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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
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Director Todd Phillips on Making ‘Joker’: Art Is ‘Meant to Be Complicated’
“What’s astounding to me in this discourse in this movie is how easily the far left can sound like the far right when it suits their agenda,” filmmaker says
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MoviePass Parent CEO Bids to Buy Shuttered Service, Take it Private
Ted Farnsworth resigned the top post of Helios and Matheson Analytics in order to bid for MoviePass
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Letter From Toronto: Noah Baumbach’s ‘Marriage Story’ and Julie Delpy’s ‘My Zoe’ Offer a Split View of Divorce
The two films treat the same subject matter, but the difference in perspective is vast
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Letter From Toronto: Films on Striving to Be Black in America
Toronto Film Festival 2019: Beyond Black Lives Matter, “Waves” and “American Son” depict a netherworld where the upper middle class black experience teeters on the edge of tragedy
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ViacomCBS Merger Caps Hollywood’s ‘Eat or Get Eaten’ Consolidation Era
Consolidation is essentially achieved across the industry. Now the mergers have to work
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2019 ShortList Film Festival Finalists Announced: Watch and Vote for the Winner!!
The ShortList showcases 12 award-winning short films hand-picked from the world’s top film festivals of the past year
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Power Women Summit 2019 Welcomes Chrissy Metz, Amazon’s Jennifer Salke and Gigi Gorgeous
Activists, actors and leader join the conversation about achieving 50/50 parity
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5 Things to Do After El Paso From Get-It-Done Gun Control Activist Shannon Watts
WaxWord talks to the founder of the grass roots group, who says, “There is not a parent in America today that is not afraid that their kid is next”
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Sony Chief Tom Rothman on Quentin Tarantino and Original Films: ‘You Have to Commit’
Sony’s movie chief savors a glowing first screening of “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood” at the Cannes Film Festival
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Why Robert Mueller’s Testimony Feels Like Such a Throwback
In historic testimony before Congress, Mueller often looked weary of being the foil for partisan speechifying
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Mattel’s Ynon Kreiz, Robbie Brenner on ‘Barbie’ Film: We Want to Make Movies That Have Cultural Impact
“We aren’t handing the IP to someone and letting them run away,” CEO Ynon Kreiz tells TheWrap
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Why Does Jay Penske’s Media Company Still Have a $200 Million Saudi Stake 9 Months After Khashoggi’s Murder?
After TheWrap requested comment, Penske updated its original story from February 2018 to disclose the investor
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Power Women at a Time of Challenge – On Pushback and Where We’re Headed
These days I sometimes struggle to find the words to share about the progress we are making as women.
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Indie STX Entertainment Seeks Cash or a Buyer After String of Box Office Flops (Exclusive)
The studio’s CFO denied that the company is seeking to sell
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Sam Gores Goes It Alone – Why That UTA-Paradigm Deal Fell Apart
Price wasn’t the issue. Timing wasn’t the issue. The WGA dispute wasn’t the issue. Culture wasn’t the issue.
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