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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Indie Filmmakers Debate Post-Sundance: ‘Where Is Harvey?’ (Video)
Over Mexican food and under WhiteWater Films white umbrellas, a distinguished panel of filmmakers debated the state of independent film
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Joseph Kapsch Joins TheWrap as Deputy Managing Editor
We are pleased to welcome a talented addition to our editorial team
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Steven Spielberg to Head Cannes Film Festival Jury
Steven Spielberg, the Oscar-winning director, will head the jury of the Cannes FIlm Festival, held from May 15-26 this year
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Variety Makes a Necessary Change – Here Are the Risks
Variety's new owner has picked a strategy, and it is one fraught with risk
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NBCU’s Lauren Zalaznick Makes First Hire in New Role (Exclusive)
Lauren Zalaznick makes her first big hire in her new role in charge of monetizing the web for NBCU
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Mindy McCready, Country Singer, Dead of Apparent Suicide at 37
Country singer Mindy McCready has died at 37 of an apparent suicide
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Washington Post May Cut Ombudsman; New York Times Shills for Lee Radziwill
In an age when editors have to scrutinize every job on the payroll, is an ombudsman absolutely necessary?
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What’s the Future for Entertainment Weekly Under a Time Inc. Spin-Off?
Entertainment Weekly is expected to be part of a deal to spin off Time Inc.'s package of female-oriented titles to the Meredith Corporation
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Oscar’s Oldest Nominee, Emmanuelle Riva, on ‘Amour’: It’s a Gift In the Last Stage of My Life
Emmanuelle Riva: "We were doing a scene, and Michael Haneke said, 'It’s very nice — very sweet, very tender — but it’s too tender. From here on in, no sentimentality'"
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‘Invisible War’ Filmmakers: Military Has ‘a Long Way to Go’ on Rape
Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering took on the incendiary topic of rape in the American military for the Oscar-nominated documentary
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Two of Three Dead in Reality-Shoot Copter Crash Identified (Update)
Three men working on an "untitled military project" were killed in a helicopter crash early Sunday in Acton, Calif.
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Insiders Ask: Can Jeff Zucker Change the Cheapskate Culture of CNN?
A budgeting issue is symptomatic of what insiders say is a cheapskate culture at CNN that Zucker will have to change if he is to succeed at turning the news network around
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How Ang Lee Took a Tiger by the Tail to Create ‘Life of Pi’
Ang Lee took on a book-to-film project people said was unmakeable and turned "Life of Pi" into a worldwide box-office sensation
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Troubled Visual-Effects Company Rhythm & Hues Gets $20M Studio Infusion (Exclusive)
The Oscar-nominated visual effects company behind "Life of Pi" is in dire financial straits and has taken an emergency cash infusion from three studios until it can be bought by Prime Focus
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WaxWord Joins the International Women’s Media Foundation
I'm honored to join the board of the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), an organization dedicated to supporting the work of women journalists around the world