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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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NBCUniversal in Lead for Legendary Deal With Thomas Tull (Exclusive)
The deal would involve distribution rights to Legendary CEO Thomas Tull’s movies, co-financing of Universal movies and television partnership
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No Binge Viewing on Amazon? Inside Details on ‘Alpha House,’ New Political Comedy for Fall
Executive producer Jonathan Alter tells TheWrap it is adding two Democratic women senators who have not yet been cast
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Jonathan Alter to Barry Diller: Where Are 80 Years of Newsweek Archives? (Updated)
“I can’t get an article I wrote in Newsweek in 1985," says the former Newsweek columnist and senior editor
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TheGrill@ Locations Show to Focus on China – and Check Out Our Speakers!
"The Road to China: Global Finance and the Changing Film Landscape" will happen on Friday, June 28, 2013 at the L.A. Convention Center
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SHOCKER: Jay Penske Fires Nikki Finke From Deadline Hollywood, Sources Say
The combative blogger has clashed repeatedly with her boss, but in a response on her blog declines to discuss her status
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Sexual Shenanigans at the HFPA – Oh Those Golden Globers! (Exclusive)
Skinny dipping and naked cellphone photos — a night in the life of an HFPA member?
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Why Thomas Tull’s China Deal Strengthens His Hand With Warner Bros. (Video)
Legendary announced the first deal to make tentpole movies with China Film Group
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Defends ‘Arrested Development’: Fans Love The Show (Exclusive)
In an exclusive interview at the AllThingsD conference, CEO Reed Hastings says Hulu is unlikely to become a more robust competitor
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Disney’s Anne Sweeney Calls Barry Diller’s Aereo ‘Opportunistic Piracy’
ABC chief Anne Sweeney slammed Barry Diller‘s new Aereo online tv service as “opportunistic piracy,” on Wednesday. Sweeney made the remarks during an onstage interview at the AllThingsDigital conference on Wednesday, where Diller had appeared earlier in the day. "It's opportunistic piracy," she said. "With all due respect (to Diller), it’s taking advantage of our…
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D11 Dispatch: Barry Diller Says Aereo Plans To Create Content, Seeks Newsweek Sale
"The idea of spending thousands of dollars for a package of cable channels you don't watch doesn't make sense," he said during AllThingsD digital conference
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Twitter’s Dick Costolo Tries to Keep It Simple, Facebook’s Sandberg Is Focused on Mobile
Sandberg denied teens are fleeing the social network: "It's not a zero sum game," she told AllThingsD conference
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Making Game-Changers: ‘We’re Still That Company’
Cook promises at AllThingsD conference: “We have some incredible plans we’ve been working on for a while”
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WikiLeaks Doc Director on Julian Assange: ‘The Balls of This Guy – I Thought, ‘Wow.’
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" director Alex Gibney grilled on the politics of radical transparency
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Sleepless in Cannes: Moguls Haunt the Majestic Hotel Bar
Here at the bar there’s a disproportionately large number of Hollywood power players, temporarily taking the place of the Russian oligarchs
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What is Jewish Humor? Justin Timberlake ‘Smells a Trap’ for Coen Brothers in Cannes
At news conference, Coen brothers are asked: “Jewish humor, does it exist? If so what does it consist of?”