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Sharon Waxman

Sharon Waxman On the Business of Entertainment

The founder and editor of TheWrap’s take on life on the left coast, high culture, low culture and the business of entertainment and media. Waxman writes frequently on the inside doings of Hollywood, and is is also the author of two books, Rebels on the Back Lot and Loot

  • Letter to Bari Weiss: CBS News Is Your Date With Destiny and the Chance of a Lifetime 

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    Sharon Waxman
    October 7, 2025 @ 6:15 AM

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  • TheGrill 2025: The Systems Are Changing – Here’s How You Adapt

    Nothing is as it was even a few years ago. The structures of 50 years are being reshaped and reconstituted.

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    Sharon Waxman
    September 30, 2025 @ 6:00 AM

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  • How Robert Redford’s Sundance Legacy Saved Hollywood

    Redford was a monumental figure in American cinema far beyond his prowess as an actor and Oscar-winning skill as a director 

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    Sharon Waxman
    September 17, 2025 @ 6:15 AM

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    How Robert Redford’s Sundance Legacy Saved Hollywood

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  • Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Warns of Rising Threat to US Freedom: ‘Artists Are Censoring Themselves’ 

    His latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” was made in secret while the filmmaker remains under a filmmaking ban after serving 7 months in prison

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    Sharon Waxman
    September 9, 2025 @ 10:13 AM

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    Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Warns of Rising Threat to US Freedom: ‘Artists Are Censoring Themselves’ 

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  • Copyright Troll Michael Grecco to Media: Pay Up or Drop Dead

    A photographer who worked for Fox has sued media organizations more than 100 times in the last decade over photos he took for Fox and other studios

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    Sharon Waxman
    August 29, 2025 @ 6:15 AM

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    Copyright Troll Michael Grecco to Media: Pay Up or Drop Dead

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  • The Silence of Hollywood Women in the Age of Epstein

    Is the lack of reaction a tacit nod to #MeToo being over? Or are women leaders and survivors just too exhausted to speak?

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    Sharon Waxman
    August 18, 2025 @ 6:15 AM

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    The Silence of Hollywood Women in the Age of Epstein

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  • Patrick Soon-Shiong’s Plan to Take LA Times Public Follows Newsmax Mini-IPO 

    The conservative outlet was losing money and still got onto the NYSE

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    Sharon Waxman
    July 23, 2025 @ 11:57 AM

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    Patrick Soon-Shiong’s Plan to Take LA Times Public Follows Newsmax Mini-IPO 

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  • Joe Eszterhas on Rebooting ‘Basic Instinct,’ Going Anti-Woke and His Wavering Trump Support | Exclusive

    The legendary screenwriter, now 80, says his 29-year-old self is intact and ready to write

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    Sharon Waxman
    July 22, 2025 @ 6:05 AM

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    Joe Eszterhas on Rebooting ‘Basic Instinct,’ Going Anti-Woke and His Wavering Trump Support | Exclusive

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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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    Sharon Waxman
    July 3, 2025 @ 12:40 PM

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    Shari Redstone Did Her Best … for a Billionaire

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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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    Sharon Waxman
    June 29, 2025 @ 3:25 PM

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    ICE in LA Sets Hollywood Summer on Edge as Latino Workers Hide: ‘It’s Like Anne Frank’

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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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    Sharon Waxman
    June 9, 2025 @ 5:21 PM

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    Moguls Take Aim at Zaslav’s Vision of WBD as Company Splits: ‘It Was a Failure’

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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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    Sharon Waxman
    June 3, 2025 @ 6:15 AM

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    Molly Jong-Fast on Mom Erica Jong, Dementia, Sobriety and Joe Biden

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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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    Sharon Waxman
    May 26, 2025 @ 12:00 PM

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    Shari Redstone’s Standoff With Trump Is Playing Live on Broadway Stage in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ 

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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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    Sharon Waxman
    May 19, 2025 @ 11:45 AM

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    Letter From Cannes: Arabian Gulf Money, an Indie Film Start-Up and Women Speak Frankly

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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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    Drew Taylor and Sharon Waxman
    May 8, 2025 @ 6:00 AM

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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

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