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Diane Haithman

Diane Haithman

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Senior Contributing Business Reporter

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Senior Entertainment Business Reporter • diane@thewrap.com • @dhaithman

Diane came to TheWrap from a position as Staff Reporter at The Los Angeles Business Journal, covering Entertainment/Media, Philanthropy and Style. Diane was a Los Angeles Times Staff Writer for two decades, covering arts, culture and the TV industry. Her novel Dark Lady of Hollywood was published to critical acclaim by Harvard Square Editions in 2014. She serves on the adjunct faculty of Emerson College Los Angeles and has taught feature writing at USC. Diane is co-author of the nonfiction book The Elder Wisdom Circle Guide for a Meaningful Life (Penguin/Plume 2007) and is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists-Los Angeles Chapter.

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Los Angeles

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University of Michigan Ann Arbor

  • Dave Chappelle to Produce 4 New Netflix Comedy Specials

    Chappelle, who sparked trans community backlash for his Netflix special “The Closer,” selects the comedian line-up for the shows

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 18, 2022 @ 1:37 PM
    TV
    1:37 PM
    Dave Chappelle to Produce 4 New Netflix Comedy Specials
  • Byron Allen Plans Bid to Buy the NFL’s Denver Broncos

    The move would make the L.A. media mogul the first Black majority owner of a National Football League team

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 8, 2022 @ 4:31 PM
    TV
    4:31 PM
    Byron Allen Plans Bid to Buy the NFL’s Denver Broncos
  • Oscars 2022: New Nominees Kirsten Dunst, Ariana DeBose and More Share Their Stunned Reactions

    “This is just beyond our wildest dreams,” said Dunst about her and Jesse Plemons’ first nominations

    By

    Missy Schwartz and Diane Haithman
    February 8, 2022 @ 9:54 AM
    Awards
    9:54 AM
    Oscars 2022: New Nominees Kirsten Dunst, Ariana DeBose and More Share Their Stunned Reactions
  • Wordle Hurdle: Online Game Called Out as a Ripoff of TV Game Show ‘Lingo’

    TV game-show enthusiasts are griping about the trendy game’s obvious similarities

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 4, 2022 @ 12:07 PM
    Media
    12:07 PM
    Wordle Hurdle: Online Game Called Out as a Ripoff of TV Game Show ‘Lingo’
  • Sony Pictures Profits Top $1.3 Billion in Q3 2021

    Thanks, of course, in large part to “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 1, 2022 @ 11:22 PM
    Movies
    11:22 PM
    Sony Pictures Profits Top $1.3 Billion in Q3 2021
  • Billy Crystal to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at Critics Choice Awards

    Crystal will take the award at the 27th annual ceremony in March

    By

    Diane Haithman
    February 1, 2022 @ 11:20 AM
    Awards
    11:20 AM
    Billy Crystal to Receive Lifetime Achievement Honor at Critics Choice Awards
  • NY Times Buys Wordle Online Game for Low Seven Figures

    The publication is adding to its strategy of building subscriptions via games with acquisition of the “cultural phenomenon”

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 31, 2022 @ 2:17 PM
    Media
    2:17 PM
    NY Times Buys Wordle Online Game for Low Seven Figures
  • Dakota Johnson and Cooper Raiff on Their ‘Electric Chemistry’ in ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ (Video)

    Sundance 2022: “I just found him to be supremely intelligent, but soulful and sweet and complicated,” Johnson says about her co-star and director.

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 29, 2022 @ 4:23 PM
    Awards
    4:23 PM
    Dakota Johnson and Cooper Raiff on Their ‘Electric Chemistry’ in ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’ (Video)
  • How Jim Henson Company Reimagines Classics Like ‘Fraggle Rock’ and ‘Harriet the Spy’ for Modern Kids

    “How do you keep growing the legacy brand? You just keep going back to what it’s all about,” Henson’s president of TV Halle Stanford says

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 28, 2022 @ 2:40 PM

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    TV
    2:40 PM
    How Jim Henson Company Reimagines Classics Like ‘Fraggle Rock’ and ‘Harriet the Spy’ for Modern Kids

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  • International Oscar Contenders Explore Forbidden Passion, Finding Hope, Love Between Human and Robot, and a Bad Boss (Video)

    TheWrap Screening Series: “If you forbid love, you forbid life,” says Sebastian Meise of “Great Freedom,” which explores the imprisonment of homosexuals in postwar Germany

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 26, 2022 @ 3:49 PM
    Awards
    3:49 PM
    International Oscar Contenders Explore Forbidden Passion, Finding Hope, Love Between Human and Robot, and a Bad Boss (Video)
  • Why ‘Alice’ Star Keke Palmer Found Playing the Film’s Enslaved Lead Character ‘Empowering’ (Video)

    Sundance 2022: “It was done from a place of yes, this happened, but I’m strong, I will survive and you won’t take my spirit,” Palmer says about the film

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 26, 2022 @ 12:28 PM
    Movies
    12:28 PM
    Why ‘Alice’ Star Keke Palmer Found Playing the Film’s Enslaved Lead Character ‘Empowering’ (Video)
  • Crime, Homelessness, High Taxes: Why Hollywood Big Shots Like Ryan Kavanaugh Are Fleeing L.A.

    Los Angeles at a Crossroads: “A growing chorus of Hollywood executives are talking about leaving the city,” one entertainment industry insider tells TheWrap

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 26, 2022 @ 6:00 AM

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    6:00 AM
    Crime, Homelessness, High Taxes: Why Hollywood Big Shots Like Ryan Kavanaugh Are Fleeing L.A.

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  • Mace Neufeld, Producer of ‘Jack Ryan’ and ‘The Equalizer’ Film Franchises, Dies at 93

    Agent turned producer was also known for “Beverly Hills Cop III” and “No Way Out”

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 21, 2022 @ 12:04 PM
    Movies
    12:04 PM
    Mace Neufeld, Producer of ‘Jack Ryan’ and ‘The Equalizer’ Film Franchises, Dies at 93
  • Women Film Entrepreneurs Face ‘Grave Disparity’ in Funding, Study Finds

    Pepperdine professor found that men-owned independent production companies receive more than seven times the funding

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 20, 2022 @ 11:11 AM
    Movies
    11:11 AM
    Women Film Entrepreneurs Face ‘Grave Disparity’ in Funding, Study Finds
  • LA Reports All-Time Record Quarter for On-Location Shoots

    TV productions like “Flight Attendant” and “Euphoria” boost production despite pandemic, FilmLA reports

    By

    Diane Haithman
    January 19, 2022 @ 12:57 PM
    TV
    12:57 PM
    LA Reports All-Time Record Quarter for On-Location Shoots
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