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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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New Relativity Details: Studio Lost $135 Million in 2013 (Exclusive)
TheWrap has obtained a pro forma of the company’s declining performance over the past four years
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Requiem for Relativity – Hollywood Should Mourn the Loss of a Studio
There should be no sneering, no schadenfreude for Ryan Kavanaugh’s fall
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Relativity on the Brink: Why Ryan Kavanaugh’s Big Hollywood Bet Has Failed
Relativity Media is poised to file for bankruptcy, a victim of its inability to deliver hit movies and its founder’s penchant for high risk
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Bobbi Kristina Brown: Death of Whitney and Bobby’s Child Is A Terrible, Unnecessary Loss
You couldn’t help but think that Bobbi Kristina Brown – named for her father, and endowed with his looks, of indeterminate talent – never had a chance
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The Wrap News and Metan Global Entertainment Group Partner for Entertainment News in China
Weekly reports by TheWrap to air on Metan’s flagship series “Hello! Hollywood” on online video platform iQIYI
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TheGrill 2015 Line-Up Adds Van Toffler, Robert Kyncl, Ynon Kreiz and Jason Hirschhorn
TheWrap’s sixth annual conference slated for Oct. 5-6 brings together the deciders, influencers and disrupters at the intersection of entertainment, media and technology
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Ryan Kavanaugh’s Relativity Considers Bankruptcy Amid Urgent Debt Pressure
Indie studio is virtually at a standstill as it seeks to raise funds before the end of July, an insider tells TheWrap
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Ryan Kavanaugh Defends Relativity Against ‘Malicious Witch-Hunt,’ Accuses Colbeck Capital of ‘Buyout Scheme’
CEO claims Colbeck is working with former Fox executive Tony Vinciquerra “in hopes of usurping new Relativity investors”
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Ari Emanuel Slams CAA at Fortune Conference: ‘They’re Still Stuck in the ’90s’
The co-CEO of WME says by the end of the year “we will exceed every number that was in the plan” to merge with IMG
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The Wrap News and Hearst Partner to Carry Wrap Content in 17 Newspapers
Wrap content to appear in leading metropolitan newspapers — digitally and in print — across the U.S., including in San Francisco, Houston, Seattle and San Antonio
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Karlovy Vary Journal: Richard Gere, Mel Gibson, Tony ‘Zero’ Revolori and Neo-Nazi Satire
The 50th anniversary of Eastern Europe’s biggest film festival gathers the elite, stars and offers in competition a satire that sends up neo-Nazi culture in Germany
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Michael Wolff Says Old Media Won the Digital Revolution – Why He’s Wrong
Like most of Wolff’s arguments, this one is only partially true – but hey, good for a click
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Obama’s ‘Thunderbolt’ Week Seals Liberal Legacy for a Changing Country
The court merely caught up to our new normal, and the Obama era will justifiably get the credit
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David ‘Doc’ O’Connor Poised to Exit CAA to Become CEO of Madison Square Garden (Exclusive)
The longtime partner helped to build the agency’s lucrative sports division
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Why Sumner Redstone’s Succession Fog Clouds Viacom, CBS Empire
TheWrap looks at the ongoing speculation and jockeying at two media companies that the founder declines to address
