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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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Led Zeppelin Digital-Book Author Neal Preston: ‘It’s Right Up the Vein’ (Exclusive)
"Sound and Furty" photographer Neal Preston: "When you become invisible, that’s when you can capture the magic"
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MTV’s Van Toffler on ‘Buckwild’: We Have to Be Honest With Our Audience (Exclusive)
The president of MTV Music and Logo Group discusses the network's decision to cancel the series following cast member Shain Gandee's death
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VFX Flap Over Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Hercules’ Work Going to U.K. (Exclusive)
MGM sends $30M worth of post work overseas to take advantage of tax incentives
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Roger Ebert: Movie Maven, Digital Immigrant, Unconquerable Spirit
Ebert's last act — reinventing himself as a digital ninja at a time when his peers were retiring, getting fired and relegated to the past — was his most extraordinary
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Movie Market Research Fractures More – Who Will Change the Game?
Analysis: Big global players are getting out of the Hollywood game, a sign of their inability to figure out how to make the fast-evolving business function in their standardized models
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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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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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Rhythm & Hues Sells to Prana in Turbulent Auction
Prana, an Indian-American visual effects company, has a deal in principle to buy the bankrupt visual effects company Rhythm & Hues, winning a turbulent, two-day auction
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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"
