Jailed Harvey Weinstein taken to NYC hospital for emergency heart surgery

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, 72, was recovering and "out of danger" Tuesday following emergency heart surgery, a representative told AFP.

Harvey Weinstein, who is being held at New York's Rikers Island prison, was rushed to hospital overnight Sunday to Monday for the operation.

"He's resting. He's weak," his spokesman Juda Engelmayer told AFP. "He's out of danger at the moment."