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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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TheWrap Lands 13 Noms for National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards
L.A. Press Club will announce winners at Dec. 4 ceremony
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Why Donald Trump’s Win Is a Rejection of Hollywood
It’s impossible to read the verdict of a Donald Trump win as anything but a brutal rejection of Hollywood’s values and supposed influence
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The Shock of a Donald Trump Win – And What It Means
The voters have spoken. What are they trying to say?
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Hollywood For Hillary Hits the Phone Banks With Rising Optimism
“I think we’re going to win, but the main thing is that we trounce him,” says one increasingly confident volunteer
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FBI Director’s Email Dump and Why We’re All Confurious
Ah, Washington. That place can mulch a sewer of cynicism faster than you can delete the latest fund-raising email
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When a Phone Company Came for Hollywood – A Wakeup Call
For so many of us who’ve seen Hollywood as pop culture’s crown jewel, getting bought by a phone company feels like the tail wagging the dog
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TheWrap Launches BE Conference for Millennial Women in Media, Entertainment, Technology
First event will take place on March 12-13, 2017 in Austin, Texas, during the SXSW Film Festival
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Dalian Wanda Lands on Hollywood Shores – A New Turning Point in the Movie Business
What Wang Jianlin said, essentially, was that China is going to dominate global moviegoing for the foreseeable future and it intends to dominate movie production, too
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Leader Nancy Pelosi, Olympian Allyson Felix, Journalist Diane Rehm Headline TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast
The annual gathering of women of achievement will take place October 21 in Beverly Hills
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TheWrap Launches 2016 Awards and Foreign Screening Series With Pedro Almodovar’s ‘Julieta’
The screening series at the Landmark movie theater in Westwood hosts live interviews with the talent behind the season’s best films
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How ‘Access Hollywood’ Found the Trump Tape – and Why NBC News Probably Leaked It (Exclusive)
“Access Hollywood’s” plan to break the Trump story was ruined – and the syndicated show is furious
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Norman Lear Says We’ll Survive Donald Trump Presidency – If He Wins
But he also offers to run away with WaxWord – so is he joking?
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4 Takeaways From TheGrill 2016: DVDs and VR Headsets Are Out but China Is Everywhere
My head always explodes after TheGrill — here’s what learned
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TheGrill Starts Today! See Cameron Crowe, Irving Azoff and the Guy Behind ‘Pokemon Go’
Topics at this year’s conference include China’s influence on the online ticketing game, the state of television, and virtual reality and gaming
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TheGrill 2016 Presents Michael Lynton, Sarah Barnett, David Nevins, Adam Aron and Greg Foster
TheWrap’s seventh annual conference slated for next week Sept. 26-27th and will welcome an unprecedented number of CEOs
