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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A Visit to Iran; What’s That All About?
What to make of things when a group of well-meaning Hollywood liberals flies into the mouth of the lion’s den by suddenly visiting Iran? Some of us are left thinking that there must be more here than meets the eye. After all, no one in Hollywood wakes up the day of the Oscars and thinks:…
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Updated: Annette Bening in Tehran Group Visit
Annette Bening joined a delegation of Hollywood dignitaries led by AMPAS president Sid Ganis in an historic visit to Tehran.
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Chernin’s Next Act: Viacom? Apple? Microsoft?
The business world is thick with speculation over where one of the top media executives in the country will land.
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Fired? Liz Smith Didn’t Drink Enough With Col Allan
Liz Smith is angry but not very surprised that the New York Post fired her. She said she saw it coming: She didn’t drink enough. “They are going to save the New York Post by firing me,” the 86-year-old columnist deadpanned in an interview with me today. “They’ll save my salary. It’ll put them right…
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Spirit Buzz: Woody Allen’s Dermatologist
Penelope Cruz won a Spirit Award this afternoon for her performance in Woody Allen’s “Vicki Cristina Barcelona.” This wasn’t that surprising, but the Spanish star told a great yarn about the director. “Woody is a symbol of independent film,” she said. “He does whatever he wants. Including going to the dermatologist on the day that…
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About That Fake Oscar List? What If It’s Right?
What is hilarious about a list of “Oscar winners” circulating for the last couple of days around the Internet is how obviously a fraud it is. As most everyone in Hollywood know, the winners are tallied by PriceWaterhouseCooper up to just before the ceremony. It’s not as if some committee at the Academy of…
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‘Reader’ Controversy? Or Harvey Weinstein looking for attention?
The makers of the Oscar-nominated film, “The Reader,” issued a statement on Friday defending the film from what they called “fringe criticism” that it is a Holocaust denial film. What’s going here? “Fringe” people writing on “the fringe” – that would be author Ron Rosenbaum (“Explaining Hitler”) on Huffpo and Rod Lurie (“The Contender”) on Slate…
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How Much to Cover the Oscars? 500 Bucks. Or There’s Dial-Up.
TheWrap got a seat in the press room for the Oscars. And here’s what it costs to get one of those newfangled “high-speed” digital gadgets that’s become all the rage: $500. Yup. $500. Or else you can use dial-up. It already cost this much two years ago, when I last covered the Oscars for The…
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Winners Chosen: Will They Come?
Three lucky new members of TheWrap community have been notified that their ticket to our launch party tonight will be at the door. Can’t wait to meet them. Meanwhile, I hope our readers will check out the slide show under "Dailies" today of the work of Neal Preston, a world-renowned photographer who has shot private and public…
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Sign up to TheWrap, you may be invited to our launch party!
Hey all, the launch event for TheWrap happens this Wednesday evening at the Four Seasons Hotel, Los Angeles. You might be one of the lucky people who attends! We are going to choose three new members of TheWrap community to come to this VIP event for Hollywood insiders. The evening will include not only meeting…
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To My Friend Patrick Goldstein: Really?
What if there was real news, and old media didn't care enough to write about it? Thanks to my friend Patrick Goldstein for pointing out my post on the lack of response from traditional media to yesterday’s news conference about the Motion Picture Fund fiasco. We come from the same place; he cares, for sure.…
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What If They Had A News Conference, And Traditional Media Didn’t Come?
So TheWrap is about two weeks old. And it’s making waves. That’s why we’re here. But I’m pretty saddened and shocked to attend an audio news conference today that was called in the wake of our investigative reporting about the plight of the weakest members of the Hollywood community. And I could perceive no one…
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MPTF Statement About TheWrap’s Allegations; TheWrap Responds
The Motion Picture & Television Fund put out a statement on Wednesday “to identify and dispel several untrue allegations” made about the decision to close the long-term care facility and hospital at its Woodland Hills retirement home. Since these “allegations” came from TheWrap’s investigative series on the closures, we are taking the opportunity to rebut…
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Hey DreamWorks, Is This Any Way To Run A Business? Calling David Geffen…
By all accounts, the leadership at DreamWorks has left a trail of fury and resentment behind them at Universal, their partners for a distribution deal who were unceremoniously dumped when DreamWorks started negotiating with Disney for a better deal. In the course of family affairs that is the close-knit business of Hollywood, this is the…
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Universal-DreamWorks Distribution Deal Falls Apart
DreamWorks’ troubles raising financing as an independent studio are behind failed deal with Universal and negotiations with Disney.