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Female Filmmakers in Cannes Speak of Freedom and Its Price
By Sharon Waxman | May 22, 2022 @ 3:15 PM”Women have always been and still are forced to please in order to be loved,“ ”Corsage“ filmmaker Marie Kreutzer says
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‘Rodeo’ Reveals the Kinetic Rage – and Joy – of Motorbike Street Racing in France
By Sharon Waxman | May 19, 2022 @ 9:47 AMCannes 2022: Lola Quivoron’s first feature earned a standing ovation after debuting in the festival’s Un Certain Regard section
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GOP Rage Over the Supreme Court Leak Isn’t Real – It’s a Diversion From the Imminent Loss of Our Rights
By Sharon Waxman | May 4, 2022 @ 9:19 AMMitch McConnell says he’s concerned, but come on now. There’s a script.
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Golden Globes Boycott Continues After Publicists Meet With HFPA Leaders, NBC Yet to Commit to 2023 Telecast (Exclusive)
By Jason Clark and Sharon Waxman | April 30, 2022 @ 11:10 AMThe fight to revive the scandal-ridden Golden Globe Awards drags on
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CinemaCon 2022 Takeaways: Post-Pandemic Excitement, Too Many Superheroes, More Diversity
By Sharon Waxman | April 29, 2022 @ 1:29 PMAmid the glut of streaming wars, the big screen makes a comeback including — look, Tom Cruise!
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Elon Musk as a One-Man Media Power Broker Is Scary as Hell
By Sharon Waxman | April 26, 2022 @ 3:17 PMPlacing the power of Twitter in the hands of a single man — however smart, interesting or entertaining — is a really bad idea
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Yusef Jackson Take on HFPA Chief Todd Boehly for Self-Dealing in Explosive Letter to Members (Exclusive)
By Sharon Waxman | April 22, 2022 @ 7:29 PMThe letter obtained by TheWrap asks: ”Todd Boehly will serve as interim CEO of HFPA, an independent bidder, or both during the selection process“?
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Oscar Attendees Rip Will Smith’s ‘Lame’ Apology, Predict Censure by the Academy
By Sharon Waxman | March 28, 2022 @ 5:50 AMThe chatter after the telecast was all about Smith — and how it made the industry look
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Jane Campion on Being ‘Emboldened’ by #MeToo and Overcoming a Loss That Left Her ‘Broken’
By Sharon Waxman | March 15, 2022 @ 2:15 PMTheWrap Magazine: A personal conversation with the writer-director of ”The Power of the Dog,“ who returns to the Oscars after 28 years
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Inside Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Debacle and His Leadership Style: ‘100% Self-Inflicted Wound’
By Sharon Waxman | March 14, 2022 @ 6:00 AMA former Disney leader faults Chapek’s ”hubris“ in handling the PR crisis
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Lionsgate, STX Deal Falls Through, Indie Studio Seeks to Close Najafi Deal (Exclusive)
By Sharon Waxman | March 10, 2022 @ 4:45 PMLionsgate submitted a best and final offer in recent days that was well under the $173 million offered late last year by The Najafi Companies
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How Zelenskyy, Putin and Elon Musk Are Fighting the Information War Over Ukraine
By Sharon Waxman | March 7, 2022 @ 6:00 AMPutin is playing hardball, but experts say he might be working from an outdated playbook
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Golden Globes One Year After Meltdown: Are Reforms Enough to Save Embattled HFPA?
By Diane Haithman and Sharon Waxman | February 24, 2022 @ 6:00 AMCritics say the central problems plaguing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association remain unaddressed: ”You need to start from scratch“
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What Warner Bros. Discovery Will Look Like and Why Jason Kilar Won’t Survive the Merger
By Sharon Waxman | February 15, 2022 @ 6:00 AM”The company has been siloed for 30 years,” one insider says. “No one has time for that anymore“
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Jeff Zucker’s Complicated CNN Legacy: Leaked Insider Texts Say He ‘Destroyed’ the Network
By Sharon Waxman | February 3, 2022 @ 9:54 AM“Cover the news. Don’t f— your subordinates. Jesus, how hard is that, anyway?” one former staffer writes