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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Weinstein, Tarantino Ride Into Battle at Cannes
Deja vu … Harvey and Bob hit town with rumors of funding woes, and “Inglourious Basterds” could put them on firm ground.
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Enter the Goddess: Penelope Cruz Talks Sex; IFC Buys ‘Ricky’
You could have heard a pin drop in the press room as Penelope Cruz recounted the performance of a sex scene in her new movie, “Broken Embraces,” (Los Abrazos Rotos) directed by the man who helped launch her career, Pedro Almodovar. In the scene Cruz, playing Lena, a B actress, has sex with her elderly…
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Relativity Has Bought $200M Bonds in MGM Bid
Kavanaugh seeks takeover of studio; John Malone is also interested
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Ken Loach Learns to Laugh, with Eric Cantona; Israeli Film’s Renaissance
The crowd cheered and clapped at 10 in the morning on Monday for a feel-good film from one of the most earnest and unflinching directors on the block, Ken Loach. The cerebral, diminutive Loach often makes his films in the world of the British working class. He likes to focus on the forgotten man, the…
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From Cannes: Campion Revisits Glory, Tragedy
The director of “Bright Star” opens up about loss and the love that grows in her new film.
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Scorsese Saves World Cinema, Paul Verhoeven Debuts … Not That One!
Director Martin Scorsese’s love of film has found a new outlet for audiences, with the announcement Friday that two digital companies will promote and exhibit a slate of restored films from the developing world via the World Cinema Foundation. Speaking at a press conference at the Cannes, Scorsese announced Friday that he has formed partnerships…
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Market Research Goes Global; Lush Romance From Campion
With the international box office dominating the movie business in the way that it does, it is no wonder that Louise Chater has found her role growing in conversations about the studio’s summer blockbusters. Her London-based company, First Movies, conducts international market research — focus groups in Mexico, trailer analysis in Russia, test screenings in…
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The Smell of Bordeaux in the Morning; Campion’s ‘Bright Star’ Sells
Ah, France. Where the people smell of red wine at 8:30 in the morning, and where they’ll happily charge you $5 for a croissant along the Cannes croisette. Remember you’re in France, so even though half of Hollywood swarms across the town, so does the entire European and international movie industry. So here, Hollywood is in…
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TheWrap is Now on Kindle!
We've gotten ongoing requests from readers who want to be able to read TheWrap on their Kindle. So I'm pleased to let you know that TheWrap is now available on Kindle, via our syndication partner Newstex. Here is the link to the Kindle feed is: The cost to the user is $1.99 per month. Please…
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Cannes Has That Scaled-Back Feeling
Early signs point to fewer executives and titles that just aren’t hot enough to acquire.
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‘Celebrity Apprentice’: How a Card Shark Got Jewish Broad-Sided
It was the frontal assault versus the stealth attack on "Celebrity Apprentice" Sunday night, and the Sherman tank won. As strategy, it was absolutely fascinating. Vegas poker champion Annie Duke should have won. She outmaneuvered her opponents all through the season. She smiled sweetly in the board room, and backstabbed her way through her opponents.…
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AllThingsD Uncovers TheWrap (Watch the Video)
Thanks to Kara Swisher, a former colleague at The Washington Post and a pioneer in the digital journalism space, for visiting TheWrap headquarters and shooting a handy-dandy Flip video. (Folks, I bought one of these things and took it to Comic-Con last year, and then Dubai. And since then – nada. Why don't we have more video…
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‘The Soloist’ Chases an L.A. That Isn’t There
I just saw “The Soloist” in a Santa Monica theater packed on a Saturday night, and I left the movie oddly depressed. Set in contemporary times, the movie is an anachronism. It’s about a city I never see, Los Angeles, and a newspaper that is disappearing before our very eyes, the L.A. Times. Steve Lopez,…
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Redstone: I’ll Never Die, but Newspapers Will (updated with Chernin-Moonves panel)
Speaking at the Milken Institute Global Conference on Wednesday, a feisty Viacom chief Sumner Redstone predicted he would never die. He also predicted that newspapers would. That, and, oh yes, that Paramount would have the biggest year in its history. In a closed-door, wide-ranging session led by CNN’s Larry King, the nearly-86-year-old media magnate took…
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The Milken Global Conference: When Indiana Jones Meets Wall Street
Michael Milken keeps walking by me in the hallway here at the Milken Institute Global Conference, which has the Beverly Hilton humming with activity. What’s your global ill? Housing? Hunger? Real Estate? Credit Markets? Or, say, “Sustainable Fisheries and Oceans?” Milken is searching for answers. There are world leaders here, financial geniuses of all kinds,…