Weinstein Company Sale in Turmoil as Outgoing Board Rejects Settlement Offer From NY Attorney General
Contreras-Sweet, who was expected to complete deal this weekend, is meeting with management to determine next steps
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SAG-AFTRA Issues Code of Conduct in Response to Sexual Harassment Climate
The move follows the Motion Picture Academy creation of its own code of conduct
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Inside the STX Mess and the End of Sophie Watts’ Odd Couple Executive Pairing (Exclusive)
“She was the only one who made it look forward-thinking,” one insider says of Watts, who left this month after complaints of harassment
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L.A. Times Ousts Lewis D’Vorkin as Editor Amid Top-Level Turmoil, Names Jim Kirk
Kirk, who previously served as publisher and editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, joined The Times’ parent company, Tronc, in August
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Katie Couric, Baroness von Sketch Comedians to Headline Power Women, BE Conference at SXSW 2018!
TheWrap has partnered with SXSW for its second annual BE Conference to mentor and empower millennial women
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The Weinstein Co. Makeover: Breastfeeding Rooms, Free Food — And the New Name (Exclusive)
A multi-million dollar fund for victims of Harvey Weinstein will also be established, insider tells TheWrap
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Questions of God Challenge a Pentecostal Preacher to Change in ‘Come Sunday’
Sundance 2018: The story of Bishop Carlton Pearson is surprising and nuanced, as played by Chiwetel Ejiofor
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Sundance So Far: Festival Gets Woke With Strong Set of Diverse Films
From the black experience to setting stage for modern womanhood, the festival has delivered big on new voices
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Keira Knightley Claims a Racy, Feminist ‘Colette’
Sundance 2018: The film joins a rush of movies about assertive women to debut at the festival
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Maggie Gyllenhaal Teeters at Edge of Art and Madness as ‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ (Exclusive Video)
Sundance 2018: Obsession grips instructor of gifted five-year-old poet
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Documentarian Lauren Greenfield Shows Her Rich Heart in ‘Generation Wealth’
Sundance 2018: Seeking answers to her own obsessive chronicling of wealth, Greenfield turns the camera on herself to ask if perhaps she is a slave to excess of a different kind
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STX President Sophie Watts Exits Over CEO Robert Simonds’ Alleged Harassment (Exclusive)
“I can’t comment on any of this,” Watts told TheWrap
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Ari Emanuel’s Endeavor Close to Investment by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince (Exclusive)
Endeavor seeks minority investment by Muhammed bin Salman as regime seeks aggressive private sector expansion
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Viacom and CBS Are Seeking to Merge, Insiders Say (Exclusive)
Shari Redstone, whose National Amusements controls the two media companies, is pursuing the move again
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Inside the Warner Bros Shakeup and What It Means for AT&T Merger
Analysis: If AT&T merger doesn’t happen, the studio must prepare a backup plan
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Warner Bros CEO Kevin Tsujihara: ‘We Face Headwinds in Every One of Our Businesses’
Executive says it’s not “healthy the way the business is becoming so binary”
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Warner Bros Leadership Shake-Up: Toby Emmerich to Run Studio, Sue Kroll Steps Down
Kevin Tsujihara to step back from running studio day to day in favor of Emmerich
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‘The Post’ Producer Amy Pascal on What Happens in a World of ‘Women Not Speaking Up’
“In this woman finding her voice, the country found theirs,” Pascal tells TheWrap of Kay Graham, portrayed by Meryl Streep
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A Wolff in the West Wing – How ‘Fire and Fury’ Was Reported
No chance somebody buttonholed the guy with the notebook and the vaguely familiar face and asked, “So, dude, what exactly are you doing here?”
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Letitia James, Shelley Zalis, Sarah Ann Masse Join BE Conference 2018 as Speakers, Mentors
James is the New York Public Advocate, Masse is a sexual assault survivor and comedy writer, they join as speakers, mentors for second annual event March 11 & 12, 2018 during SXSW in Austin, TX
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Starz Dropped by Altice USA as Negotiations Fail Over New Licensing Deal
“As of midnight December 31, 2017, Altice USA will no longer carry Starz or StarzEncore programming directly,” said the cable distributor
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Hollywood in 2018: The Old Order Ends, a New One Rises
Change is about to come barreling through the established order of Hollywood, leaving companies in pieces, shattering long-accepted norms and anointing a new set of power brokers
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Who Sent Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Horse Manure for Christmas? This Guy Did
“All in a day’s work,” tweeted L.A. activist Robert Strong beside a photo of himself
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Top LA Times, Chicago Tribune Exec Pays Himself $15 Million in Christmas Eve Surprise
Tronc Chairman Michael Ferro gave a three-year contract at $5 million per year to his firm, Merrick Media. Merry Christmas!
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Behind the Disney-Fox Merger: 7 Things We Still Need to Know – and 3 We Already Do
For starters, what happens to all the top talent at Fox?
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Elvis Costello, T Bone Burnett, Common and More to Talk Up Their Oscar Song Contenders
Hollywood’s top composers and lyricists to gather at TheWrap’s screening series event on Monday
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How They Saved Ojai: A Letter From a Town to Its Firefighters
On Saturday, all along the road into Ojai, homemade signs dotted the path: “Thank you for saving our town”
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Matt Lauer, Russell Simmons, Garrison Keillor and the Upending of Everything
Now we have to think of Matt Lauer wielding a sex toy
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Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, Miramax Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Charging RICO Violation (Exclusive)
The lawsuit cites “unwanted sexual conduct that took many forms: flashing, groping, fondling, battering, sexually assault, attempted rape and/or completed rape”
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Hollywood Panics as Post-Harvey Housecleaning Continues
It’s a new day and the rules that prevailed for decades are out the window. Zero tolerance for sexual misconduct is the order of the day
