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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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins Sundance After All, by Webcast
“We can do 2018 again better in 2020,” the newly-elected Congresswoman from the Bronx told the cheering crowd after the premiere of “Knock Down the House”
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In ‘The Report,’ Government Heroes Expose America’s Torture After 9/11
Sundance 2019: Annette Bening and Adam Driver unearth the truth about America’s use of torture
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‘Untouchable’ Film Review: Documentary Revisits Harvey Weinstein Horrors – Too Soon?
Sundance 2019: What Ursula Macfarlane’s film does best is place the Weinstein scandal in context
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‘The Inventor’ Chronicles the Cautionary Tale of Theranos and the Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
Sundance 2019: Veteran documentarian Alex Gibney has all the raw ingredients of great drama in “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley”
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BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Mic: Inside the Crisis in Digital News
Journalists and executives worry aloud about a “mass extinction event”
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Patricia Arquette on Her Golden Globe for Playing an ‘Unlikable, Sexually Unapologetic’ 50-Year-Old
“We’re just beginning to explore other human beings,” the actress tells WaxWord
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A Commitment Fulfilled: TheWrap Achieves Gender Equity Among Its Film Critics
A message from the founder – welcome to more well-rounded Wrap reviews!
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Batten Down the Hatches for 2019 – A Media Storm Is Coming
Consolidation, an uncertain economy and an unstable presidency are making people nervous
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Fresno’s Rob Goldberg on 2019: ‘A Lot of Bad Businesses Will Go Away’
“You have consumers begging for more on-demand, more choice, more anywhere-anytime, and the media business is trying to figure it out,” Goldberg tells TheWrap
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Why Channing Dungey’s Leap to Netflix Is Making TV Folks ‘Queasy’
“Her decision makes everyone in traditional television queasy, jealous and self-loathing,” one TV exec says
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CBS and a Pattern of Toxic Masculinity: Protecting the Predators, Not the Victims
The pattern of behavior is undeniable: Men who should have been called out for bad behavior instead protected one another, while women who dared raise their voices were punished and paid off
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Hollywood’s New Demand for Diversity Drains Disney’s Executive Ranks
In the last four months, four prominent black executives have left Disney – two have gone to Netflix
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Inside Disney’s Campaign to Keep Channing Dungey as ABC’s Head of Entertainment and Why It Failed
Disney loses a top executive mentored by CEO Bob Iger himself
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How ‘Never Look Away’ Juggled Art, Love and the Madness of German History
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “Our county, Germany, has been at the center of every craziness, of every madness, of every abomination of the 20th century,” says director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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Facebook’s Betrayal of Trust: The Fallout Begins
The New York Times’ five-byline, 4,000-word investigation brings hard facts and reporting to the charade we’ve been watching for the past few years
