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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‘When They See Us’ Cast Speaks Out on Injustice: ‘America Is Allowing This to Happen’
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I’m praying this will be a catalyst to start the conversation,” says Michael K. Williams of the Emmy-nominated miniseries
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ViacomCBS Merger Caps Hollywood’s ‘Eat or Get Eaten’ Consolidation Era
Consolidation is essentially achieved across the industry. Now the mergers have to work
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Rosanna Arquette Says FBI Told Her to ‘Lock’ Twitter Account After Blowback From White ‘Shame’ Tweet (Exclusive)
Actress says she was targeted by “toxic and very vicious people” after tweeting she was ashamed of being white
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Power Women Summit 2019 Welcomes Chrissy Metz, Amazon’s Jennifer Salke and Gigi Gorgeous
Activists, actors and leader join the conversation about achieving 50/50 parity
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5 Things to Do After El Paso From Get-It-Done Gun Control Activist Shannon Watts
WaxWord talks to the founder of the grass roots group, who says, “There is not a parent in America today that is not afraid that their kid is next”
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Sony Chief Tom Rothman on Quentin Tarantino and Original Films: ‘You Have to Commit’
Sony’s movie chief savors a glowing first screening of “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” at the Cannes Film Festival
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Why Robert Mueller’s Testimony Feels Like Such a Throwback
In historic testimony before Congress, Mueller often looked weary of being the foil for partisan speechifying
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STX Entertainment Seeks Saudi Arabia Investment as Indie Studio Struggles
Robert Simonds’ studio has sought to raise capital following a string of box office disappointments and an abandoned IPO last fall
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CSNY Comeback? David Crosby Calls for Reunion With Stills, Nash and Young (Video)
Sundance 2019: “I want to work with all four of us,” he says at TheWrap studio
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Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz, Robbie Brenner on ‘Barbie’ Film: We Want to Make Movies That Have Cultural Impact
“We aren’t handing the IP to someone and letting them run away,” CEO Ynon Kreiz tells TheWrap
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Why Does Jay Penske’s Media Company Still Have a $200 Million Saudi Stake 9 Months After Khashoggi’s Murder?
After TheWrap requested comment, Penske updated its original story from February 2018 to disclose the investor
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Power Women at a Time of Challenge – On Pushback and Where We’re Headed
These days I sometimes struggle to find the words to share about the progress we are making as women.
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Indie STX Entertainment Seeks Cash or a Buyer After String of Box Office Flops (Exclusive)
The studio’s CFO denied that the company is seeking to sell
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Sam Gores Goes It Alone – Why That UTA-Paradigm Deal Fell Apart
Price wasn’t the issue. Timing wasn’t the issue. The WGA dispute wasn’t the issue. Culture wasn’t the issue.
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‘When They See Us’ Cast on the Nightmares of Ava DuVernay’s Real-Life Drama
TheWrap Emmy magazine: “I would wake up and be afraid to go back to work — but I knew it was for a purpose bigger than me,” actor Jharrel Jerome says
