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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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Jeff Bezos vs The National Enquirer: A Tale of Journalism and Blackmail
An uncooperative billionaire, a power-drunk tabloid, the president and the independent counsel’s investigation — a complexification that even Hollywood couldn’t make up
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Sundance’s Haves and Have Nots: Can Traditional Indie Distributors Still Compete?
Sundance 2019: There isn’t math behind these sales that make any particular sense — but the tech giants don’t have to
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Report From Sundance
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In ‘The Report,’ Government Heroes Expose America’s Torture After 9/11
Sundance 2019: Annette Bening and Adam Driver unearth the truth about America’s use of torture
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‘Untouchable’ Film Review: Documentary Revisits Harvey Weinstein Horrors – Too Soon?
Sundance 2019: What Ursula Macfarlane’s film does best is place the Weinstein scandal in context
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‘The Inventor’ Chronicles the Cautionary Tale of Theranos and the Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes
Sundance 2019: Veteran documentarian Alex Gibney has all the raw ingredients of great drama in “The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley”
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BuzzFeed, HuffPost and Mic: Inside the Crisis in Digital News
Journalists and executives worry aloud about a “mass extinction event”
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Patricia Arquette on Her Golden Globe for Playing an ‘Unlikable, Sexually Unapologetic’ 50-Year-Old
“We’re just beginning to explore other human beings,” the actress tells WaxWord
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A Commitment Fulfilled: TheWrap Achieves Gender Equity Among Its Film Critics
A message from the founder – welcome to more well-rounded Wrap reviews!
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Batten Down the Hatches for 2019 – A Media Storm Is Coming
Consolidation, an uncertain economy and an unstable presidency are making people nervous
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Fresno’s Rob Goldberg on 2019: ‘A Lot of Bad Businesses Will Go Away’
“You have consumers begging for more on-demand, more choice, more anywhere-anytime, and the media business is trying to figure it out,” Goldberg tells TheWrap
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Why Channing Dungey’s Leap to Netflix Is Making TV Folks ‘Queasy’
“Her decision makes everyone in traditional television queasy, jealous and self-loathing,” one TV exec says
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CBS and a Pattern of Toxic Masculinity: Protecting the Predators, Not the Victims
The pattern of behavior is undeniable: Men who should have been called out for bad behavior instead protected one another, while women who dared raise their voices were punished and paid off
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TheWrap Wins Best Entertainment Website and More First-Place Wins at National Entertainment Journalism Awards 2018
TheWrap scored first place in commentary, blog and online hard news categories
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Hollywood’s New Demand for Diversity Drains Disney’s Executive Ranks
In the last four months, four prominent black executives have left Disney – two have gone to Netflix
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Facebook’s Betrayal of Trust: The Fallout Begins
The New York Times’ five-byline, 4,000-word investigation brings hard facts and reporting to the charade we’ve been watching for the past few years
