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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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Stacey Snider’s Fox Takeover May Mean Personality Clash With Top Execs, Insiders Say
“I don’t see the three of them coexisting in 2017 — it’s tough,” insider says of Snider, production president Emma Watts and Fox 2000 head Elizabeth Gabler
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Steve Mosko Goes Shopping: Tribune Media Tops on His List (Exclusive)
Former Sony Pictures TV chairman met with banker Moelis & Co. in recent days to discuss the possibility of an acquisition
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Why Saying the Words ‘Gay’ or ‘Guns’ Matters in the Post-Orlando Debate
While conservatives get apopletic over whether President Obama says the words “radical Islam,” it turns out there’s plenty they won’t say either
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Orlando Shooting a Toxic Brew of Hate, But We Can Stay the Course of Tolerance
We must respond wisely if we are to be safe as a country, and safeguard our values as a democracy
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Lena Dunham on Life After ‘Girls’ and ‘Hellhound’ Trump at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast NYC (Video)
“It sounds so tiring to get bossed around by a dude for six months,” Lena Dunham says at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast
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Sony Executive Exodus: CEO Michael Lynton Flexes His Muscle
Departures of Steve Mosko and Doug Belgrad are power moves by a usually mild-mannered mogul
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Philippe Dauman Bracing for Life After Sumner Redstone and Viacom, Insider Says
Chairman and CEO has little recourse after removal from mogul’s trust
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Why We Have to Reject Peter Thiel and Defend Nick Denton
Thiel’s campaign may be legal, but over time it will have an insidious effect on free speech, vigorous journalism and even satire
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Sumner Redstone Insists He Ousted Philippe Dauman, Opposes Paramount Sale
Viacom fires back, saying Redstone is being ‘shamefully manipulated’
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Malin Akerman Opens Up About Turbulent Childhood, Early Career: ‘Comedy Was a Mask’ at Power Women Breakfast (Video)
“Coming to Hollywood, it helped me understand how to read people on an almost animalistic level,” the “Billions” actress reveals at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast
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Why the Sumner Redstone Trial Was a Sideshow – It’s About Viacom
In an op-ed for the L.A. Times, TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman offers her take on the Sumner Redstone trial
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Katie Couric: Why Aren’t We Talking About Guns in This Election?
“People’s eyes glaze over,” Yahoo news anchor explains while promoting her “Under the Gun” documentary
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Katie Couric Not ‘Nervous’ About Her Yahoo Future
The website’s global anchor says she is keeping her head down during the sale process
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The 5th Annual ShortList Film Festival Now Open for Submissions
The online festival announces 2016 dates
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Why Jeffrey Katzenberg’s DreamWorks Animation Finally Sold to Comcast
A couple of major pieces have moved on the landscape to make acquisition more likely — neither tied to movies
