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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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STX Entertainment Chief Robert Simonds on Why He’s Spending $750 Million Making Movies This Year: ‘We Believe in It’
Simonds tells TheWrap: “We are throwing a lot of capital around, but we believe in it”
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UTA Takes Leap Forward, CAA Dealt Blow in Daring Agency Raid
It was a quantum leap for the smaller agency run by Jeremy Zimmer
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Robert Durst Murder LAPD Case: Four Experts Confirmed Handwriting on Cadaver Letter
Los Angeles law enforcement failed to file charges against the subject of HBO’s “The Jinx” until now
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Shocking Robert Durst Confession Marks Extraordinary Moment in Documentary History
“It was the tail end of a piece of the interview,” Jarecki said
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Russell Brand Doc Director on Sparring With Comedian: ‘It Was Like Non-Violent Protest’
Ondi Timoner reveals that the comedian intervened in the filmmaking process of “Brand: A Second Coming”: “Most things I just couldn’t do”
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5 Fast Impressions of SXSW 2015 From a Newbie
I was unprepared for the vast smorgasbord of knowledge, networking and innovative stuff going on
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HBO NOW’s Standalone Service – Cable and Content Companies Face the Watershed
Content providers need to move fast since cable companies are starting to push back against networks that are not delivering the audience
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NBC Investigation Into Ex-PR Chief Abuse Claims Exposes Unusually Strong Ties to Bob Greenblatt
Insiders say staff asked NBC not to hire Licata, dismissed in October, because of his track record
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Former NBC Exec Richard Licata Responds to Abuse Claims: ‘It’s Character Assassination’ (Exclusive)
“Have I pushed people? Absolutely. I have never, ever done it abusively”
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Hollywood Mogul Ryan Kavanaugh Witnessed Harrison Ford Crash: ‘He Had a Five-Second Decision to Make’ (Exclusive)
“As the pilot, when an engine goes out it’s pure instinct,” Kavanaugh tells TheWrap
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What I Saw at The Oscars: A Love Story
Sometimes you learn to appreciate life in the unlikeliest of places
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Digital Media Veteran Alan Citron Joins TheWrap as General Manager
Leading Hollywood News Site Hires For New Phase of Expansion
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Oscar Nail-Biter – ‘Birdman or ‘Boyhood’
The chatter in, around and after the Independent Spirit awards on Saturday was how the vote might split for the Oscars on Sunday
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David Carr, Jon Stewart, Brian Williams and Journalism’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
The media machine was running at full steam, with the 24-hour cable news bulldozer fed by nonstop buzzing on Twitter and Facebook
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Inside Brian Williams Camp: Anchor Mulls Redemption, Apology Tour (Exclusive)
Williams and his advisors are working on a strategy that would involve coming clean about mistakes and apologizing fully to the public
