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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Why Did Kony 2012 Fizzle? The Burn-Out of a Social Media Meteor
On my street, one lone tree was left hugging a Kony poster on Sunday … What happened?
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Chernin Group Gets $200M Investment From Providence Equity Partners
Representatives of Providence will join the Chernin Group’s board of directors, Chernin becomes a senior adviser to Providence
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Rich Ross Disney Ouster Means Refocus on Movies, Not Cross-Promotion
Analysis: After three years of bad results and whispering in the Hollywood wings, Disney opted for a clean break from a bad decision
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Joe Eszterhas: Why I Released The Mel Gibson Rant (Exclusive, Video)
In an exclusive interview with WaxWord, Joe Eszterhas explains why he felt releasing the rant was a necessary move
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Mel Gibson Rage Rant in Costa Rica: ‘Filthy C—sucker Whore’ (Audio)
Mel Gibson’s recent rage was recorded. TheWrap obtained a copy from screenwriter Joe Eszterhas – you can listen for yourself
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At NAB: The Brave New Business Models for Television Content
Television has come up with interesting new business models that in many ways mirror those that have been driving international film financing for years
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The Joe Eszterhas ‘Maccabees’ Script: Bloody Butchery, Heroic Jews (Exclusive)
It’s exceedingly bloody, it’s hardly mainstream – and it is in every way a Jewish “Braveheart,” just as Joe Eszterhas claimed.
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Lawrence O’Donnnell: Mel Gibson Wears a Mask to Restaurants? (Video, Updated)
Just when you thought you’d heard everything about Mel Gibson, we learn something new
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The Mel Gibson Letter: Sharon Waxman and Howard Kurtz Debate (Video)
Howard Kurtz, the esteemed media critic for Newsweek and The Daily Beast, and I discuss the Mel Gibson – Joe Eszterhas brouhaha
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Joe Eszterhas to Mel Gibson: ‘Don’t Call Me a Liar, I Have a Tape’ (Exclusive)
Joe Eszterhas, in an exclusive interview with TheWrap, details Mel Gibson’s anti-Semitic obsession, frequent rages and threats to Oksana Grigorieva
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Mel Gibson on Oksana Grigorieva: ‘I’m Going to Have Her Killed,’ Letter Says
“I’m going to have her killed!” Read the nine-page letter
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Joe Eszterhas Explodes at Mel Gibson: ‘You Hate Jews’ (Exclusive)
Joe Eszterhas, in an explosive nine-page letter to Mel Gibson obtained by TheWrap, writes: “The reason you won’t make ‘The Maccabees’ is the ugliest possible one. You hate Jews”
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Warner Bros. Shelves Mel Gibson Maccabee Movie (Exclusive)
Studio says script didn’t work, move comes after Jewish groups were outraged to learn that Gibson would produce and direct
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Where Does Creativity Come From? Jonah Lehrer Unlocks the Science
The epiphany, that instant of transcendence that leads to Art – how can it be unlocked? Jonah Lehrer tells us in his new book
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Are Power Couple Rick Nicita, Paula Wagner Going Into Business Together?
An insider says the couple will be starting a company to produce Broadway shows, finance and produce movies as well as manage talent