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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Jeffrey Katzenberg Under Fire From Hollywood Biden Donors: ‘Jeffrey Lied’
“Everyone is furious,” says a leading Hollywood Democratic insider. “People are pissed – they feel betrayed.”
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Paramount, Skydance Merger Is on Again in $2.4 Billion Deal
But NAI’s controlling shareholder Shari Redstone might be setting off a bidding war ahead of Sun Valley
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Candle Media to Split Animation, Live-Action Businesses, Cut Costs
The Blackstone-backed studio will fold animation projects into Moonbug Entertainment and rebrand their live-action division to Candle Studios
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Hollywood’s Jewish Founders: How the Academy Museum Got It So Wrong, Twice
A controversy over the treatment of Jews in the museum exhibit touches the culture wars: “We will not and we do not tolerate antisemitism at the Academy,” AMPAS told TheWrap
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Academy Museum Deletes ‘Predator,’ ‘Tyrant’ and ‘Frugal Approach’ From Jewish Founders Exhibit | Exclusive
The organization promised to address concerns “immediately” on Monday
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Motion Picture Academy Vows to ‘Thoughtfully’ Address Criticism of ‘Antisemitic Tropes’ in Exhibit on Jewish Founders | Exclusive
Outraged Jewish creatives say the exhibit that takes pains to point out Hollywood founders’ flaws with terms like “oppressive,” “tyrant” “predator,” “frugal”
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Why Hollywood Is Too Exhausted and Scared to Enjoy Donald Trump’s Conviction
The exhaustion is palpable along with the sense that if justice was served, Trump may still end up president, anyway
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Why the ‘Feud’ Actresses Would Never Trade Places With Capote’s Swans
TheWrap magazine: Naomi Watts, Chloë Sevigny, Diane Lane, Calista Flockhart and Molly Ringwald talk fame, privacy and how the world has changed for women since the Swans era
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Women Recoil in Cannes as Harvey Weinstein Still Looms, While a Sexist System Persists
Only four of the 22 films in the main competition this year — less than 20% — were made by women filmmakers
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‘Rumours’ Jokes About Looming Apocalypse – But It Isn’t That Funny, Is It?
Cannes 2024: The film starring Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance is a mix of genres that aims for satire but doesn’t quite achieve coherence
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‘The Shameless’ Is a Devastating Tale of Female Survival in India
Cannes 2024: Two searing performances anchor this tale of love and survival
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‘Meeting With Pol Pot’ Is a Lesson in Genocide
Cannes 2024: It’s a great time to revisit the story of a left-wing regime that in its savage pursuit of a just society instead murdered a quarter of its people
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‘Megalopolis’ Confounds Cannes Audience as Laughter Drowns Out Cringey Dialogue
Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday
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Paramount’s Options: Apollo-Sony or Skydance? The CEO Office Might Win Out | Analysis
The three-man Office of the CEO offered a plan to sell the Paramount lot, slash headcount and maybe even sell Pluto
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Paramount Opens Talks With Sony and Apollo for Acquisition
The Paramount board’s special committee met over the weekend on the matter, after allowing an exclusive negotiating window with Skydance Media to lapse
