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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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Donald Trump Gives Us a Dose of His Truth – When Moral Clarity Fails
The president told us what he really thinks about the Charlottesville violence: ‘You had a lot of bad people in the other group too’
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Finalists Announced for 2017 ShortList Film Festival, Including New Student Category
Voting begins today and runs through August 22
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The Decline of President Donald Trump – in Real Time
Something has shifted. This past week has felt like a significant milestone in the downward spiral of this administration
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MEET: The ShortList Film Festival Jurors! Matt Ross, Misha Green, Lisa Bunnell and More!
TheWrap’s annual online festival will kick off August 8 and stream for two weeks. Our industry jury will vote on the winner!
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Trump’s Transgender Ban Strategy: Bigotry to Hide the Corruption
Let’s not fall for this tactic: Rile up the culture wars. Feed the base some bigoted red meat. Wave a red flag in front of the liberal Twitterverse
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Jason Hirschhorn, Rich Greenfield, Thai Randolph Join TheGrill 2017
TheWrap announces first speakers and topics for the annual conference to be held Oct. 2-3 at the Montage Beverly Hills
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TheGrill Special Event With Kevin Smith: AMC and SundanceTV President Charlie Collier Joins
It’s an evening of hard-hitting conversation on July 25
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Fox Paid Sexual Harassment Claim Against Top Murdoch Deputy David Hill (Exclusive)
“If they’d cleaned house then… so many women could have been spared,” attorney says of 1998 payment
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Debating the Threat to Free Speech: Join TheWrap’s Panel and Screening on Thursday
It’s urgent: TheWrap will screen “Nobody Speak,” a documentary film about the Gawker sex tapes trial, followed by a panel discussion among experts about the ongoing threats to free speech
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I Got Groped by the Government, Literally: TSA, Fix This
The invasive TSA patdown is the definition of government overreach
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Trump’s Real-Time Insults Can’t Overpower Voices of #PowerWomen New York
While we gathered in New York to celebrate women’s empowerment, our president was once again debasing the nation with his misogynistic remarks about Mika Brzezinski
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Tony Award-Winning Actress Cynthia Nixon Headlines TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast New York
Additional featured speakers include Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, New York Public Advocate Letitia James, attorney Lisa Bloom, documentarian Laura Poitras and entrepreneur Moj Mahdara
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June Gloom: Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos and Hollywood’s Cyber Threats
A bunch of stuff is swirling about — all of it threatens our democratic system
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Our National Discourse Has Gone to S— and Trump Is to Blame
Subject to his daily bullying, Twitter temper tantrums, outright lying and open contempt for our Constitution — of course our nerves are giving up
