds

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Oct 27, 2014

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On The Lot: Harvey Weinstein wants to segregate and Disney builds new worlds

Harvey Weinstein wants to change how different Hollywood producers are credited. San Francisco meets Tokyo in the new world of "Big Hero 6." And Stephen Hawking takes to Facebook. The LA Times' Rebecca Keegan weighs in.

Film "Big Hero 6" combines San Francisco and Tokyo to create a new world.

Harvey Weinstein wants to change how different Hollywood producers are credited. San Francisco meets Tokyo in the new world of "Big Hero 6." And Stephen Hawking takes to Facebook. The LA Times' Rebecca Keegan weighs in.

Harvey Weinstein wants to redefine how Hollywood thinks of producers.

San Francisco meets Tokyo in the new visually rich world of "Big Hero 6."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3biFxZIJOQ

And why has Stephen Hawking finally taken to Facebook?

https://www.facebook.com/stephenhawking/posts/719148378172262

All that and more in this edition of On The Lot, Take Two's weekly peek behind the scenes in Hollywood.

Rebecca Keegan, who covers the film business for the LA Times, weighs in.