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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Casting Directors: When Will Oscars Recognize the Impact We Have on Films?
Five top casting directors — including several whose films hit paydirt with Academy Award nominations — sound off on an underappreciated art. Oscar, anyone?
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WaxWord on CNN: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and the Oscars (Video)
CNN video: Was "Zero Dark Thirty" hurt in the Oscar nominations process by criticism of the film from Washington?
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‘Outraged’ Amy Pascal: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ Does Not Advocate Torture
Sony Chairman Amy Pascal is outraged that her movie "Zero Dark Thirty" is criticized by a member of the voting Academy
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Malik Bendjelloul Searched the World to Find ‘Sugar Man’ Tale
“I felt this was the best story I ever heard in my life,” he told TheWrap — he started to make a full-length documentary, but his Swedish TV backers were not enthusiastic
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Wi-Fi In the Sky Soars to New Heights at CES (Exclusive Video)
We flew high above Lake Mead — and then landed on it — to demonstrate the latest in wi-fi technology on really really cool airplanes
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CES: Technology Moves Off the Screen, Into Your Stuff
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the news was how technology is marching into your car, your kitchen and your closet
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What’s New at CES This Year? (Video)
Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, talks to Sharon Waxman about what's different at CES this year
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Irving Azoff on Why He Left Live Nation: Running a Public Company ‘Sucks’ (Exclusive)
Irving Azoff exclusively tells TheWrap: “The process of being a public company in America right now sucks if you’re an entrepreneur”
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Violence Against Women in 2012 – When Will It End?
We recoil at the murder-by-gang-rape of a young Indian woman in faraway New Delhi — what can we do about it?
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Mark Travis, Producer of Richard Pryor Hit Concert Film, Dies at 61
Travis produced and released the hit film "Richard Pryor: Live in Concert," after it was rejected by the major studios
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Jack Klugman, TV’s Beloved Regular Guy, Dies at 90
Jack Klugman, the TV star who played the working-guy half of “The Odd Couple” and a regular in American homes as the crime-solving coroner in “Quincy M.E.,” has died at age 90
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NRA Wayne LaPierre’s Tone-Deaf Performance: From a Parallel Universe
Faced with a nation rising in anger against the prevalence of guns in American society, Wayne LaPierre chose to blame Hollywood and media companies
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How They Made ‘Les Misérables’ Even Bigger for the Big Screen
Producer Debra Hayward on plundering the novel and how "American Idol" and "The Voice" impacted Tom Hooper's vision
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Gordon Crawford Retires – Hollywood Loses a Great One
Hollywood should take a moment to regret the retirement this week of Gordon Crawford of Capital Research and Management, the one of the most influential and successful investors in media and entertainment
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Garbo Sells: Auction of Movie Star’s Sunglasses, Turban, Shoes Totals $1.6 M
Greta Garbo estate sells for $1.6 million