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
Experience:
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Cameron vs. Bigelow: Battle of the Exes
“I’ve been divorced more times than I’ve been nominated. I don’t really know which one is more awkward”
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‘Avatar’ Delivers, and That May Change Everything
For the first time in a very long time, a movie that made a great, big promise delivered
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Rumor: THR-Billboard Deal to be Announced Thursday
Purchase by Lachlan Murdoch-Jimmy Finkelstein alliance
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Laid-Off Movie Critics, the New ‘In’ Focus Group
A new venture pays out-of-work film critics $100 to weigh in on arthouse films
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New Daily Variety Editor Leo Wolinsky: Grilled
“Frankly I didn’t think I was going to stay in journalism — I didn’t think there was a job out there for me”
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‘2012’s’ Emmerich to Pocket $100M Profit
The writer-director-producer got a rich deal that feels more like the ’90s: 20 against 20
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Comcast: It’s a Brave New World, and Cable Runs It
NBC was valued at zero in the purchase, the movie studio only at 2 percent
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A New, ‘Heimish’ Day at NBCU — See Ya, Six Sigma
Town hall ends with Brian Roberts welcoming the 30,000 employees into the Comcast “family”
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GE, Comcast in Last-Minute Haggling Over NBCU Value
Sides argue over performance of Universal’s 2010 slate, and payment for NBCU content.
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Fox’s Liebling Headed to Universal
The executive is best known for her relationships with Hollywood’s top comedy hit-makers.
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Comcast Buys NBCU to Create New Media Giant
The deal closes at $30 billion valuation, with Comcast putting up $6.5B in cash, $7.25B in business value; Zucker is CEO
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Screening ‘This Is It’: Part of the Healing Process
The Michael Jackson concert film gets a rare standing ovation at a Wrap screening. What’s that about?
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Hobbit-Lovers Wait: It’s Likely Pushed to 2012
Executives around the two-parter say that with no script and no greenlight, release is unlikely before 2012 and 2013.
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Greengrass Exits ‘Bourne 4’ … But What Will Damon Do? (Updated)
Actor had said he would only participate if Greengrass directed.
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Murdoch, Finkelstein Close in on Nielsen’s THR: Is $70M Too Much?
Lachlan, not Rupert, is after the entertainment trade, along with an investor group.