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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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Comcast Digs In at 30 Rock: Communal Toilets, Buffet Dining and Where’s G.E.?
In Comcast’s corporate culture, NBCU’s executive privy is getting flushed away
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Hey, THR – Stop Stealing TheWrap’s Scoops
Since THR has been taken over by Prometheus Media and Janice Min, the trade has not linked to TheWrap or credited us ever. Are you guys serious journalists or what?
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‘Spider-Man’ Producer Avi Arad Remembers Producer Laura Ziskin (Exclusive)
“Sometimes you’d hug her and you can tell how difficult it was — but she was there. Even on this movie, with all the health issues”
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Arianna Huffington: ‘Our Traffic is Not Down,’ But AOL Favors Cash
“Our traffic is not down despite the fact that we’ve had preexisting deals that have ended,” Huffington told TheWrap
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When Laura Ziskin Fought David Fincher Over Abortion Joke
Ziskin begged the director to take out Marla’s line: “I want to have your abortion”
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Watch Bill Maher, Jane Lynch Perform Weiner Facebook Chat (Video, NSFA)
Not without mixed feelings do I post a hilarious, but X-rated performance of Weiner’s sexting chat, interpreted by Bill and Jane. Oh yeah, and I was 10 feet away, on the panel
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Circumcision Ban Withdrawn in Santa Monica – But What’s Behind It All?
A ballot initiative to ban circumcision in Santa Monica is withdrawn. But it’s up for a vote in San Francisco, while some call the move anti-Semitic
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Jeff Skoll’s Participant Media: A Business, or a Hobby?
Participant is making fine movies, but no money, by the admission of Jeff Skoll. Meanwhile, Abu Dhabi’s Imagenation may have had enough
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Santa Monica Mayor Richard Bloom Chats About His Run for Sacramento Seat
After three terms as mayor, Bloom wants to take on the state’s problems in a Sacramento seat. I wonder: why?
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Jill Abramson’s Twitter Account, and a Vision for the New York Times
Abramson is being touted as someone with digital savvy, though she isn’t on Twitter. What she needs is a vision
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Jill Abramson First Woman Editor of New York Times
Abramson, the former managing editor, replaces Bill Keller
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Relativity to Spin Off $600M Financing Fund to Elliott Associates (Updated)
Relativity Media will be spinning off a $600 million finance fund to finance movies with Universal, and handing it to Elliott Associates to manage
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Doesn’t Get It, Tells Friends He Wants Maria Back
“At least I kept it in the home,” is what Schwarzenegger has told his friends.
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Relativity to Sell Elliott Stake to JPMorgan Consortium (Exclusive)
Ryan Kavanaugh is set to sell Elliott Associates’ minority stake in Relativity Media to a consortium of investors led by the investment bank JPMorgan, TheWrap has learned.
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Is Hollywood Finally Joining the Information Age? With Flixster, Warner Bros. Has a Plan
Will Hollywood leave behind a dying home entertainment model for a more audacious strategy that unlocks the power of the giants of the Internet — Information?