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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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Britney Spears Rejects $10M Bid to Judge ‘X Factor’ – She Wants $20M! (Exclusive)
How much is Fox going to have to pony up? Try $20 million
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Rush Limbaugh Loses More Advertisers, But Protests: ‘The Left Made Me Do It’
Rush Limbaugh loses two more sponsors despite his apology for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut”
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Anthony Shadid’s Last Moments: ‘He Will Get Through This, I Thought’
A New York Times photographer describes Shadid’s last, dramatic moments before succumbing on the Syrian border
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Internal WME Memo Hiring Ex-CAA Agent Dan Aloni: Read It Here
TheWrap obtained the surprisingly low-key memo from motion picture head Adam Venit
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TheWrap on CBS Sunday Morning: The End of Movies?
CBS Sunday Morning did a smart piece – with TheWrap – about the future of movies as fewer people head out to the theater
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Oscars Party Chatter: Governors Ball, Vanity Fair – Tow Yard
In the inner Oscars party circle, snuggling up to Meryl Streep and pinching Michel Hazanavicius – yes, Toto, it’s all true
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Will America Watch the 2012 Academy Awards?
With a paucity of movie stars, no blockbusters and races largely devoid of drama, will the public bother tuning in to the Academy Awards?
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How Hollywood and Joe Biden Got China to Drop a 20-Year Movie Quota
Says MPAA’s Chris Dodd of the U.S.-China movie pact: “This is a very big deal. And Joe Biden deserves the credit”
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Jeff Zucker a Candidate to Run Yahoo?
Could the ex-NBCU chief executive Zucker end up running Yahoo? It’s not out of the question
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India’s Reliance MediaWorks Stakes a Claim in Hollywood
The India-based Reliance MediaWorks – a division of the media giant Reliance Group that has funded DreamWorks – is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles
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George Clooney Lacked Confidence? How ‘The Descendants’ Helped Him Grow Up
For Clooney, the film led to his coming of age. Oh, and, yes, he’s patched things up with “Three Kings” director David O. Russell
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IMG Fallout: JPMorgan’s Greg O’Hara Out After Ovitz Maneuver (Exclusive)
O’Hara angered bank vice chairman James Lee when he associated with Michael Ovitz to take over the sports agency
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Laughing, Crying, the Sundance Elite Drinks to Bingham Ray
The gathering was “Bingham’s last gift to us," as one mourner put it