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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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?
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Why Nikki Finke + Variety = A Business Dilemma for Jay Penske
Jay Penske appears to have shut out Nikki Finke from having much to do with Variety — which creates the challenge going forward: owning two competing brands that cover the same subject matter
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Disney’s Head of Research, Louise Chater, Exits Under Cloud of Questions (Exclusive)
Walt Disney Studios' head of movie market research, Louise Chater, was precipitously dismissed from the studio in late September
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‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Rodriguez: From Poverty to Carnegie Hall
Since "Searching for Sugar Man," the resurrection of folk singer Rodriguez is as remarkable as his fall into obscurity
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KitchenAid Redfaced After Slamming Obama’s Dead Grandmother During Debate (Seriously)
KitchenAid – yes, that one – tweeted a joke about the president's dead grandmother during the debate
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Hey Hollywood, What Do You Want to Ask Silicon Valley?
We're taking the smartest questions to throw at Kara Swisher and me at TheGrill next week. Send 'em in!
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HBO Promotes Richard Plepler CEO as Bill Nelson Retires
HBO CEO Bill Nelson announced on Thursday he would retire and Richard Plepler would take his place as chief executive
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Universal Pulls ’47 Ronin’ From Director as Budget Swells to $225M (Exclusive)
"47 Ronin," Keanu Reeves' biggest movie since "The Matrix," has been described as a "nightmare" and will have to surpass $500 million at the box office just to break even
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Nancy Tellem at Microsoft? The Inside Dirt on Whether She Can Succeed
CBS veteran Nancy Tellem’s leap to Microsoft, where she will head up entertainment content, was more like an inching, tortoise-like crawl
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Muslim Innocence: Facebook Revolution, Meet the YouTube Counter-Revolution
'Innocence of Muslims' represents the flip side of the sea change that social media has brought to modern culture and politics – the dark side of Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
