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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
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TheWrap and BE Conference Aim to Expand Opportunity for Women
There is something broad and deep underway in this country when it comes to women owning their voices and their power
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Trump’s Twitter Feed Has Become the Fox News-InfoWars-Breitbart-POTUS Daily
The last two months suggests that we should not believe anything our president purports to be true
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Inside Post-Oscars Governors Ball: Chaos and Joyful Confusion After Best Picture Flub
People were marveling at the upset that displaced the favorite to win, “La La Land”
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Trump vs the Media: The Media Fights Back
The media awaken to the notion that sitting back silently while the president incites his base against an entire profession is not an option
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Donald Trump’s Presser for the Ages – 77 Minutes of Unvarnished Nutty
Remember people: His administration is not yet four weeks old
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TheWrap Is Hiring a Reporter to Cover the First Amendment
The new position will focus on freedoms enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and lately under
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Not My America: The Trump Travel Ban
I’m ashamed to see our country abruptly turn its back on Muslims. To them I say: this is not America. This is not us
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TheWrap Turns 8 With a Mission That’s More Critical Than Ever
TheWrap, which leaped into a world ruled by Gawker (now gone) with just five staffers, is now a thriving company of 50 incredible journalists and business staffers
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In Washington DC, a Gray and Divided City Faces President Donald Trump
The city felt not like a place celebrating democracy but more like an armed camp
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Van Jones Predicts ‘Horrendous Abuse of Power’ Under Trump
The CNN commentator spoke at the home of Netflix chief Ted Sarandos on a panel about the documentary “13th”
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Donald Trump, Russia, C-SPAN and Why We’re Not in Kansas Anymore
This happened: In a mysterious glitch the Russian-government-owned channel “Russia Today” replaced the C-SPAN feed
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At Golden Globes Parties, Meryl Streep’s Anti-Trump Speech Fuels Debate
Opinions were split: When is the right time to raise a voice again, and in what forum?
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Hollywood In 2017: So, Should We Be Worried?
On the brink of an unexpected and entirely unpredictable presidency, Hollywood is looking over its shoulder
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Trump 2016 Leaves a Democracy on Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
We’re a nation under emotional assault by our new leader
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Post-Trump Stress Disorder Still Grips Hollywood
Acceptance, the fifth phase of grieving, has not happened yet
