Waxword
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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5 Takeaways From TheGrill 2018: The Netflix Arms Race, MoviePass’ Future and More
My thoughts on our annual conference on convergence
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TheGrill Starts Today: See Will Packer, LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong and Showtime and AMC Bosses
Topics at this year’s conference include studio mergers, the rise of esports and the future of Cryptocurrency
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Welcome to TheGrill 2018: Now We’re Talking Disruption at Full Tilt
At our annual business conference, it’s hard not to notice that many of the changes that we saw as smoke over the horizon a decade ago are here and ablaze
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In the Spotlight: Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong Joins TheGrill 2018!
The new owner and executive chairman of The Los Angeles Times will be at TheWrap’s annual conference on October 1-2
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How Anita Hill Paved the Way for American Women to Spill Their Secrets
These women finding their voices is a remarkable moment in our country’s history
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TheWrap Publishes 13-Part #AfterMeToo Series, Revealing Powerful Testimony of Accusers
The multimedia project looks at the aftermath for women and men who have broken their silence about powerful men in Hollywood
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Errol Morris on Steve Bannon in ‘American Dharma’ Doc: He’s ‘Deeply Disturbing’
Toronto Film Festival: Waxword debated Errol Morris about his revealing new doc
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At TheGrill 2018: How Do You Bring Casting into the Digital Age?
TheGrill speakers Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin discuss disrupting the casting process
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The New Yorker-Steve Bannon Scandal: Buying Stock in Outrage Inc.
Have we so lost the thread of our national narrative that this is where we spend our time?
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#MeToo Blowback Over the Winds of Change in Hollywood
There are two quiet conversations going around in Hollywood right now — both are wrong
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Finalists Announced for 2018 ShortList Film Festival
Voting begins today and runs through August 22
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TheWrap Expands Events Division, Digital Strategy With High Level Hires
Nina Brown, Glenn Walker join senior leadership at TheWrap
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AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan, Dolby Chief Scientist Poppy Crum, Helios & Matheson CEO Ted Farnsworth Join TheGrill 2018
Artificial Intelligence, movie subscriptions and the future of media are hot topics at TheWrap’s annual gathering of thought leaders
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Anxiety in Hollywood Over Firings, Tweets and Crying in the Office
The new rules? Be careful of objectionable language when assistants are listening in on business calls
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The Confused Ethics of Mark Zuckerberg – Let’s Definitely Not Judge Those Holocaust Deniers
Bizarrely, Zuckerberg this week used Holocaust denial as the example of free speech that he would not want to suppress on Facebook-