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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FBI, Fox Make Headway on ‘Wolverine’ Leak
The source of a leaked copy of summer’s ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ narrows down to a digital working print.
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It’s Official: Wiatt and Wirtschafter Fess Up to Their Staff
Now it’s official. William Morris head honchos Jim Wiatt and Dave Wirtschafter held a staff meeting on Thursday morning to acknowledge that it was true: all the smoke about a merger was because they’d been rubbing sticks together with Endeavor. It’s about time. “They said they were sorry they had not been more communicative, and…
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Obama and the Punditry: the End of the Affair
The punditry sunk its teeth into President Obama Tuesday after a news conference in which he defended the budget he was sending to the Congress and explained why he was maintaining a middle class tax cut and a hike in taxes for the rich during an economic recession. They were not pleased: “He was tired.”…
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Howard Schultz, and a Lesson in Leadership
It was a rare performance by one of America’s great corporate communicators. On Wednesday, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz faced a room of more than a thousand anxious shareholders in a display of accountability that we haven’t seen from the failed bankers and insurance tycoons of our nation. In a nearly two-hour performance on the stage…
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The Battle for Lionsgate Heats Up: Icahn Moves, Felt Countermoves
Updated Wednesday morning: Just this morning, Lions Gate’s largest investor, Mark Rachesky, signalled his intention to change his status to "active" from "passive" investor, indicating that he may seek a seat on the board of directors. According to a 13-D filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission today, Rachesky said he was "principally supportive of…
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Fade In Wants a Retraction – Here’s the Letter
I guess I shouldn't be surprised. TheWrap has received a letter from a lawyer for Audrey Kelly of Fade In magazine, seeking a retraction of the piece investigating complaints about its screenwriting contest. Given the long list of legal claims involving Kelly and Fade In, this was probably to be expected. The letter uses lots of…
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Jon Stewart — Jonathan Swift for our Time
Interview? It was a pantsing by Jon Stewart. I have no idea why CNBC Mad Money-man Jim Cramer decided to go on Comedy Central to face down Jon Stewart, who has been skewering him for a week. Why in the world? Cramer was assured an opportunity for public humiliation on television, with the guarantee that…
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Harold Vogel Explains Carl Icahn’s Takeover Strategy
“It’s a step in exerting more forceful control over the destiny of the company. A takeover? not yet. But it’s a step in that direction.”
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Icahn Talks to TheWrap About Lions Gate
Company acquisition of TV Guide, he said, “borders on recklessness”
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Takeover Threat Looms as Icahn Ends Talks With Lionsgate
He had recently upped his stake in the studio and had been seeking two board seats.
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William Morris Merging With Endeavor? A Fact-Free Report
William Morris is merging with Endeavor? I don’t think so. Hollywood’s agency row was on fire all afternoon with the publication of a remarkably fact-free story in The New York Times recycling the rumor that Endeavor was going to merge with the William Morris Agency. At least, that’s what the headline said. The story was…
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Life in the Digital Real World
Call it birthing pains. Call it a life lesson. I don’t know what else to call it but pure hell when your new web site goes down for reasons you can’t quite fathom and for — tick-tock, tick-tock — many hours you cannot retrieve. I guess this is life in the digital world. We built…