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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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Will Legendary CEO Thomas Tull Quit Warner’s? Tension High Over NYT Piece (Exclusive)
Legendary CEO Thomas Tull is mulling ending his relationship with the studio when his deal is up at the end of this year, TheWrap has learned
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The Case for Kevin Tsujihara: Can He Take Warner Bros. Into the Digital Age?
With a track record in a time of transition, it was temperament rather than accomplishment dictating the choice of Kevin Tsujihara as CEO
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What I Learned at Sundance 2013: The Indie Business Lives (Video)
At Sundance 2013 I learned that the independent movie business is alive and well and evolving rapidly before our eyes
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Casting Directors: When Will Oscars Recognize the Impact We Have on Films?
Five top casting directors — including several whose films hit paydirt with Academy Award nominations — sound off on an underappreciated art. Oscar, anyone?
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WaxWord on CNN: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ and the Oscars (Video)
CNN video: Was "Zero Dark Thirty" hurt in the Oscar nominations process by criticism of the film from Washington?
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Malik Bendjelloul Searched the World to Find ‘Sugar Man’ Tale
“I felt this was the best story I ever heard in my life,” he told TheWrap — he started to make a full-length documentary, but his Swedish TV backers were not enthusiastic
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Wi-Fi In the Sky Soars to New Heights at CES (Exclusive Video)
We flew high above Lake Mead — and then landed on it — to demonstrate the latest in wi-fi technology on really really cool airplanes
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CES: Technology Moves Off the Screen, Into Your Stuff
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, the news was how technology is marching into your car, your kitchen and your closet
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What’s New at CES This Year? (Video)
Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, talks to Sharon Waxman about what's different at CES this year
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Irving Azoff on Why He Left Live Nation: Running a Public Company ‘Sucks’ (Exclusive)
Irving Azoff exclusively tells TheWrap: “The process of being a public company in America right now sucks if you’re an entrepreneur”
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Violence Against Women in 2012 – When Will It End?
We recoil at the murder-by-gang-rape of a young Indian woman in faraway New Delhi — what can we do about it?
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NRA Wayne LaPierre’s Tone-Deaf Performance: From a Parallel Universe
Faced with a nation rising in anger against the prevalence of guns in American society, Wayne LaPierre chose to blame Hollywood and media companies
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How They Made ‘Les Misérables’ Even Bigger for the Big Screen
Producer Debra Hayward on plundering the novel and how "American Idol" and "The Voice" impacted Tom Hooper's vision
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Gordon Crawford Retires – Hollywood Loses a Great One
Hollywood should take a moment to regret the retirement this week of Gordon Crawford of Capital Research and Management, the one of the most influential and successful investors in media and entertainment
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Why Rupert Murdoch’s iPad Paper, ‘The Daily,’ Failed
The demise of Rupert Murdoch’s “The Daily” says as much about the unforgiving state of digital journalism as it does about the mogul's bold gamble
