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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 We Picked ’10 Producers Who Will Change Hollywood’
“10 Producers Who Will Change Hollywood in 2012” list is our first-ever attempt to single out the leading creative voices who are taking risks in the filmmaking space
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Irving Azoff’s Front Line Hires Record Company Vets Ron Fair, Richard Palmese (Exclusive)
The move to Azoff’s management group is a sign that the balance of power in the music industry has shifted
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He’s Gone: Greg O’Hara Leaves JP MorganChase to ‘Invest’ (Exclusive)
Greg O’Hara, former head of the bank’s special investment group, said he was leaving to return to “business ownership and investing”
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Bob Johnson In Talks to Buy Image Entertainment (Exclusive)
A final deal is still weeks away, says an insider
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‘50 Shades of Grey’: $9M Is Losing Bid for Arnon Milchan (Exclusive)
TheWrap has also learned how much Universal paid for ’50 Shades of Grey’ — a whole lot less than Milchan offered
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‘The Hunger Games’: A Blockbuster Without Young Men
The huge box office success of “The Hunger Games” proves there is a market beyond young men worth pursuing
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What’s Variety Worth and Who Will Buy It?
My insiders say the trade makes about $45 million a year and is profitable. Who still likes content?
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’50 Shades of Grey’ Writer May Nab $5M For Movie Rights
“I think it will get insane,” one producer predicted about the studio bidding for “50 Shades of Grey”
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Why Hollywood Is Hot for ‘50 Shades of Grey’
It seems like forever since Hollywood has gotten this sweaty over a title. For women. About sex
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Rich Ross and the ‘John Carter’ Debacle – Disney Takes It on the Chin (Updated)
$200 million? That is a breathtaking sum, a humdinger, a gobsmacker. All eyes will be on Disney studio chief Rich Ross
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Apple in China & the Mike Daisey Problem: Bad ‘Journalism’ Clouds Jobs Issue
Note to Mike Daisey: journalism must be relentlessly fact-based. Your fabricated reporting distracts from a serious subject
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Kiefer Sutherland Furious as Fox Pulls Plug on ’24’ Movie (Exclusive)
“24” star Kiefer Sutherland feels insulted that Fox has offered him a measly salary of $1M (Updated)
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Britney Spears Rejects $10M Bid to Judge ‘X Factor’ – She Wants $20M! (Exclusive)
How much is Fox going to have to pony up? Try $20 million
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‘Kony 2012’: Can a YouTube Video Stop an International Child-Killer?
After toppling governments in the Middle East, can social media stop a killer?
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Rush Limbaugh Loses More Advertisers, But Protests: ‘The Left Made Me Do It’
Rush Limbaugh loses two more sponsors despite his apology for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a “slut”