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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‘Star Wars’ 7, 8 and 9 Are ‘The Most Exciting,’ Says George Lucas Biographer (Exclusive)
Upcoming “Star Wars” films are “the most exciting” in the series, says a biographer of George Lucas, who has read the outlines
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Will the Force Be With Disney’s $4B ‘Star Wars’ Gamble?
Analysis: Disney's Lucasfilm purchase seems significantly riskier than the $4 billion purchase of Marvel in 2009
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When Women Journalists Risk Their Lives – a Shred of Reward
Asmaa al-Ghoul declines to wear a hijab. And she declines to shut up. She regularly receives death threats. That's a real journalist
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Jeff Berg on Leaving ICM, Starting New Talent Agency: ‘I’m Not Interested in Retiring’ (Exclusive)
Jeff Berg tells TheWrap: "I’m not interested in retiring. I’m interested in building and creating value"
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Move Over, Clint: Meat Loaf Endorses Mitt Romney in Ohio
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is probably feeling paradise by the dashboard lights after rocker Meat Loaf endorsed him at an Ohio rally
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Transgendered Lana Wachowski: I Made ‘Cloud Atlas’ to Change Those Who Want to Lynch Me
Lana Wachowski compares her transgender experience with a character in her film: “Like Sonmi, there are people who will spit on me, want to lynch me, want to crucify me"
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Reliance Blinks at Funding $40M ‘Crossbones’ With NBC (Exclusive)
NBC budgeted 10 episodes of the pirate show "Crossbones" at $40 million, but Reliance, set to pay $30 million, wants to reduce its commitment
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Tina Brown on Newsweek Print End, Digital Future: ‘An Inevitable Outcome’ (Video)
Editor Tina Brown says of the end of Newsweek's print edition: "There was always a feeling and a knowledge we would be a digital company"
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Mailbag: What’s Jay Penske Up To? His Latest Legal Threat
The mail brought a letter from Jay Penske on Thursday “a courtesy due to the recent events involving the ‘poaching’ of employees in this industry” – thanks Jay!
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Why Well-Meaning Billionaires Like Megan Ellison May Ruin the Movie Business
Billionaires like Megan Ellison are bringing us films like "The Master" and "Zero Dark Thirty," but that may not be a good thing
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Sue Kroll Set to Re-Up at Warner Bros. – With More Power (Exclusive)
Sue Kroll has been renegotiating her contract for the better part of this year, a process that has been complicated by competition for the top job at Warner Bros.
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The Sex Parties of France’s DSK: ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Comes to Life
Sex parties of disgraced French minister Dominique Strauss-Kahn mirror those in “Eyes Wide Shut”
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Ben Affleck: ‘Argo’ Is a ‘Hard Movie to Sell’ (Exclusive)
Ben Affleck, in an exclusive interview with TheWrap, shares his worries about opening weekend of "Argo"
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Pakistani Schoolgirl Shooting: Write, Paint, Pin, Tweet, Broadcast Outrage
What can we do to register our pure, searing outrage at the shooting of 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head by a Taliban thug?