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

Sharon Waxman
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Vincent Bruzzese on MPG Sale: The Consumer Has Changed, but Not the Way We Do Research
The CEO tells TheWrap: "There’s an 'Ishtar' every three or four months. The blame on the research side is the consumer has changed, but the way we do research has not"
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Ipsos OTX Sells Motion Picture Market Research Group (Exclusive, Updated)
Sale of Ipsos OTX movie group mirrors a larger shift going on in the Hollywood market research space
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VFX House Pixomondo Shuts Shanghai Office, Will Move Away From Film (Exclusive)
CEO and founder Thilo Kuther said Pixomondo, which just completed work on the Tom Cruise thriller “Oblivion,” has laid off about 20 animators and artists in the Shanghai office
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Where’s the Beef Stroganoff? NYT Backs Down on Sexist Obit
Has feminism refound its voice? A Twitter avalanche descended on the New York Times for sexism in an obituary, and the Times backed down
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TheGrill Conference Expands to AFCI Locations Show in June
We are expanding our popular Grill conference to The Locations Show, a two-day gathering in downtown Los Angeles in June serving the global movie and television production industry
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Ron Burkle, Richard Beckman Form 3 Lions Branded Entertainment
Billionaire Ron Burkle and former Hollywood Reporter CEO Richard Beckman have joined forces to create a new branded entertainment company, Three Lions Entertainment
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Tom Cruise Lawyer on ‘In Touch’ Lawsuit: There Won’t Be a Settlement (Exclusive)
Tom Cruise's lawyer Bert Fields tells TheWrap not to expect much from mediation talks
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TMZ’s Harvey Levin Makes Way For Variety Editor Josh Dickey
"We haven’t had a managing editor in four years," Levin told TheWrap. "We’ve been looking. We wanted to make sure we got it right"
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Is CNN Soft on Rapists? Steubenville Coverage Sparks Debate
Social media, a lead player in this drama, has left the victim and the perpetrators – and in this case the reporter — exposed
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Streaming Confusion: What’s a Movie-Lover To Do?
This whole thing started when I tried to find "Cry Freedom" to watch with my 15-year-old son. The mission from hell
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Hey Thanks! SPJ-LA Says I’m Distinguished in New Media
The Society of Professional Journalists Los Angeles chapter gave me their award last Thursday for Distinguished Work in New Media
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Angola Movie Financier Rui Costa Reis Explains ‘Phantom’ Flop (Video)
In an exclusive video interview with TheWrap, Angola-born Rui Costa Reis offers his strategy for building a movie production and distribution studio, RCR Media Group
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Angola Mogul Takes on Hollywood, But His ‘Phantom’ Flops
How did an Angolan multimillionaire end up taking a bath at the box office with an Ed Harris submarine thriller?
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The Sheryl Sandberg Debate: Outrage, Inspiration – But How About Some Child Care?
I envy (and support) the Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg's insistence on going home to her young kids at 5:30 on many days — but it’s just not feasible for most of us