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Malia Obama lands internship with Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein

AS Barack Obama moved out of the White House, his daughter has reportedly landed a plum gig with a Hollywood heavyweight.

Malia Obama has reportedly landed an internship with Harvey Weinstein. Picture: Supplied.
Malia Obama has reportedly landed an internship with Harvey Weinstein. Picture: Supplied.

WHILE the Obamas line up their post-White House plans, we hear that first daughter Malia Obama’s already landed a plum gig for sometime in the future — an internship with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.

Sources buzzed about the gig before inaugural weekend, reports the New York Post.

Malia, 18, has already built up an impressive resumé in film and TV, even before she attends Harvard University later this year.

First lady Michelle Obama hugs her husband President Barack Obama after his farewell address. Also on stage is their daughter Malia Obama. Picture: AP.
First lady Michelle Obama hugs her husband President Barack Obama after his farewell address. Also on stage is their daughter Malia Obama. Picture: AP.

In 2015, she landed a summer internship on the set of HBO’s Lena Dunham series Girls, and she was seen delivering coffee to the series’ cast and crew in hip Williamsburg.

Before that she reportedly worked as a production assistant for Halle Berry’s CBS show Extant, which was executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

Malia Obama did some work on the set of Girls, which stars Jemima Kirke, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Lena Dunham.  Picture:  Supplied
Malia Obama did some work on the set of Girls, which stars Jemima Kirke, Allison Williams, Zosia Mamet and Lena Dunham. Picture: Supplied

She’s also reportedly had an internship at an unnamed fashion house.

Weinstein’s credits include current films Lion and The Founder, as well as Oscar winners Shakespeare in Love, The King’s Speech and Pulp Fiction.

An alum of Sidwell Friends School in Washington, DC, Barack and Michelle Obama’s elder daughter announced last year via the White House that she’d attend Harvard after taking a gap year.

Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Picture: Supplied.
Bob and Harvey Weinstein. Picture: Supplied.

Weinstein has been a big Democratic backer, along with Hollywood moguls such as Jeffrey Katzenberg and superstars like Barbra Streisand.

At a 2013 Democratic National Committee fundraiser Weinstein hosted with his wife, Georgina Chapman, Obama thanked the couple for “their friendship and support, and for the amazing movies that they’ve made.”

At a 2012 fundraiser that Weinstein hosted for Obama with Anne Hathaway, Aaron Sorkin and Joanne Woodward, Weinstein introduced Obama as “the Paul Newman of American presidents.”

Reps for the Weinstein Co. did not comment, and reps for the Obamas did not get back to us on Thursday.

The first family was reportedly headed for a Palm Springs, California, vacation after the inauguration.

This story first appeared in the New York Post.

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