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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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How Hollywood and Joe Biden Got China to Drop a 20-Year Movie Quota
Says MPAA’s Chris Dodd of the U.S.-China movie pact: “This is a very big deal. And Joe Biden deserves the credit”
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Jeff Zucker a Candidate to Run Yahoo?
Could the ex-NBCU chief executive Zucker end up running Yahoo? It’s not out of the question
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India’s Reliance MediaWorks Stakes a Claim in Hollywood
The India-based Reliance MediaWorks – a division of the media giant Reliance Group that has funded DreamWorks – is moving its headquarters to Los Angeles
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George Clooney Lacked Confidence? How ‘The Descendants’ Helped Him Grow Up
For Clooney, the film led to his coming of age. Oh, and, yes, he’s patched things up with “Three Kings” director David O. Russell
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IMG Fallout: JPMorgan’s Greg O’Hara Out After Ovitz Maneuver (Exclusive)
O’Hara angered bank vice chairman James Lee when he associated with Michael Ovitz to take over the sports agency
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Laughing, Crying, the Sundance Elite Drinks to Bingham Ray
The gathering was “Bingham’s last gift to us," as one mourner put it
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Sunk! How Hollywood Lost the PR Battle Over SOPA
Hollywood had Chris Dodd and a press release. Silicon Valley had Facebook
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Golden Globes in the Ballroom: Things I Learned by Attending
By 6 p.m. everyone is starving and charges out during commercials to forage for tea sandwiches in a backroom
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Out of Prison, West Memphis 3 Ex-Con Seeks Justice
Baldwin, one of three freed men, wants to go to law school to help others wrongfully accused
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A Game-Changer for Television? Sesame Street Will Be First Interactive Show
This strikes me as an entirely new way of experiencing television – personal, interactive and engaging
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TheWrap Names Lisa Fung Executive Editor
Fung joins TheWrap from The Los Angeles Times, where she most recently has been the Online Editor for Arts and Entertainment
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Tech’s High Rollers, Media Machers Compare Notes at CES Opening
It’s some kind of high-class tech-media scrum inside the Tryst nightclub at the Wynn Hotel
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5 Remedies for 2012 and What Ails Hollywood
What’s the reason for the miserable box office performance in 2011? Here are five ideas
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Steve Jobs: Bully. Cry-Baby.
I knew Steve Jobs was a visionary. What I didn’t know was that he was such a cry-baby
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National Geographic Films Shutting Down, Say Insiders (Exclusive)
The studio has brought in a scant $1.7 million in revenue this year, with five films in release including “The Last Lion,” “The First Grader,” “Life in a Day”