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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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Cameron vs. Bigelow: Battle of the Exes
“I’ve been divorced more times than I’ve been nominated. I don’t really know which one is more awkward”
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‘Avatar’ Delivers, and That May Change Everything
For the first time in a very long time, a movie that made a great, big promise delivered
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Rumor: THR-Billboard Deal to be Announced Thursday
Purchase by Lachlan Murdoch-Jimmy Finkelstein alliance
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New Daily Variety Editor Leo Wolinsky: Grilled
“Frankly I didn’t think I was going to stay in journalism — I didn’t think there was a job out there for me”
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‘2012’s’ Emmerich to Pocket $100M Profit
The writer-director-producer got a rich deal that feels more like the ’90s: 20 against 20
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Comcast: It’s a Brave New World, and Cable Runs It
NBC was valued at zero in the purchase, the movie studio only at 2 percent
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A New, ‘Heimish’ Day at NBCU — See Ya, Six Sigma
Town hall ends with Brian Roberts welcoming the 30,000 employees into the Comcast “family”
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Fox’s Liebling Headed to Universal
The executive is best known for her relationships with Hollywood’s top comedy hit-makers.
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Screening ‘This Is It’: Part of the Healing Process
The Michael Jackson concert film gets a rare standing ovation at a Wrap screening. What’s that about?
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Hobbit-Lovers Wait: It’s Likely Pushed to 2012
Executives around the two-parter say that with no script and no greenlight, release is unlikely before 2012 and 2013.
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Murdoch, Finkelstein Close in on Nielsen’s THR: Is $70M Too Much?
Lachlan, not Rupert, is after the entertainment trade, along with an investor group.
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Paramount Sticks With Peli, Picks Up ‘Area 51’
Followup to breakout hit ‘Paranormal Activity’ will open in 2010.
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Hollywood’s Power Shift: Fewer, More Dominant Players
The coming Comcast-NBCU deal and demise of MGM will redraw Hollywood’s power lines.
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Glickman Argues Back — He Got $480M in the ’08 Stimulus Bill
Wanted: a mogul-wrangler who understands the entertainment business
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Nielsen THR Sale Approaches; Is Lachlan Murdoch Involved?
Finkelstein’s News Communications deal for Billboard, other entertainment titles to close imminently.