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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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Hollywood In 2017: So, Should We Be Worried?
On the brink of an unexpected and entirely unpredictable presidency, Hollywood is looking over its shoulder
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Trump 2016 Leaves a Democracy on Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
We’re a nation under emotional assault by our new leader
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Post-Trump Stress Disorder Still Grips Hollywood
Acceptance, the fifth phase of grieving, has not happened yet
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TheWrap’s ‘Breaking Into the Business Live’ Launches with IMAX and ArtCenter College of Design
TheWrap’s new program seeks to empower a generation of students looking for their first big industry break
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Questions in the Wake of Donald Trump’s Win – A Journalistic Crisis
Shall I conclude that the electorate heard what the media had to say about the Republican candidate — and decided they didn’t care?
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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
