Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman
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Letter to Shari Redstone: You’re Conflating the Antisemitism Fight With Press Freedom, and You Will Lose Both
If Redstone is not careful, her efforts will backfire and undermine the credibility of her CBS News division
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Are We in Crisis Yet? Illegal Deportations, Supreme Court Snubs and Free Press Threats
What will be left if all the powerful people continue to cave and give ground and kiss ass?
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Trade War Panic? Not at Disney, Despite the Risks: ‘Wait and See’
Between its theme parks, movies, merchandise and cruise ships — Disney has the most on the line in China
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CinemaCon 2025 Takeaways: Diverse Slates, Warner Stumbles, Tom Cruise Still Rules
Once split over theatrical windows and the siren song of streaming, legacy studios finally seem convinced that they need a solid theatrical business to support downstream revenue
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In Praise of Laurene Powell Jobs, Owner of The Atlantic, Superhero of Signalgate
Though a billionaire, Powell Jobs has not found a reason to kiss Trump’s ring.
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The Odyssey of Endeavor and WME – It’s Back to Agenting, Again | Analysis
Was it worth all the effort? All the merging and acquisitioning?
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The End of Ari and Patrick: Whitesell Set to Leave Endeavor, Buy WME Football While Emanuel Eyes CEO Exit | Exclusive
Endeavor will be taken private by Silver Lake on Monday, leadership changes include the purchase of the football division of WME Sports
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Jeremy Zimmer on Leaving UTA, Hollywood and the MediaLink Mistake | Exclusive
The UTA co-founder and CEO built the agency for decades, but let Michael Kassan get the better of him
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Would Patrick Soon-Shiong Sell the LA Times? Would Anyone Buy It?
The owner and the newsroom are at war. But so far other west coast billionaires have shown no interest in the asset
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‘Apprentice’ Director Ali Abbasi Apologizes for ‘Slap on the Rear’ of Actor, Says He Dropped CAA and Management 360 | Exclusive
The director is up for a Spirit Award on Saturday and said he made a mistake but wanted to keep focus on the film
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Malibu Fire: The Aftermath Is a Stark Landscape of Empty | Photos
WaxWord tours the legendary coastal community more than a month after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires
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Surviving Trump 2.0: Buckle Up for a Long Haul and Don’t Give In to the Chaos
How do we respond – and be neither passive, nor a piñata in the circus of this administration?
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‘It’s All or Nothing for Me’: How Mikey Madison Gave Her Powder Keg Performance in ‘Anora’
TheWrap magazine: “I don’t like to do anything halfway,” says the soft-spoken actress whose turn as a sex worker earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress
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With ‘Emilia Pérez’s Oscar Campaign in Crisis, the Hollywood Finger-Pointing Has Begun
Oscar campaigns are “warfare,” says one insider
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Low Sales. No Standouts. Slow Sundance. Where Does Independent Film Go From Here?
The weakness of independent film has a knock-on effect – and not a good one – on the entire entertainment ecosystem
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