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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Takeaways From CinemaCon 2024: Not Enough Movies, Too Much Testosterone
No way around it — this is going to be a painful year at the box office. The hope in the room (and there was some) is really about 2025 and 2026
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At Sundance, Behind the Exit of CEO Joana Vicente Looms a Larger Crisis
Vicente failed to articulate a vision for the premier independent film festival, insiders say, but much more is on the line
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What Ari Gets: $25 Million, a Plane and the End of the Endeavor Mega-Dream | Analysis
The hard-charging Hollywood agent dreamed of running a global entertainment company. It lasted three years.
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Survivors of Hamas Massacre at Nova Music Festival Struggle to Rejoin Life
“It’s not a normal trauma,” says the lead therapist at a retreat to help the young attendees
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The ‘Tectonic Shift’ in Media That Changed Perceptions of Israel: ‘What’s Left Is a System Run by Activists’
“The press has been gutted. The bureaus have shrunk, and into that vacuum have come ideological voices,” says Matti Friedman
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An Israeli Director Feels ‘Stabbed in the Back’ by the Global Left
Gidi Dar warned his own compatriots that their infighting was making them vulnerable to attack. But his deeper disappointment is with the West
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Shane Smith Scrambles to Save What’s Left of Vice, the Media Empire He Built – and Blew Up | Exclusive
As Vice convulses in the throes of decline — Vice.com barely there, hundreds of journalists laid off — the latest plot twist seems almost scripted
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From the Rubble of ‘Be’eri’: A Kibbutz Mourns Its Dead and Vows to Rebuild | Photo Essay
TheWrap gets a rare glimpse inside a devastated community five months after a murderous rampage by Hamas terrorists, the first in a series
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Is Biden Losing Hollywood Democrats Over His Gaza Stance?
“People are pulling away — one million percent,” said a leading agent and active Democrat
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LA Times’ First-Ever Power List on Hold, Subject of Publisher Clash With Former Editor | Exclusive
The project, which was more than a year in the making, originated with former executive editor Kevin Merida
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Diary of a Strike
The SAG-AFTRA and WGA labor disputes of 2023 put tens of thousands of people out of work for more than half the year, but the psychological impact was as great as the economic one.
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Where Art & Film Collide
For more than a decade, LACMA’s Art+Film galas have melded the worlds of fine art, film and high fashion in L.A.’s biggest annual cultural event. Creating that alchemy took the vision and determination of museum director Michael Govan
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Los Angeles Times Billionaire Owner Meddled in Dog Bite Story About Rich Friend
The interference in December came a few weeks before executive editor Kevin Merida resigned
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It’s 15 Years for TheWrap – Thanks for Being Here
Your fearless founder reflects on those early days at our milestone
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At Sundance, Indie Film Struggles to Find a Working Business Model
The word all across the festival was that streamers are less interested in independent film than a few years ago
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