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
Experience:
-
Don Lemon, Jim Acosta Expected to Stay at CNN Despite New, More Neutral Direction (Exclusive)
News network’s new CEO and chairman Chris Licht hasn’t planned beyond Brian Stelter and Jeffrey Toobin ousters
Available to WrapPRO members
Media
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Inside Brian Stelter’s Ouster and CNN’s New Direction | Analysis
“It’s not a good brand position to be the opposite of Fox News,” a network insider says
Available to WrapPRO members
Media
Available to WrapPRO members
-
After Salman Rushdie Attack, Iranian-American Dissident Masih Alinejad Is on the Run Again
“I’m a lonely soldier now,” she tells WaxWord, from her third safe house in two weeks
Available to WrapPRO members
Media
Available to WrapPRO members
-
‘Why Has It Taken 75 Years to Add Black Members?’ Hollywood PR Exec Confronts HFPA President at Festival Event (Exclusive)
“We need… to make sure the work is actual and not performative,” veteran publicist Cassandra Butcher tells TheWrap
Available to WrapPRO members
Awards
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Inside the HFPA’s Heated Golden Globes Sale – What Will Hollywood Do Now? | Analysis
Tense debate preceded the decision to shed the group’s non-profit status, but the awards’ future is far from certain
Available to WrapPRO members
Movies
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Top Hollywood Publicist Torches Golden Globes Group After For-Profit Vote: ‘I Feel Duped and Misinformed’ (Exclusive)
Scarlett Johansson’s publicist Marcel Pariseau was among the powerful publicists who have boycotted the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
-
The Supreme Court and the End of Abortion: When You’re So Angry You’re Numb
To be a woman in 2022 is to be angry
-
Peter Rice, Toby Emmerich and the Hollowing Out of Hollywood’s C-Suites
“Erasing that much historic memory is very, very dangerous for legacy companies,” one observer says
Available to WrapPRO members
Waxword
Available to WrapPRO members
-
‘Blindsided’: Inside Peter Rice’s Sudden Ouster From Disney and Bob Chapek’s Bold Power Play
The Disney CEO cements his position by removing a potential competitor for his job – with his contract up in nine months
Available to WrapPRO members
TV
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Female Filmmakers in Cannes Speak of Freedom and Its Price
“Women have always been and still are forced to please in order to be loved,” “Corsage” filmmaker Marie Kreutzer says
-
‘Rodeo’ Reveals the Kinetic Rage – and Joy – of Motorbike Street Racing in France
Cannes 2022: Lola Quivoron’s first feature earned a standing ovation after debuting in the festival’s Un Certain Regard section
-
GOP Rage Over the Supreme Court Leak Isn’t Real – It’s a Diversion From the Imminent Loss of Our Rights
Mitch McConnell says he’s concerned, but come on now. There’s a script.
-
Golden Globes Boycott Continues After Publicists Meet With HFPA Leaders, NBC Yet to Commit to 2023 Telecast (Exclusive)
The fight to revive the scandal-ridden Golden Globe Awards drags on
-
CinemaCon 2022 Takeaways: Post-Pandemic Excitement, Too Many Superheroes, More Diversity
Amid the glut of streaming wars, the big screen makes a comeback including — look, Tom Cruise!
Available to WrapPRO members
Waxword
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Elon Musk as a One-Man Media Power Broker Is Scary as Hell
Placing the power of Twitter in the hands of a single man — however smart, interesting or entertaining — is a really bad idea
