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 Haven’t Lionsgate and Summit Merged Yet?
It’s crushingly obvious that this merger is a deal that needs to happen. Both companies are too small to thrive in today’s brutal marketplace
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Summing Up TheGrill 2011 — a Buffet for the Engaged Brain
Spend a day and a half talking to some of the smartest people about the changes in the entertainment and media and you’ll feel full, too
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Charlie Sheen Pending ‘Settlement’ With WB Is Really Just Back-Pay
The deal is is really made up mainly of money the actor is owed for back-end profits on “Two and a Half Men”
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Harry Sloan & Jeff Sagansky: The Future Is Content — and It’s Outside the U.S.
“Media companies haven’t taken enough risks in the past 15 years, and they’re paying the price for it today”
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Why Nikki Finke’s Content Theft Lawsuit Is Interesting, If Still Batty
Finke is attempting something that is almost certainly impossible: Stopping reporters from picking up the phone and confirming news that her site has published
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Harvey Weinstein Invites Michele Bachman to Premiere of ‘Butter’
“I would of course be more than happy to fly in the other leading members of the Tea Party movement to make an entire day of it”
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Michelle Yeoh Takes on Aung Saan Su Kyi; Lucy Walker Films Tsunami Aftermath
Aung Saan, ably played by Michelle Yeoh, is a pacifist, which doesn’t make for big action scenes
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‘Shame’ Shocks With Pitiless, NC-17 Sex
British director Steve McQueen's drama takes a piercing, pitiless look at the culture of sexual excess in Western society
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In Toronto, the Power Center Has Moved to the Light Box — and the Ritz
The scene: it’s far past midnight and Glenn Close is snuggling up to her daughter at the post-premiere of her movie, “Albert Nobbs”
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Sean Stone, Son of Oliver: ‘Iran Has the Right to Nuclear Weapons’ (Exclusive)
After visiting Iran for a week, he says at Toronto, “Israel has nuclear weapons, Iran has the right to them. Every nation has the right to defense”
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Thoughts on 9/11: On the Importance of Intolerance
We are all changed as a result of 9/11. The message that we need to have learned is of intolerance
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‘Descendants’ George Clooney, Alexander Payne Say There’s Hope for Adult Dramas
The film weaves together family, history, loyalty and the unwelcome pressures of growing the hell up
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New Film Fund Extremal Will Commit P&A Financing – Up-Front (video)
The new up-front financing formula will strengthen the hands of indie directors and producers
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Cee Lo Green Boogies with ‘F— You’ at Toronto Film Festival (video, NSFW)
With apologies to George, Cee Lo Green stole the spotlight, and we took a little video of his most popular performance.