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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Hollywood at Its Stupidest: Inside the Latest Showdown Between Studio CEOs and the Writers Guild
The studios are leading with ego instead of deal-making savvy
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Studios Intensify Efforts to Find a Path Back to Strike Bargaining Table ‘Soon’
“There’s more activity. The studios are looking to get back – soon”
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Hollywood on Double Strike: Where’s Our Lew Wasserman When We Need One?
With all the anger, mistrust and frustration in the air it’s hard to see who commands enough respect to do more than gaze from the sidelines
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Warner CEO David Zaslav Is Having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month
WaxWord: The newly minted Hollywood mogul is finding it harder than he thought to balance his charm offensive with the demands of Wall Street
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Why Keri Russell Returned to TV With ‘The Diplomat’
TheWrap magazine: She wasn’t looking for another series. But the Netflix political drama surprised her: “It was the first thing I’d wanted to do in a million years”
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LAist Staffers Rail Against 12% Job Cuts While Former CEOs Had $500,000+ Packages | Exclusive
Tax returns show that two former public radio CEOs at NPR’s affiliate LAist made massive salaries until 2021
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What in the World Happened to Gigi Levangie Grazer? God, Guns and a Hollywood Kiss-Off
After the sudden death of her new husband, Brian Grazer’s ex-wife’s surprising new lifestyle has her friends mystified. TheWrap looks for answers
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Chris Licht Is in the Hot Seat – but the Real Challenge Is Defining CNN
WaxWord: The question to be answered is not if the cable news chief can keep his job, but whither CNN?
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Cannes 2023 and the Shaky Movie Business: Film Finance Beckons but AI Terrifies
WaxWord: “There are fewer opportunities for up-and-coming producers,” Sophie Mas, producing partner of Natalie Portman, says
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Letter From Cannes: Martin Scorsese Talks ‘Flower Moon’ Changes, Reception – ‘I Hope It Makes a Difference’
WaxWord chats with the legendary director fresh off the premiere of “Killers of the Flower Moon”
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Director of Auschwitz Drama Says Showing Domestic Bliss During Holocaust Speaks to ‘Capacity Within Each of Us for Violence’
Cannes 2023: Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” examines the family life of the death camp’s commandant a stone’s throw from genocide
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A Glimpse Inside the Choice to Join ISIS in Searing ‘Four Daughters’
Cannes 2023: “Les Filles d’Olfa,” playing in competition is half documentary, half narrative feature and all anguish
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‘Rosalie’ Review: A Bearded Lady’s Beauty Meets the Female Gaze – and Stuns Cannes
Cannes 2023: The film starring Nadia Tereszkiewicz and directed by French filmmaker Stephanie Di Giusto got a standing ovation at its Thursday premiere
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Ben Smith Talks Digital Media’s Death Dive: ‘You Could Feel That Moment Coming to an End’ | Video
The former New York Times media columnist speaks to WaxWord about his new book, “Traffic,” his new site, Semafor, and “the dumbest decision in the history of digital media” — not selling BuzzFeed to Disney for $600 million
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The Tucker Carlson Text That Got Him Fired From Fox: ‘I Found Myself Rooting for the Mob’
The New York Times published a text full of violence, racism and self-reflections on the host’s own lack of morality
