Waxword
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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Spending Stories: Richard Johnson and Other $1M Offers at THR
The Hollywood Reporter is spending like mad — now come details of how they tried to lure the Page Six editor for a cool million. Is there a business model that supports this?
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Tutor’s Miramax Group Loses 2 Big Investors
Morgan Creek’s James Robinson and philanthropist Jerome Swartz drop out of the bid for the indie studio
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Latest: Icahn Increases Tender Offer to Lionsgate; Now at $7.50
Offer is contingent on the shares issued in July to Lionsgate director Mark Rachesky being rescinded or converted into non-voting shares
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Janice Min’s Hollywood Reporter: A Bitchy Switch
The new editor at the Reporter has shifted to a nastier, more celebrity-focused tone, jarring those more accustomed to a friendlier trade paper
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To Nikki Finke: Come Speak at TheGrill
People will say you won’t come. But I know you better. Come on stage and offer the industry some unvarnished truth
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Sony Accuses ‘Skyline’ of… Making a Low-Budget Blockbuster
Sony sends Hydraulx a cease-and-desist letter demanding company stop using its special-effects equipment, but the real issue is the release date
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Relativity Taps Paramount’s Steve Bertram for Top Spot
A fight may be brewing over Bertram’s jumping to Relativity – Paramount will not let him out of his contract
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Hey, Unpaid SAG Members: Your Case is Closed, Are You Watching?
No details on the SAG settlement of money it hasn’t paid actors, released late on a lazy August Friday? That’s just how Hollywood wants it
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Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer to October
Billionaire investor says time is needed for Canadian court to hear suit about share dilution
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