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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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DreamWorks’ Snider Staffs Disney Marketing Dept. – Who’s in Charge?
Snider wanted executives “with bags under their eyes,” according to one insider
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Rob Lowe Hearts Early Charlie Sheen: ‘Haagen-Dazs, BMWs, Basketball’
Vanity Fair has an interview related to Lowe’s new memoir, in which he remembers the halcyon days of ice cream and Beemers during the Rat Pack 1980s.
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Warner Bros. May Buy Flixster – What’s With All the Embracing the Future?
The major studio is getting all new media; now comes a report that it may buy Flixster, with its 20 million users
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Alexandra Wallace Creates Another Internet Star — Jimmy Wong
Jimmy Wong, a 24-year-old Los Angeles musician, wrote a charming song in response to Wallace’s rant — 2 million Youtube views so far
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Lady Gaga in Oakland: Surrender to the Monster Ball (updated with video)
She told the fans that she was bullied as a child. She told them to ignore anyone who told them they were not superstars – or too fat, or too thin, or too weird
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Confirmed: The Hollywood Reporter IS for Sale (updated)
TheWrap has confirmed that Jimmy Finkelstein and Guggenheim Partners are looking to exit their investment in THR’s Prometheus Global Media. But Beckman denies it
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Sony Drops Complaint Against Strause Brothers for ‘Battle: L.A.’
On investigation, the studio was satisfied that the special effects company did not steal its assets for “Skyline”
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Ronni Chasen Tipster Will Get $100,000 Reward
The Palm Springs Festival will pay $100,000 for leading the police to Harold Martin Smith
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Harvey Weinstein, Tom Bernard, Ted Hope, Drake Doremus: TheGrill@Tribeca Fri. April 22
TheWrap has partnered with The Tribeca Film Festival for our first major conference on the independent film business
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WME Heavyweight John Fogelman Has Left the Building – Already
The top agent and board member left hastily on Friday, despite having no clear plans
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Watch Us Grow: TheWrap’s Traffic Surges 45% in February
Our 2011 traffic for the month was up 45 percent over 2010, from 759,803 unique visits to 1,099,633. We had 2.5 million page views that month. Yay!
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A Thought for Women’s Day: Lucky, and Thanks to the Web
The internet has brought women another quantum leap forward — the web doesn’t stare at your ass
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Opportunity Knocks Loudly for Hollywood in China
China has doubled its screens in the last four years to 6,200, and will double them again by 2015. That’s the sound of opportunity
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Friday Box Office: ‘Rango’ Opens Soft, Damon’s ‘Bureau’ Works It
UPDATED: Paramount’s big-budget animated feature is pacing to miss tracking by about $20M this weekend, but Uni’s “Adjustment Bureau” starts stronger than expected and should do over $20M
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Exclusive: ET’s Kevin Frazier to Join Lara Spencer on ‘The Insider’
A shake-up at ET will move Kevin Frazier to The Insider, and Chris Jacobs to ET, we hear