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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Norman Lear Says We’ll Survive Donald Trump Presidency – If He Wins
But he also offers to run away with WaxWord – so is he joking?
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4 Takeaways From TheGrill 2016: DVDs and VR Headsets Are Out but China Is Everywhere
My head always explodes after TheGrill — here’s what learned
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Cameron Crowe to Interview 2 Legendary Rock Photographers at TheGrill 2016
TheGrill presents exclusive photography by Joel Bernstein and Neal Preston
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TheGrill 2016: Mobile Is the Key to Reviving Movie Ticket Sales, Says Movio’s Will Palmer
Moviegoing isn’t dead or dying, but it needs to get mobile, says Will Palmer, the CEO of Movio, who returns to TheGrill stage for the second year in a row
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Hollywood Panics Over Hillary Behind the Scenes at Emmy Parties
Onstage, Hollywood mocked Trump. Offstage, acolytes deluged GOP pollster Frank Luntz with questions
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At Least 29 Injured in Explosion in Manhattan’s Chelsea Neighborhood
“It was deafening,” one witness told The New York Post of the explosion
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A New Wave of Black Filmmakers Challenge Hollywood Conventions
Toronto 2016: Filmmakers like Nate Parker, Barry Jenkins and Nick Cannon are winning attention for films that step outside studio and indie norms
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‘Moonlight’ Debuts to Rapturous Applause, Tears in Emotional Screening at Toronto Film Festival
Toronto 2016: The gritty film about addiction and sexuality set in Miami continues to move audiences – and the cast too
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‘Snowden’ Director Oliver Stone Accuses Modern Hollywood of ‘McCarthy Era’ Self-Censorship (Exclusive Video)
Toronto 2016: The director tells TheWrap that every major studio turned down his biopic of whistleblower Edward Snowden
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Why ‘Magnificent Seven’ May Be Hollywood’s First Color-Blind Blockbuster
Toronto 2016: Director Antoine Fuqua tells TheWrap how he reteamed with Denzel Washington for a Western
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The Inspiring Story of Maimouna Doucoure – TheWrap’s ShortList 2016 Jury Winner
A reminder that film is a powerfully democratizing force. Doucouré is a self-taught filmmaker who persevered after her mother told her: “This is not for us”
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Ryan Lochte Tells Matt Lauer It’s All His Fault in Rio: ‘It Was My Immature Behavior’
The swimming medalist gets confessional in an interview with NBC’s Lauer
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TheGrill Update: Why AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron Ain’t Afraid of Technology — Really
New technology “presents some challenges and limitless possibilities,” says Aron
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Peter Thiel Won, Gawker Lost, the 1 Percent Scores, Democracy Loses
Thiel flouted and mocked the First Amendment in his campaign to bring Gawker down
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ShortList Film Festival 2016 Chooses 12 Finalists, Opens for Voting
12 contenders include a documentary following a female boxer in Cuba, a black comedy about a self-aware cannibal and a story about masturbation
