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 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.
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Brad Pitt Says ‘Moneyball’ Inspired Him, Chris Pratt Says He’s Underpaid (video)
Chris Pratt stole the show from Brad Pitt and the rest of the cast of “Moneyball” met the media at the Toronto Film Festival on Friday
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Music, Meet Technology: Will.i.am to Close TheGrill 2011
Will.i.am, the innovative composer, performer, technologist and activist will be the closing keynote speaker at TheWrap’s conference in two weeks
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In ‘Warrior,’ Does Lionsgate Know it has a ‘Rocky’?
Decades ago another film came out of nowhere and told a story of a down-on-his-luck fighter when Americans needed to believe the little guy could overcome the odds
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Gerard Depardieu Takes the Piss in Parody of Airline Incident (video)
The French actor recreates the scene, dressed as the French cartoon character, Obelix