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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Saadi Gadhafi Emails CNN, Says He Wants to ‘Negotiate’ Deal
The emails suggested that Saadi Gadhafi was not under arrest, as rebel leaders had said on Sunday
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Saadi Gadhafi, Hollywood Investor and Dictator’s Son, Arrested
Saadi – a former soccer player– had returned to Libya to serve as commander of special forces in his father’s regime.
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Legendary Gets $220M Investor for China Filmmaking Venture
Paul Y. Engineering Group will take a 50% stake in the new company to fund two English-language, event-style films per year for global audiences
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L.A. Times Employees to Get $32 Million for ESOP Sell-Out
“This was a horrible deal for the employees of Tribune,” says Dan Neil, who brought the suit
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Bravo’s ‘Real Housewives’ Suicide Spotlights Reality-Show Tactics Anew
How much responsibility do networks and producers bear when reality shows turn tragic?
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Russell Armstrong’s Mother Accuses Bravo in Son’s Suicide
The mother of Russell Armstrong said the show “brought him down”
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If Whitey Bulger Lived Next Door: Fox and ‘Seinfeld’ Writer Team on Sitcom Pilot (Exclusive)
The “Seinfeld” writer told TheWrap he was inspired by his own experience, unaware he was dog-walking in Santa Monica with the notorious mobster nearby
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Howard Schultz: Obama, Congress Should Not Vacation During a Crisis
In an exclusive interview, the Starbucks CEO says he has been “stunned” by the response to his call for a boycott on political donations
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Time Warner Cable Acquires Insight for $3 Billion
The move will add 750,000 customers to the cable distribution system’s base
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On CNN’s Reliable Sources: Why TheWrap is Working, and a Peek Behind the Scenes (video)
Get a peek behind the scenes at TheWrap with Howard Kurtz for CNN’s “Reliable Sources” on Sunday
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‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’: Hollywood, Sane and Smart
“Crazy, Stupid, Love” is proof that occasionally Hollywood gets it really right. Result: $19.3 million in opening weekend
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THR’s Beckman: ‘Not Yet Where We Want to Be With the End Goal’
With Finkelstein running the day-to-day, he says: “I am the CEO, I was the CEO and will continue to be the CEO”
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More Trouble at THR: Beckman Pushed Aside for Finkelstein, Beckman Responds (Updated)
Chairman and investor Jimmy Finkelstein will take over day to day operations at the trade group
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Police Fire to Quell Riot at ‘Electric Daisy’ Premiere in Hollywood
Crowd threw bottles at Grauman’s Chinese Theater; police responded with non-lethal anti-riot bean bags
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How Mike Medavoy Nabbed the Rights to ‘The 33’ Chilean Miners
The legendary producer, who lived in Chile for 10 years, connected with a group of the miners when they were visiting L.A.