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:
-
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
Available to WrapPRO members
Movies
Available to WrapPRO members
-
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
Available to WrapPRO members
Columns
Available to WrapPRO members
-
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
-
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?”
Available to WrapPRO members
Columns
Available to WrapPRO members
-
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
-
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
Available to WrapPRO members
Business
Available to WrapPRO members
-
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
-
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
Available to WrapPRO members
Business
Available to WrapPRO members
-
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
-
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
Available to WrapPRO members
Journalism
Available to WrapPRO members
-
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
Available to WrapPRO members
Movies
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Sundance 2026: Women Take Center Stage in Festival Marred by Real-World Turmoil
Sundance 2026: The violence in Minnesota cast a pall over the festival as art bumped up against outrage over current events
Available to WrapPRO members
Movies
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Salman Rushdie on Jihadism, Fascism and the Fight for Free Expression: ‘Everybody’s Gone Crazy’
Sundance 2026: The violence in Minnesota hung over the documentary about the 2022 stabbing attack on the writer
Available to WrapPRO members
Movies
Available to WrapPRO members
-
Tatiana Siegel Leaves Variety for California Post’s Page Six at Launch | Exclusive
The star reporter was at Penske-owned Variety and The Hollywood Reporter for 21 years
-
Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy on Their Excellent Year: ‘Operate Fearlessly and Respect the Audience’ | Exclusive
The Warner Bros. Studios chiefs look back on a $4 billion box office haul and toward awards glory
Available to WrapPRO members
Movies
Available to WrapPRO members