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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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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Furious Over Fincher ‘Social Network’ – Sticks Fingers in His Ears
Upset at Mark Zuckerberg’s portrayal, the social network monolith has chosen to ignore Sony’s film – but not before getting them to make some changes
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To Nikki Finke: Come Speak at TheGrill
People will say you won’t come. But I know you better. Come on stage and offer the industry some unvarnished truth
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Spyglass Pitches MGM a Bankruptcy Plan
Studio would re-emerge with scaled-down production slate that includes James Bond and “The Hobbit”
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Sony Accuses ‘Skyline’ of… Making a Low-Budget Blockbuster
Sony sends Hydraulx a cease-and-desist letter demanding company stop using its special-effects equipment, but the real issue is the release date
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Relativity Taps Paramount’s Steve Bertram for Top Spot
A fight may be brewing over Bertram’s jumping to Relativity – Paramount will not let him out of his contract
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Hey, Unpaid SAG Members: Your Case is Closed, Are You Watching?
No details on the SAG settlement of money it hasn’t paid actors, released late on a lazy August Friday? That’s just how Hollywood wants it
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Why Did the Nazis Film the Dying Jews of Warsaw?
“A Film Unfinished,” which the MPAA has given an R rating, investigates a mysterious Nazi movie production, a 30-day shoot inside the Warsaw Ghetto shortly before it was liquidated in 1942.
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Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer to October
Billionaire investor says time is needed for Canadian court to hear suit about share dilution
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Lionsgate Board Rejects Latest Icahn Bid
The company says the offer is not in its best interests
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Calling Hollywood Interns: Mel Gibson’s Hiring
Unwritten but presumed: blacks and Jews need not apply?
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Haim Saban to CBS: Cancel Oliver Stone’s Showtime Series
Media mogul urges Les Moonves to pull the series, and tells Hollywood friends to boycott the “Wall Street 2” director for anti-Semitic comments
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More Vivi Nevo: A Creditor From Past Calls Foul
Investment banker Lucky Christov: “I have never heard Vivi say one intelligent thing about what’s going in the world, the stock market, the economy”
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Digital Veteran Mark Davis Joins TheWrap as COO
Mark J Davis, a veteran of digital media and most recently vice president of strategy and interactive media at the San Diego Union Tribune has joined TheWrap as Chief Operating Officer.
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Icahn Suing Lionsgate Over Stock Dilution
Company’s move to augment holdings of No. 2 shareholder, Mark Rachesky, draws ire of Carl Icahn
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NY Post Slapped: Fortress Denies Dumping Weinsteins Over Miramax
Fortress denies a report that it has cut ties with The Weinstein Company, leaving open the possibility of yet another play for Miramax