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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Sundance Day 3: Gay Marriage Dominates Festival With ‘Case Against 8,’ ‘Love Is Strange’
“Love is Strange” gave the issue a human face, while “The Case Against 8” raised an emotional audience response
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Sundance: George Takei Compares Anti-Gay Marriage Utah Governor To Segregationist George Wallace (Video)
“He reminds me of Governor George Wallace about 50 years who stood in the schoolhouse doorway,” he tells TheWrap
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Bill Maher on Keeping His Edge, Getting Over the Clintons and Chris Christie Douchebaggery
Fresh off his renewal by HBO, the Friday night satirist talks to TheWrap
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Inside Guggenheim’s Plans for THR, Billboard – A Cable Channel (Exclusive)
An insider tells TheWrap what the bigger picture looks like
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The Naked Truth About Lena Dunham, Judd Apatow and TheWrap’s Tim Molloy
Why does a question about female nudity from a male reporter spark charges of misogyny?
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Jane Campion To Head Cannes Film Festival Jury
The director of “The Piano” previously won the Golden Palm
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Saul Zaentz, ‘English Patient’ Producer, Dead at 92
The producer, based in San Francisco, won three Best Picture Oscars
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Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg on Re/code, NBC Investment and Keeping the Chairs (Exclusive)
“We wanted our own company,” says Swisher. Now she has it.
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NBCU, Terry Semel Back New Kara Swisher, Walt Mossberg Venture Revere Digital
The two veteran digital journalists announce their new conference, The Code, to replace the must-attend AllThingsD
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TheWrap Staff Picks Its Favorite Stories From 2013
Editor-in-Chief Sharon Waxman and Executive Editor Joseph Kapsch asked the staff to pick the stories this year that they were most proud of. We decided to share their picks with our readers.
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The Case of Justine Sacco and the Twitter Lynch Mob
As sport in the Twitterverse, destroying Justine Sacco should bother all of us
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With IMG Deal, WME Surpasses CAA in Size – But at What Cost?
The combined forces of WME and IMG create the largest agency in the space
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WME $2.4 Billion Bid for IMG One Third Higher Than Next Bidder, Says Insider (Exclusive)
Next highest bid came from Peter Chernin’s group, Carlyle dropped out
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Tom ‘Billy Jack’ Laughlin Remembered: Iconoclast and Movie Industry Pioneer
The moviemaker was the first to four-wall a theater, and use national advertising – “Jaws” was the beneficiary
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‘Captain Phillips’ Director Paul Greengrass Explains Why the Closing Scene With Tom Hanks Was So Authentic
Greengrass, Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi spoke with TheWrap about the challenging shoot
