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Diane Haithman

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Diane came to TheWrap from a position as Staff Reporter at The Los Angeles Business Journal, covering Entertainment/Media, Philanthropy and Style. Diane was a Los Angeles Times Staff Writer for two decades, covering arts, culture and the TV industry. Her novel Dark Lady of Hollywood was published to critical acclaim by Harvard Square Editions in 2014. She serves on the adjunct faculty of Emerson College Los Angeles and has taught feature writing at USC. Diane is co-author of the nonfiction book The Elder Wisdom Circle Guide for a Meaningful Life (Penguin/Plume 2007) and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists-Los Angeles Chapter.

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University of Michigan Ann Arbor

  • Netflix Re-Opens Iconic Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades

    The five-screen movie house at Caruso’s Palisades Village to open Oct 22

    By

    Diane Haithman
    October 15, 2021 @ 11:25 AM
    Movies
    11:25 AM
    Netflix Re-Opens Iconic Bay Theater in Pacific Palisades
  • ‘Halloween Kills’ Slashes to $4.9 Million Opening at Thursday Box Office

    Ridley Scott’s “The Last Duel” only manages $350,000 in previews

    By

    Diane Haithman
    October 15, 2021 @ 8:23 AM
    Movies
    8:23 AM
    ‘Halloween Kills’ Slashes to $4.9 Million Opening at Thursday Box Office
  • How Hollywood Is Bracing for Another Shutdown as IATSE Strike Threat Gets Real

    “It’s obviously not the best timing for the industry but, you know, that’s when strikes are most effective,” one director tells TheWrap

    By

    Diane Haithman and Benjamin Svetkey
    October 15, 2021 @ 6:00 AM

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    News
    6:00 AM
    How Hollywood Is Bracing for Another Shutdown as IATSE Strike Threat Gets Real

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  • Millicent Simmonds, Rachel Brosnahan to Star as Helen Keller and Her Teacher in ‘Helen & Teacher’

    Simmonds, who is deaf, is a distant cousin of Keller

    By

    Diane Haithman
    October 14, 2021 @ 10:01 AM
    Movies
    10:01 AM
    Millicent Simmonds, Rachel Brosnahan to Star as Helen Keller and Her Teacher in ‘Helen & Teacher’
  • Longtime Disney Studios Exec Alan Horn to Retire at Year’s End

    The nine-year Mouse House veteran will step down as chief creative officer

    By

    Diane Haithman
    October 11, 2021 @ 12:40 PM
    Movies
    12:40 PM
    Longtime Disney Studios Exec Alan Horn to Retire at Year’s End
  • Financier Behind ‘Bombshell’ and ‘Greyhound’ Sues Bron Studios for $14.3 Million

    Hudson Private LP says it is owed more than $4 million on “Bombshell” and millions more on other high-profile films

    By

    Diane Haithman
    October 6, 2021 @ 4:16 PM
    Movies
    4:16 PM
    Financier Behind ‘Bombshell’ and ‘Greyhound’ Sues Bron Studios for $14.3 Million
  • WME Taps Mike Berkowitz and Allysa Mahler to Lead Restructured Comedy Group

    New hires and crossover between comedy divisions are part of WME’s comedy expansion

    By

    Diane Haithman
    October 6, 2021 @ 8:15 AM
    News
    8:15 AM
    WME Taps Mike Berkowitz and Allysa Mahler to Lead Restructured Comedy Group
  • No M&A for UTA? Why the Agency May Buck Hollywood’s Consolidation Wave

    “Now it’s the Big Two-and-a-Half. What does a half do to be full-sized?” one insider asks after CAA and ICM’s merger plans

    By

    Diane Haithman and Tim Baysinger
    October 5, 2021 @ 3:15 PM

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    Movies
    3:15 PM
    No M&A for UTA? Why the Agency May Buck Hollywood’s Consolidation Wave

    Pro Available to WrapPRO members

  • How New Marketing Tools Help Moviemakers ‘Fish Where the Fish Are’ (Video)

    TheGrill 2021: “The intersection of art and science is getting more and more seamless,” says one Hollywood marketing exec

    By

    Diane Haithman
    September 30, 2021 @ 12:13 PM
    Movies
    12:13 PM
    How New Marketing Tools Help Moviemakers ‘Fish Where the Fish Are’ (Video)
  • CAA’s Acquisition of ICM Is Driven by Hollywood’s Race to Consolidate | Analysis

    CAA’s “double down on representation” signals a survival tactic, not just a talent-first philosophy, experts say

    By

    Diane Haithman, Beatrice Verhoeven, and Tim Baysinger
    September 27, 2021 @ 6:23 PM

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    6:23 PM
    CAA’s Acquisition of ICM Is Driven by Hollywood’s Race to Consolidate | Analysis

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  • Sierra/Affinity Names Kristen Figeroid as Managing Director and Executive VP

    Figeroid will oversee day-to-day operations, sales and partner servicing the film finance and production company

    By

    Diane Haithman
    September 27, 2021 @ 2:00 PM
    Movies
    2:00 PM
    Sierra/Affinity Names Kristen Figeroid as Managing Director and Executive VP
  • ‘Girlfriends’ Creator Mara Brock Akil Sets Production Company Story27 at Netflix

    Susie Fitzgerald will oversee film, TV and digital for the story27 banner

    By

    Diane Haithman
    September 27, 2021 @ 8:15 AM
    8:15 AM
    ‘Girlfriends’ Creator Mara Brock Akil Sets Production Company Story27 at Netflix
  • Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda to Reteam for Comedy Film ‘Moving On’

    Production on film about two old friends who reconnect at a funeral to begin this fall in Los Angeles

    By

    Diane Haithman
    September 25, 2021 @ 9:52 AM
    9:52 AM
    Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda to Reteam for Comedy Film ‘Moving On’
  • Why Horror Film ‘You Are Not My Mother’ Is Short on Jump Scares – but Long on Suspense (Video)

    TIFF 2021: Irish filmmaker Kate Dolan says she avoided “trying to jam in scares when they weren’t really there”

    By

    Diane Haithman
    September 24, 2021 @ 5:43 PM
    5:43 PM
    Why Horror Film ‘You Are Not My Mother’ Is Short on Jump Scares – but Long on Suspense (Video)
  • ‘Dear Evan Hansen’: Musical Numbers Were the ‘Most Dangerous Thing’ to Shoot During the Pandemic (Video)

    TIFF 2021: “It’s the most mingling of, you know, molecules,” writer Steven Levenson says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    September 23, 2021 @ 6:00 PM
    Movies
    6:00 PM
    ‘Dear Evan Hansen’: Musical Numbers Were the ‘Most Dangerous Thing’ to Shoot During the Pandemic (Video)
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