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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Strange Appearances
A strange, short film appeared for a brief time on YouTube today. It was a much talked-about, little-seen tirade by director David O. Russell from the set of his 2004 film, "I Heart Huckabees." (I was on the set a fair amount, took some pictures on a happier day, see left.) I had described this…
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History for Sale
Now we’re talking. Ron Stodghill has written an interesting article in the Sunday Times about the Aboutaam brothers, two seasoned antique art dealers whose lives are being made increasingly complicated by the new realities of the art trade. The subject, it so happens, is one that I am currently investigating for my new book, "Stealing…
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no shows at showest
….and just to close the loop, here’s the article about the studio no-shows at this year’s ShoWest: "The major Hollywood studios are following similar no-frills scripts at what is the principal industry showcase for mainstream movies. A frayed relationship between the major studios and exhibitors, cost-cutting across the board and consolidation among the national theater…
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ShoWest Shimmy
LAS VEGAS — Your intrepid correspondent sends greetings from ShoWest, the annual convention for theater-owners and managers from all across the country. Here’s all you get of Spider-man 3 at ShoWest (see left). A nice big image, liberally posted around the Paris Hotel, with no hint at all of what this movie will be like.…
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Winterstern’s Tale
In today’s paper there’s a Hollywood morality tale: same story, new protagonist. Henry Winterstern resigned last week as the CEO of First Look Studios, an independent that he’d been trying to build over the last two years. Winterstern, it seems, is quite successful at raising money. Not so successful at creating profit. He brought a…
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Visit With Art
By Sharon Waxman WASHINGTON, June 15, 2006 — Art Buchwald isn’t dying, as it turns out. “Do you think he scammed us?” asks my editor at the Times. I say I’m not sure, but I better go find out, and make an appointment to visit Art at the hospice in Washington…
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Buchwald Lives
They had a memorial today for my friend Art Buchwald, who died earlier this year, at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC. I couldn’t be there, but it sounded like just the kind of event Art — Artie, as many called him — would have loved. There were loads of Kennedys, and Tom Brokaw, and…
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Lasseter Leads
In the quiet becalming of Hollywood that occurs in the days post-Oscar, my colleague Laura Holson has weighed in with a fascinating, and fairly rare, glimpse into the style and substance of John Lasseter, the founder of Pixar, come lately the chief honcho at Disney animation. He has been charged with reinventing the place, and…
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Hollywood Junk
This (see photo) arrived in the mail the other day in the form of a paperweight. Why a paperweight? Do I, does anyone for that matter, need a silver and pink and yellow Simpsons paperweight? Will this want to make me see the movie? No. Unfortunately, this is not the only absurd bit of junk…
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Post-Oscar, in the Wee Hours
This is your humble correspondent on her way into Vanity Fair’s Oscar party. You’ll notice I found a last-minute replacement for the old white pantsuit. There’s a story in today’s paper about what it’s like on the inside of the celebrity circle of cool, gleaned from crumpled, inky bits of paper — that’s what I…
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Backstage
Even the press room burst into applause when Martin Scorsese won the Oscar for best director. A lot of people have been waiting a long time for this to occur (even x-ray technicians, apparently). The volume of applause in the auditorium as the nominees were announced made clear that Scorsese would be the winner. One…
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notes from the press room
Halfway through the ceremony, there’s still no ‘story.’ That means no clear winner, no one film dominating anything, unless you count ‘Pan’s Labyrinth,’ which has now taken Art Direction, Cinematography and Makeup. That makes for a lot of languages other than English backstage. The Academy is clearly not in the mood for light entertainment of…
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The Night Before Oscar
On the night before Oscar, Giorgio Armani must be adored. This is the only conclusion I can draw from the stunning assemblage of celebrity plumage that appeared at the home of local billionaire Ron Burkle for a cocktail party and fashion show on Saturday night. This is the first time I can recall seeing Armani…
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The Day Before Oscar
On the day before Oscar, there’s lots to do. We dress up, go to the beach and eat very small amounts of food at the Independent Spirit Awards, the ceremony designed to celebrate the scrappy, independent films that are likely to be overlooked by the big, brassy Oscars. Except that now, "independent" films — which…
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Waiting for Oscar
Oscar weekend is upon us, and your intrepid reporter is sharpening her stilettos and dusting off the same white Ralph Lauren pantsuit that takes her through the gauntlet of cocktail parties, shindigs, ceremonies and champagne receptions every darn year, all in the service of you, faithful reader. I have this to say about ye olde…