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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TheGrill Approaches: How Facebook, Comcast Have Become Unlikely Rivals
New media has not triumphed over old – both companies let people access and consume content they desire
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Relativity Media Expects 25 Bids This Week, Including Ryan Kavanaugh’s, Mainly for TV Assets (Exclusive)
Tom Forman’s TV business should draw offers in the $100 million range by Friday’s deadline, well below the $250 million stalking-horse bid for the entire company
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Director Marcin Wrona Found Dead in Poland After Toronto Fest Debut
Wrona, one of the rising talents of his generation in the Polish film industry, had just signed with ICM
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TheGrill is Sizzling With Chris Sacca, Jesse Jacobs, CNBC’s Julia Boorstin
TheWrap’s 6th annual conference slated for Oct. 5-6 brings together the leaders, deciders and disrupters
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Toronto: David Oyelowo Prefers Female Directors – How About You, Hollywood?
And by the way: Can you name 10 great movies made by women? I dare you
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Toronto: Charlie Kaufman’s ‘Anomalisa’ Digs Into Human Meaning With Stop-Motion
The filmmaker’s 1st work in 7 years is a sexually-explicit, stop-motion meditation on human connection
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Toronto: ‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ Lets Sandra Bullock Show Smarts, Humor, Politics
This taut’s film only problem is that these kinds of small dramas often get lost in theatrical release
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George Clooney’s Answer to Hollywood Sexism: Rewrite ‘A Lot More’ Male Roles for Women
The actor-producer turned the male lead of “Our Brand Is Crisis” to a woman for Sandra Bullock
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Wes Craven, Hollywood Horror Master, Dead at 76
The film director, famous for “Nightmare on Elm Street,” the “Scream” movies and many others, had brain cancer
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Hollywood Sexism Is Tragi-Comedy As 5 Women Directors Audition for ‘Space Cops 4’ Gig (Video)
Funny or Die and a bunch of top women directors use humor to tackle the elephant in the development process
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Comedians on Campus: TheWrap Examines New Political Correctness and Consequences for Entertainment and Media
We think of universities as the place for edgy ideas and vigorous debate. Not for comics these days, TheWrap finds
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Defiant Ryan Kavanaugh on Relativity Mess: ‘I Will Win’ (Exclusive)
Bankrupt studio plans to go forward with Oct. 9 release of heist comedy “Masterminds” with Kristen Wiig and Zach Galifianakis
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Howard Schultz Is Mulling Run for President, Will Hollywood Give Him a Shot?
If you have ever seen the Starbucks CEO in action, you’d see that he’s a political natural
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New Relativity Details: Studio Lost $135 Million in 2013 (Exclusive)
TheWrap has obtained a pro forma of the company’s declining performance over the past four years
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Requiem for Relativity – Hollywood Should Mourn the Loss of a Studio
There should be no sneering, no schadenfreude for Ryan Kavanaugh’s fall
