Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman
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TheWrap Partners in Launch of Reuters America
TheWrap has joined forces with Reuters to be an anchor partner in its launch of Reuters America, an alternative to the AP
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Variety Bleeds Talent, While Newsroom Morale Suffers
Beset by aggressive competitors and shackled by a paywall, Variety has become a shadow of its former dominant self
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Universal in Preliminary Talks to Sell Focus; Gores Bros. Interested
Universal would like to sell the arthouse division if it can get the right price, but it’s unclear whether Comcast would bless a deal
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Ryan Gosling on ‘Blue Valentine’: ‘What Happens to Love?’
The movie treats love like a murder-mystery, says Gosling. “You try to trace down the killer – is it him, her, their jobs, money, time?”
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Michael Jackson and John Branca — a Major Wrap Series
This series confirms our commitment to long-form investigative journalism in the digital age — and to trying stuff that’s hard
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Ronni Chasen’s Will: A Woman of Serious Means
Chasen’s estate, valued at $6 million, favors her brother and a certain niece — but specifically shuts out another
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Exclusive: Sony Corp. PR Ann Morfogen Exits for Consultancy
Ann Morfogen, chief communications officer at Sony Corporation of America and top adviser to Chairman Sir Howard Stringer, will be stepping down after 16 years
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Exclusive: Moderate Republican Tom Davis Next Up for MPAA Job
The ex-Congressman from North Virginia is currently front-runner to be chairman of the Motion Picture Association, a job the moguls are having a tough time filling
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Icahn’s Proxy Slate for Lionsgate: McGurk, Firestone, Dornemann
Icahn urges shareholders to vote Vice-Chairman Michael Burns off the board, and vote his slate including former Overture chief Chris McGurk
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What McGurk Wants from Icahn: the Blockbuster Gig
Exclusive: The real prize is to be CEO of Blockbuster, where Icahn is the creditor in chief and McGurk hopes for a shot at turning around the damaged brand
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Will Chris McGurk Join Icahn’s Rebel Slate for Lionsgate?
Might McGurk, late of Overture, join Icahn’s proxy slate?
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Mourning Ronni Chasen: Uneasy as We Grieve
The memorial on Sunday allowed us to grieve together, but we will all remain uneasy until there are answers
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Ronni Chasen Laid to Rest, but Hollywood Can’t Shake the Shock
At a funeral that embraced a community’s grief, insiders struggled to understand a bewildering act of violence; Hundreds including Jacqueline Bisset, Peter Fonda attended