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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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TheGrill Update: Why AMC Theatres CEO Adam Aron Ain’t Afraid of Technology — Really
New technology “presents some challenges and limitless possibilities,” says Aron
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Peter Thiel Won, Gawker Lost, the 1 Percent Scores, Democracy Loses
Thiel flouted and mocked the First Amendment in his campaign to bring Gawker down
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ShortList Film Festival 2016 Chooses 12 Finalists, Opens for Voting
12 contenders include a documentary following a female boxer in Cuba, a black comedy about a self-aware cannibal and a story about masturbation
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Catherine Hardwicke, Jennifer Levine, Mark Gill, Kevin Iwashina, Bec Smith Are ShortList 2016 Jurors
TheWrap names the team deciding winners of the fifth annual festival
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TheWrap Relaunches With a Sexy New Design – Hope You Like It!
An airier design, endless scroll and new features for video and photos mark our new approach
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Could the Khan Family Spell the End of Donald Trump?
It may be Khizr and Ghazalah Khan who send the Republican candidate crashing to the ground
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Tim Molloy, Thom Geier Promoted to Top Editorial Roles at TheWrap
Tim is our new executive editor and Thom our new managing editor – plus some new hires!
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Nick Nolte Tells Us Why He’s Not Voting for Clinton or Trump in the 2016 Election
The 75 year old actor tells us why he’s sat out the last 14 presidentials
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Donald Trump In, Roger Ailes Out in Historic GOP Reshuffle
Fox News chief ousted on the very day his nemesis, outsider Donald Trump, accepted the Republican presidential nomination
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The Anti-Trump Convention Takes Hold With Kooks, BuzzFeed and Prophets of Rage
On Cleveland’s Public Square, a woman with massive pink fairy wings holds a sign: “Let Democracy Fly – Dump Trump!”
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CNN’s Carl Bernstein on Roger Ailes Exit: ‘I Don’t Think Anybody’s Salivating’
He adds that beyond Ailes “it seems to me that all the networks — cable and the traditional networks — have grievously failed by not doing investigative documentaries about the candidates”
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Joe Eszterhas: Trump Is an ‘A–hole,’ but I’m Still Not Voting for Hillary (Exclusive Video)
“A choice between criminals and an a–hole, I’ll pick the a–hole,” Eszterhas tells TheWrap
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Letter From Tel Aviv: Living With Terror, Driving a Tech Boom
While the rest of the world recoils from a series of terror attacks, Israelis go about their business, pushing skycrapers into the air and building the next tech sensation
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Bob Iger on China’s Disneyland and How He Avoided Being a ‘Cultural Imperialist’
“We decided to introduce turkey legs to China,” Iger says, “Which I thought was a mistake”
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Is This War? When #BlackLivesMatter Veers Into Violence
It’s a tragedy begotten by tragedy. But is it really so unexpected?
