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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Red Room: A Home for Authors
The Internet just keeps throwing forth more and more places to be. Communities, watering holes, places to join. The latest I’ve joined (well, just before Facebook, see yesterday), is "Red Room: Where the Writers Are." It’s a website for authors. Anyway, a tip of the hat to those folks, who decided to feature "Loot" on…
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The Dailies – July 28, 2008
Can "Dark Knight" sink "Titanic" record?Batman sequel crosses $300 mil mark in record 10 days Comic-Con 2008 wraps upDie-hards lament commercialism, marginalization of comic vendors Shia LaBeouf in automobile accidentHand injury sidelines actor from "Transformers 2"
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“The Dark Knight” Races to $300 Million at the Box Office
"The Dark Knight" just keeps going. The movie raked in another $75.6 million at the box office this weekend, according to Media By Numbers. The film is still in 4,300 theaters, one indication of pressing demand. Fans are lining up to see the film numerous times (two people in my house have seen it twice…
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SAG and AFTRA stand in place
See update of the stalemated talks below, from today’s meeting of the SAG national board.
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Programming: Reliable Sources on Sunday
Tune in to Howard Kurtz’s "Reliable Sources" on CNN on Sunday, where I’ll be appearing to talk about what’s happening in the world of entertainment: Jay Leno’s departure from "The Tonight Show," and this week’s court decision nullifying the FCC fine against CBS for the exposing of Janet Jackson’s breast. (What? No Comic-Con?)
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SAG Update: Stalemate, and a Meeting
Update on Saturday: the board adopted a resolution saying that all entertainment work (meaning, including work done on the Internet) should be covered by SAG, and that all work should be fairly compensated when re-used. The producers issued a counterstatement sticking their thumbs in their ears, waggling their fingers and reminding SAG that the union…
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Comic-Con Updated: Hollywood Insiders, Watchmen, Twilight, and a film I made!
Latest update: Thousands of people lined up on Thursday to see excerpts of upcoming movies and meet their favorite stars. Fox did not disappoint. Keanu Reeves stoked the fans for “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” a re-imagining of the famous 1951 film. He wore a dark beard, in contrast to his clean-shaven alien look…
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Thanks to Page Six, Radar, WWD
Who picked up on the Anand Jon exclusive story. Welcome to those readers from Page Six, Radar and WWD’s Memo-pad! And also thanks to the many, many commentors on the story, worth reading below.
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The Dailies – July 24, 2008
New Line piles on the "Hairspray"John Waters to write treatment for sequel MTV "Rocky Horror" remake in the worksNew music may be used alongside original script Fanboys (and girls) flock to Comic-Con"Watchmen," "Terminator" info to be revealed
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Comic-Con Is Where It’s At
A random conversation among four 14-year-old boys about the center of their lives: "The Dark Knight," and Comic-Con, the five-day geek-a-rama in San Diego that kicked off today. This event, now sold out, has become one of Hollywood’s biggest promotional moments of the year. No studio misses out. Neither does any self-respecting teen. Jeremy: "The…
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John Edwards Love Child? A Newsroom Conundrum
It’s hard out there for an ex-candidate, and for the newspapers who cover them. Take today’s explosive story, so far untouched by The New York Times, Washington Post or Los Angeles Times – or even Huffington Post. John Edwards, in our own L.A. backyard, was caught skulking from the room of a lovely blonde woman,…
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Micah Gottlieb’s Fan Scan (a new feature!)
Bringing you the latest from fan sites around the Web: The spooky posters of "The X-Files: I Want To Believe," opening on Friday, have intrigued me, even if I’ve never been a fan of the cult TV show. But perhaps thimgs were better left under wraps. Ain’t It Cool News’ Latauro calls the film "one…
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An Accused Serial Rapist Speaks, Ahead of Trial
I got an exclusive interview with Anand Jon, the former fashion designer who will go on trial in early September for the serial rape of his models. The article, which includes the first look by a reporter at eight volumes of the models’ testimony against him at the grand jury, is in the August issue…
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Dark Knight: Smashing Records All Weekend
For once, the happening fulfilled the hype. "The Dark Knight" is a bona fide, blockbuster, record-making hit. The film starring Christian Bale and Heath Ledger packed cinemas everywhere, all weekend, and took in $155.3 million in its first three days in domestic release, according to estimates by Warner Brothers. That opening number beats the previous…