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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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Cassian Elwes, Grilled on Producing: ‘I Was Totally Burned Out’
Cassian Elwes is grilled on the state of film financing, the William Morris-Endeavor merger, on how he lost – and re-found – his passion for making movies
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Rupert Murdoch’s Liability: John Hockenberry and WaxWord Debate (Video)
Whither Rupert Murdoch? John Hockenberry, host of PRI's “The Takeaway,” joined me on Friday to debate the biggest stories of the week
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Mel Karmazin: Could Google Take Over Satellite Radio?
Mel Karmazin, the CEO of Sirius XM, explains why Howard Stern's show has ads. It's not why you think
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Executive Pay: Why Are Hollywood Moguls Making the Big Bucks? (Video)
I discussed the topic with Howard Kurtz, of Newsweek-The Daily Beast and our new partner, The Daily Download
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Steve Burke Tells CAA Retreat: ‘Movie Business Is In Steady Decline’ (Exclusive)
Steve Burke, CEO and president of NBC Universal, laid out a portrait of a movie business in “steady decline" at the CAA retreat at the La Costa Resort last weekend
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Fox Gets the Message: It’s the Artists, Stupid
Something unusual at the Fox CinemaCon presentation on Thursday: they gathered James Cameron, George Lucas, Ridley Scott and Tim Burton to say how much they all love working at Fox
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Why Did Kony 2012 Fizzle? The Burn-Out of a Social Media Meteor
On my street, one lone tree was left hugging a Kony poster on Sunday … What happened?
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Rich Ross Disney Ouster Means Refocus on Movies, Not Cross-Promotion
Analysis: After three years of bad results and whispering in the Hollywood wings, Disney opted for a clean break from a bad decision
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Joe Eszterhas: Why I Released The Mel Gibson Rant (Exclusive, Video)
In an exclusive interview with WaxWord, Joe Eszterhas explains why he felt releasing the rant was a necessary move
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At NAB: The Brave New Business Models for Television Content
Television has come up with interesting new business models that in many ways mirror those that have been driving international film financing for years
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The Joe Eszterhas ‘Maccabees’ Script: Bloody Butchery, Heroic Jews (Exclusive)
It’s exceedingly bloody, it’s hardly mainstream – and it is in every way a Jewish “Braveheart,” just as Joe Eszterhas claimed.
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Lawrence O’Donnnell: Mel Gibson Wears a Mask to Restaurants? (Video, Updated)
Just when you thought you’d heard everything about Mel Gibson, we learn something new
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The Mel Gibson Letter: Sharon Waxman and Howard Kurtz Debate (Video)
Howard Kurtz, the esteemed media critic for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and I discuss the Mel Gibson – Joe Eszterhas brouhaha
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Where Does Creativity Come From? Jonah Lehrer Unlocks the Science
The epiphany, that instant of transcendence that leads to Art – how can it be unlocked? Jonah Lehrer tells us in his new book
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Are Power Couple Rick Nicita, Paula Wagner Going Into Business Together?
An insider says the couple will be starting a company to produce Broadway shows, finance and produce movies as well as manage talent