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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Paramount Pulls Ads From The Ankler After Rushfield Boosts ‘Block the Merger’ Movement at CinemaCon | Exclusive
The company’s move followed a conference call with The Ankler’s top executives, sources say
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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Meets Theater Owners at CinemaCon as Streamer Considers Bigger Theatrical Presence | Exclusive
The co-CEO’s pursuit of Warner Bros. seems to have marked a change of heart
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Michael Ovitz Wants Back In. Will Hollywood Have Him?
Universal Music Group faces a takeover bid by shareholder Bill Ackman, with Ovitz to become chairman
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Disney Layoffs of 1,000 to Begin Next Week in Marketing, Publicity and Other Divisions | Exclusive
The reductions are a move toward consolidation under CEO Josh D’Amaro as industry adjust to headwinds
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The Optimism of ‘Project Hail Mary’ Is the Antidote to Hollywood’s Doom Loop
I’m not trying to harsh your gloom – I, too, enjoy feeling sorry for myself – but I do want to point out that all may not be lost
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What Paramount’s Winning Warner Bid Means: More Movies, More Debt and a CNN in Question
For months, Hollywood has been transfixed and horrified by the prospect of either Netflix or Paramount winning the day
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Bob Iger Not Interested in LA28 Olympics Gig if Wasserman Steps Down | Exclusive
The outgoing Disney chief has not officially been courted as a replacement, sources tell TheWrap
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Tucker Carlson Slides Into Antisemitic Slop in Interview With Mike Huckabee
The conservative commentator asks that Jews get DNA-tested: “Why don’t we do genetic testing on everybody… and find out who Abraham’s descendants are?”
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Imagine Dragons Is Latest Act to Exit Beleaguered Wasserman | Exclusive
The wildly popular rock band drops the agency for North America after Chappell Roan and Abby Wambach left the agency over Casey Wasserman’s appearance in the Epstein emails
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Inside the Lightning-Fast Fall of Casey Wasserman and What Happens Next | Exclusive
“This was the dam bursting”: Providence Equity, the private equity partner that owns 60 percent of the agency, pushed hard for Wasserman’s exit behind the scenes
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Wasserman Agency to Be Renamed After Founder Casey Wasserman Sells His Stake | Exclusive
Discussions are underway at majority owner Providence Equity to give the sports and talent agency a new name
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Music Agents Give Casey Wasserman Ultimatum: Leave Over Epstein Ties or They Will | Exclusive
“What do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?” the executive wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell
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CBS News, Paramount in Internal Battle Over Cutting Ties to Peter Attia Due to Epstein Links | Exclusive
In newly released emails, the wellness guru made crude jokes in chummy correspondence with the late convicted sex offender
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Letter to Bari Weiss: Soaring Words for CBS, but Your Solutions Are Fuzzy
I read her speech twice looking for the substance beyond the vision, which will be the hard part
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Why Stephanie Ahn, Director of Sundance Gem ‘Bedford Park,’ First Wanted a White Actor for Her Korean Love Story
Sundance 2026: “I dug deep into the areas of my own experience that I just didn’t see being represented in film,” she tells TheWrap
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