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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Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Yusef Jackson Take on HFPA Chief Todd Boehly for Self-Dealing in Explosive Letter to Members (Exclusive)
The letter obtained by TheWrap asks: “Todd Boehly will serve as interim CEO of HFPA, an independent bidder, or both during the selection process”?
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Oscar Attendees Rip Will Smith’s ‘Lame’ Apology, Predict Censure by the Academy
The chatter after the telecast was all about Smith — and how it made the industry look
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Disney Imagineers Demand Halt of Mass Move to Florida After ’Don’t Say Gay’ Blow-Up (Exclusive)
The creative team, which includes a major LGBTQ community, had been instructed to move to Florida, retire or quit
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News
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Jane Campion on Being ‘Emboldened’ by #MeToo and Overcoming a Loss That Left Her ‘Broken’
TheWrap Magazine: A personal conversation with the writer-director of “The Power of the Dog,” who returns to the Oscars after 28 years
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Inside Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Debacle and His Leadership Style: ‘100% Self-Inflicted Wound’
A former Disney leader faults Chapek’s “hubris” in handling the PR crisis
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Lionsgate, STX Deal Falls Through, Indie Studio Seeks to Close Najafi Deal (Exclusive)
Lionsgate submitted a best and final offer in recent days that was well under the $173 million offered late last year by The Najafi Companies
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2 Congressional Black Caucus Members Ask IRS to Investigate ‘Corruption’ in Golden Globes’ HFPA (Exclusive)
Reps. Joyce Beatty and Brenda L. Lawrence cite TheWrap’s investigation into “self-dealing and conflicts of interest” in the HFPA
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How Zelenskyy, Putin and Elon Musk Are Fighting the Information War Over Ukraine
Putin is playing hardball, but experts say he might be working from an outdated playbook
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‘Page One’ Film Review: Doc Reveals New York Times’ Digital Dilemma
Film is a year-long chronicle of my former colleagues on the media desk of The New York Times and their struggle to produce journalism in the Internet era
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Golden Globes One Year After Meltdown: Are Reforms Enough to Save Embattled HFPA?
Critics say the central problems plaguing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association remain unaddressed: “You need to start from scratch”
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Awards
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What Warner Bros. Discovery Will Look Like and Why Jason Kilar Won’t Survive the Merger
“The company has been siloed for 30 years,” one insider says. “No one has time for that anymore”
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Jeff Zucker’s Complicated CNN Legacy: Leaked Insider Texts Say He ‘Destroyed’ the Network
“Cover the news. Don’t f— your subordinates. Jesus, how hard is that, anyway?” one former staffer writes
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Golden Globes Voter Sam Asi Faces Investigation After 3 Women Accuse Him of Misconduct (Exclusive)
A Hollywood Foreign Press Association rep affirmed the group’s “intolerance for any type of discrimination or harassment” following TheWrap’s report
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HFPA Member Sam Asi Accused of Sexual Misconduct by 3 Women (Exclusive)
Golden Globes group to investigate accusations of sexual misconduct raised by TheWrap, including a claim Asi kissed his assistant without her consent
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Women Filmmakers at Sundance: Don’t Touch My Abortion
Sundance 2022: the films are reminding us what it was like when women did not have the right to choose
