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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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Why Haim Saban Canceled Dinner at the Polo Lounge – and Would He Really Buy the Beverly Hills Hotel?
He tells TheWrap: “I will only do it if it makes business sense”
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Hollywood Gets Revenge in ‘Silicon Valley,’ ‘Veep’ Views of Tech Titans
Remember this, you masters of the Internet: He who holds the pen, laughs last
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War Brewing Over Hollywood Money in Matt Miller, Wendy Greuel Congressional Race (Exclusive)
Miller says he’s siphoning Hollywood money from Greuel in race for Henry Waxman’s seat. She denies it
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Hollywood Is on Edge as Bryan Singer Sex Allegations Rock Insider Ranks
The phone lines are burning up as insiders nervously ask – Who’s next? and what do people know?
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Leaked! Inside Details of $2.45 Billion WME-IMG Financing and Why an IPO May Loom (Exclusive)
TheWrap gets details of the agency’s proforma – revenue, profit and who has control of the company?
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Sony Nails $200 Million Co-Financing Deal with LStar Capital, Citibank
The financiers will take a stake in nearly all of Sony’s films, after a tough year at the box office
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Dave Letterman Joins Jay Leno at the Exit – A Seismic Shift In the Late Night Landscape
Does anyone doubt that we live in a time of change?
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In Josh Elliott Grab, NBC Lands a Blow to ABC’s ‘Good Morning America’
For NBC, the risk is well worth it
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Los Angeles Times’ Jason Felch Firing: TheWrap Uncovers 8 Awkward Questions
The investigative reporter’s firing reveals a tangled web of relationships around the controversy
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Head-Scratcher: Deadline’s Plea for Mel Gibson Omits TV Show Tie Between Actor, Journalist
Allison Hope Weiner did not mention that she hosts an online TV show for a company that is quietly owned by Gibson
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Daily Beast: Michael Wolff Report of $100 Million Loss ‘Wildly Inaccurate’ (Exclusive)
“Those numbers are wildly inaccurate,” a Daily Beast spokesman tells TheWrap
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A Rare Survivor Still Bears Witness: Meet Martin Becker
I have met many Holocaust survivors in my life. Martin Becker is different
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Why Won’t Disney’s Anne Sweeney Lean In? Women and Leadership Dilemmas
This decision, personal as it is, is a blow to larger hopes for women’s leadership.
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Jon Klein on His New Online Venture: ‘We’ve Created the Company That I Feared Would Come Along’
Klein and former NBCU chief Jeff Gaspin will launch their multichannel online network within a month
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Inside the Oscars’ Governors Ball: Triumph, Defeat and The Ellen Pizza Situation
After three and a half hours captive in the Dolby theater, the guests inside the Governors Ball spread out, reach for a drink and an Oscar-shaped smoked salmo