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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Shari Redstone Did Her Best … for a Billionaire
The expectations are low for today’s media moguls who now know that $16 million is the price for buying off Trump
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ICE in LA Sets Hollywood Summer on Edge as Latino Workers Hide: ‘It’s Like Anne Frank’
Both legal and undocumented workers of the city are afraid to come out, with masked agents snatching people everywhere
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Moguls Take Aim at Zaslav’s Vision of WBD as Company Splits: ‘It Was a Failure’
Said one top executive: “It’s a deal that never had a shot and shouldn’t have been done. But they’ve also done a terrible job running the company”
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Molly Jong-Fast on Mom Erica Jong, Dementia, Sobriety and Joe Biden
The political commentator has a new memoir, “How to Lose Your Mother”
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Shari Redstone’s Standoff With Trump Is Playing Live on Broadway Stage in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
The play mirrors real life, but will real life turn out differently from the play?
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Letter From Cannes: Arabian Gulf Money, an Indie Film Start-Up and Women Speak Frankly
A Qatari delegation promotes film production on the Croisette, while a new company aims to find a home for Sundance orphans and female-fronted stories take center stage
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Cannes Loves Tom Cruise and He Loves Them Right Back at ‘Mission: Impossible’ Premiere
The emotional screening was the end of something for Cruise, but also a collective celebration of Movies
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Neon Picks Oscar Winners, Builds a Library and Looks Primed for a Takeover – Why Hasn’t It Found a Buyer? | Exclusive
Peter Chernin has kicked the tires but passed, Ron Meyer is trying to raise money to buy the studio
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Letter to Shari Redstone: You’re Conflating the Antisemitism Fight With Press Freedom, and You Will Lose Both
If Redstone is not careful, her efforts will backfire and undermine the credibility of her CBS News division
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Are We in Crisis Yet? Illegal Deportations, Supreme Court Snubs and Free Press Threats
What will be left if all the powerful people continue to cave and give ground and kiss ass?
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Trade War Panic? Not at Disney, Despite the Risks: ‘Wait and See’
Between its theme parks, movies, merchandise and cruise ships — Disney has the most on the line in China
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CinemaCon 2025 Takeaways: Diverse Slates, Warner Stumbles, Tom Cruise Still Rules
Once split over theatrical windows and the siren song of streaming, legacy studios finally seem convinced that they need a solid theatrical business to support downstream revenue
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In Praise of Laurene Powell Jobs, Owner of The Atlantic, Superhero of Signalgate
Though a billionaire, Powell Jobs has not found a reason to kiss Trump’s ring.
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The Odyssey of Endeavor and WME – It’s Back to Agenting, Again | Analysis
Was it worth all the effort? All the merging and acquisitioning?
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The End of Ari and Patrick: Whitesell Set to Leave Endeavor, Buy WME Football While Emanuel Eyes CEO Exit | Exclusive
Endeavor will be taken private by Silver Lake on Monday, leadership changes include the purchase of the football division of WME Sports
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