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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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Inside the Lightning-Fast Fall of Casey Wasserman and What Happens Next | Exclusive
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Music Agents Give Casey Wasserman Ultimatum: Leave Over Epstein Ties or They Will | Exclusive
“What do I have to do to see you in a tight leather outfit?” the executive wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell
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Letter to Bari Weiss: Soaring Words for CBS, but Your Solutions Are Fuzzy
I read her speech twice looking for the substance beyond the vision, which will be the hard part
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Why Stephanie Ahn, Director of Sundance Gem ‘Bedford Park,’ First Wanted a White Actor for Her Korean Love Story
Sundance 2026: “I dug deep into the areas of my own experience that I just didn’t see being represented in film,” she tells TheWrap
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Salman Rushdie on Jihadism, Fascism and the Fight for Free Expression: ‘Everybody’s Gone Crazy’
Sundance 2026: The violence in Minnesota hung over the documentary about the 2022 stabbing attack on the writer
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Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy on Their Excellent Year: ‘Operate Fearlessly and Respect the Audience’ | Exclusive
The Warner Bros. Studios chiefs look back on a $4 billion box office haul and toward awards glory
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Hollywood Shrinkage of 2025 Will Carry On in 2026
Peak TV has unpeaked. Bidding wars at Sundance are distant memories. Who will make the dreams for the dream machine?
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After the Mass Murder of Jews on Hanukkah Half a World Away: Education and Accountability
We are sleepwalking into disaster
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Insider: Paramount Skydance to Hold Firm at $30-a-Share Offer to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders
“I would be shocked” if shareholders didn’t take the deal sent directly to them, said the insider
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A Woman’s Message in the Age of Trump: Find Your Joy, Know Your Value, Keep Your Powder Dry
We find community and comfort in challenging times at the Power Women Summit 2025
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Katie Couric, Margaret Sullivan Furious at Trump’s Insults to Journalists: ‘News Organizations Should Push Back, Hard’
Couric: ” No matter what people think of the press, they should not be tolerating this level of bullying and demeaning and insulting language”
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The Epstein Emails Show That Conspiracy Theorists Are Right: ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ Is Real
It seems there is a code among people with power and money who are pals no matter what side of the aisle, no matter the sins
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Did Lionsgate Bury the Political Thriller ‘Anniversary’ Because of Trump?
“It’s hard to market a political film today. People are afraid of them,” producer Nick Wechsler says. “It’s a weird time”
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Taylor Sheridan’s Deal: $1 Billion+ for TV, Movies at NBCUniversal | Exclusive
NBCU chairman Donna Langley wrested the deal from Paramount by wooing Sheridan in person
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What Happened to Saudi Blood Money? Hollywood Gives the Kingdom a Green Light With Billion-Dollar Investment in Arena SNK
It’s a new day for taking Saudi cash. “Everything is complicated,” an individual close to the company tells TheWrap. “That’s the world we’re in”
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