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Casting Ace Reporter Jeff Sneider Rejoins TheWrap! 11 weeks ago

Jeff Sneider, the ace casting reporter who won his early reporting chops at TheWrap, will be returning to the site as film reporter...

By Sharon Waxman

Tops on TheWrap This Week: 'Olympus' Surprise, 'Breaking Bad' Theft, and Jon Hamm's Junk

March 29, 2013 By Greg Gilman 11 weeks ago

Gerard Butler's "Olympus Has Fallen" surprised at the box office last weekend, Bryan Cranston's "Breaking Bad" script was stolen, a "Pretty Little Liars" spinoff was greenlit and Jon Hamm demanded privacy for his privates

Tops on TheWrap This Week: Obama & Satan, Leno & Fallon, Yoko & Lennon's Bloody Glasses

March 22, 2013 By Greg Gilman 12 weeks ago

Plus, fans bid farewell to Harry Reems, star of the cult porn film "Deep Throat" -- a readers' choice of TheWrap

Hey Thanks! SPJ-LA Says I’m Distinguished in New Media

March 17, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 13 weeks ago

The Society of Professional Journalists Los Angeles chapter gave me their award last Thursday for Distinguished Work in New Media

Joseph Kapsch Joins TheWrap as Deputy Managing Editor

March 8, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 14 weeks ago

We are pleased to welcome a talented addition to our editorial team

What I Learned at Sundance 2013: The Indie Business Lives (Video)

January 27, 2013 By Sharon Waxman 20 weeks ago

At Sundance 2013 I learned that the independent movie business is alive and well and evolving rapidly before our eyes

Sundance 2013: UCLA, TheWrap Warm It Up With Reception (Photos)

January 21, 2013 By Todd Cunningham 21 weeks ago

All walks of the indie film world were represented Sunday as more than 400 guests attended the Sundance reception hosted by TheWrap and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television

California Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris on the Power of Women Leaders (Photos)

December 13, 2012 By Lisa Fung 26 weeks ago

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris joined Wrap CEO Sharon Waxman along with special guest L.A. City Controller Wendy Greuel at TheWrap's Power of Leadership breakfast

Kamala Harris on Overcoming Perceptions on the Road to Attorney General

December 13, 2012 By Liza Foreman 26 weeks ago

At TheWrap's Power of Leadership Breakfast, California's Attorney General Kamala D Harris, covered topics from women running for office, to truancy as a cause of crime, to the death penalty (video)

TheWrap Digs Up 12 Hidden Gems Among a Crush of Awards Season Movies

November 21, 2012 By Greg Gilman 29 weeks ago

TheWrap staff offers up deserving films and folks who might get lost in the crush of a crazy awards season.

How Oscar Entry 'La Source' Launched a Campaign for Clean Water Across Haiti

November 9, 2012 By Alexander C. Kaufman 31 weeks ago

'La Source' started as a documentary about one man's fight to bring clean water to his village -- now his work is spreading

TheWrap Scores 5 National Entertainment Journalism Noms, Including Best Website

October 30, 2012 By Wrap Staff 33 weeks ago

TheWrap scores nods for its commentary and hard news reporting

Judge Throws Out Thieriot Mayan Lawsuit Against The Wrap

September 12, 2012 By Tim Kenneally 39 weeks ago

Judge grants TheWrap's motion to dismiss defamation complaint on anti-SLAPP grounds

TheWrap Launches Culture Coverage - Yup, We’re Growing

August 31, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 41 weeks ago

TheWrap today launches its Culture vertical, because we just can’t ignore that all of culture - high and low - is connected

Introducing 'TheShortList,' TheWrap's Online Shorts Film Festival

August 9, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 44 weeks ago

We're launching a shorts film festival on Aug. 20 and calling it The ShortList. Why? Mainly because we thought it would be fun. Also: we love shorts!

Jon Thurber of L.A. Times Joins TheWrap as Senior Editor

June 22, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 51 weeks ago

Good news: Jon Thurber joins TheWrap as our newsroom continues to grow

TheWrap on CBS Sunday Morning: The End of Movies?

February 29, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

CBS Sunday Morning did a smart piece - with TheWrap - about the future of movies as fewer people head out to the theater

TheWrap Names Lisa Fung Executive Editor

January 10, 2012 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Fung joins TheWrap from The Los Angeles Times, where she most recently has been the Online Editor for Arts and Entertainment

Gilt's Susan Lyne at TheWrap's Power Women Breakfast: 'My Friends Thought I Was Out of My Mind' (Video)

December 13, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

At TheWrap's 3rd Power Women breakfast, the ex-entertainment exec shared the thrill and peril of running an Internet start-up

Stacey Farish Named Publisher of The Wrap News

November 4, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Stacey Farish, a leading ad sales executive, joins us from The Los Angeles Times as we look to our next phase of growth

IMDb Features TheWrap On 'Buzz' Entertainment News App

October 27, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

This is the database's second app launch in a month. TheWrap is among leading news partners

Nikki Finke Exposed, Part 1: Desperate, and Out of Control

October 1, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

WaxWord will be exposing Finke’s poisonous maneuvers going forward in this space - here's the latest one

Is Hollywood Bailing on Obama?

September 22, 2011 By Brent Lang 1 year ago

Hollywood is still a big source of money for the campaign, but past contributors from Streisand to DiCaprio have yet to write a check -- and past supporters are grumbling

TheGrill 2011: The Panels, the Power Brokers & the Parties

September 22, 2011 By Wrap Staff 1 year ago

Power brokers convened on TheGrill, the second annual media conference put on by TheWrap, Sept. 19-20

Summing Up TheGrill 2011 -- a Buffet for the Engaged Brain

September 21, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Spend a day and a half talking to some of the smartest people about the changes in the entertainment and media and you'll feel full, too

Pandora's Westergren at TheGrill: Is Tour Promotion Next?

September 20, 2011 By Lucas Shaw 1 year ago

The popular internet radio's co-founder isn't worried about the lack of profitability --or a challenge from Spotify

Why Nikki Finke’s Content Theft Lawsuit Is Interesting, If Still Batty

September 14, 2011 By Sharon Waxman 1 year ago

Finke is attempting something that is almost certainly impossible: Stopping reporters from picking up the phone and confirming news that her site has published

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'World War Z' Review: Humanity Under Attack - and That's Just the Script (Video)

Big-budget zombie movie gets so lost in its global scale that it doesn't give us a flesh-and-blood hero who makes it all matter, despite Brad Pitt's best efforts

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Krysten Ritter to Return for 'Veronica Mars' Movie

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