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Sharon Waxman

Sharon Waxman On the Business of Entertainment

The founder and editor of TheWrap’s take on life on the left coast, high culture, low culture and the business of entertainment and media. Waxman writes frequently on the inside doings of Hollywood, and is is also the author of two books, Rebels on the Back Lot and Loot

  • Hollywood Reporter Editor Matt Belloni Steps Down Amid Debate Over Editorial Independence

    After 14 years with THR, Belloni clashed with the CEOs over editorial matters

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    April 6, 2020 @ 8:15 AM
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  • California Can Tackle the COVID-19 Testing Problem With Technology and Entrepreneurship

    What keeps troubling me in all this is the lack of coordination with the most obvious actors who can drive positive change: technologists

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    April 6, 2020 @ 8:00 AM
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    California Can Tackle the COVID-19 Testing Problem With Technology and Entrepreneurship
  • Coronavirus Diary: Squeezed Slowly to Stop the Pandemic

    We sat still with no end in sight

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    April 5, 2020 @ 1:11 PM
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    Coronavirus Diary: Squeezed Slowly to Stop the Pandemic
  • Can Social Media and Technology Come to the Rescue in a Pandemic?

    Jaron Lanier, the internet philosopher who wrote “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now,” offers his advice

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    March 30, 2020 @ 2:09 PM

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  • Join Us for a Virtual Meet-Up: A Survival Guide for Hollywood Insiders

    We’re having a live discussion for FREE, Tuesday March 24 at 12 pm PDT/ 3 pm EDT.

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    Join Us for a Virtual Meet-Up: A Survival Guide for Hollywood Insiders
  • Should Quibi Launch in April Amid Coronavirus? Dilemmas of a $1.75 Billion Start-Up

    “Bad news for everybody in their day-to-day lives is good news for Quibi,” Paul Hardart, a former Warner Bros. executive, tells TheWrap

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    Sharon Waxman, Sean Burch, and Trey Williams
    March 17, 2020 @ 1:50 PM

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    Should Quibi Launch in April Amid Coronavirus? Dilemmas of a $1.75 Billion Start-Up

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  • California Bank CEO Calls for ‘Emergency Action’ to Avoid Deluge of Small Business Bankruptcies

    “If we don’t get out in front of it, this will be worse than 2008,” First Choice Bank’s Nicole Swain says

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    March 17, 2020 @ 6:32 AM
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    California Bank CEO Calls for ‘Emergency Action’ to Avoid Deluge of Small Business Bankruptcies
  • Coronavirus Meets Hollywood. What Now?

    How big will that economic thumping be? Impossible to say. And don’t believe anyone who tries to hand you a hard number

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    Sharon Waxman
    March 13, 2020 @ 11:54 AM
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    Coronavirus Meets Hollywood. What Now?
  • Harvey Weinstein Gets an Ending Even He Couldn’t Have Scripted

    The sentence is a reality warp for those of us who knew Weinstein at the height of his power

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    Sharon Waxman
    March 11, 2020 @ 11:54 AM
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    Harvey Weinstein Gets an Ending Even He Couldn’t Have Scripted
  • Inside Bob Iger’s Sudden Disney Departure as CEO and Hollywood’s Surprised Response

    Studio executives and Hollywood power players are still questioning the timing and suddenness of Iger’s exit

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    Sharon Waxman and Trey Williams
    March 10, 2020 @ 6:00 AM

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    Inside Bob Iger’s Sudden Disney Departure as CEO and Hollywood’s Surprised Response

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  • What Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Says About Modern Dating – and the Desperation for Fame

    Some seriously bad consequences may ensue. Also, marriage

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    Sharon Waxman
    March 2, 2020 @ 7:56 AM
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    What Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Says About Modern Dating – and the Desperation for Fame
  • Harvey Weinstein Guilty Verdict Is Victory for #MeToo and a Warning to Hollywood

    The mogul now becomes an everlasting symbol of the worst behavior toward women chronicled in the annals of modern entertainment

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    Sharon Waxman
    February 24, 2020 @ 10:22 AM

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    Harvey Weinstein Guilty Verdict Is Victory for #MeToo and a Warning to Hollywood

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  • Bloomberg 2020? Hollywood Power Players Like Mike as the One to Beat Trump

    As socially liberal as the entertainment industry is, many in this influential community are also business-minded and harbor a deep private fear of a socialist like Bernie Sanders

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    February 18, 2020 @ 6:00 AM

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    Bloomberg 2020? Hollywood Power Players Like Mike as the One to Beat Trump

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  • Inside the Oscars, ‘Parasite’ Points an Elated Hollywood Forward

    The Academy wanted to fall in love with the social satire “Parasite” and its exuberant director Bong Joon Ho — and they allowed themselves to do so

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    Sharon Waxman
    February 10, 2020 @ 9:35 AM
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    Inside the Oscars, ‘Parasite’ Points an Elated Hollywood Forward
  • Sundance Lessons: How the Trump Era Has Focused Indie Filmmakers’ Lens

    Sundance 2020: A sense of loss in the Trump era and a longing for escape from our current reality suffused the festival

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    January 29, 2020 @ 7:03 AM

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    Sundance Lessons: How the Trump Era Has Focused Indie Filmmakers’ Lens

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