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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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Peter Rice, Toby Emmerich and the Hollowing Out of Hollywood’s C-Suites
“Erasing that much historic memory is very, very dangerous for legacy companies,” one observer says
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Female Filmmakers in Cannes Speak of Freedom and Its Price
“Women have always been and still are forced to please in order to be loved,” “Corsage” filmmaker Marie Kreutzer says
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‘Rodeo’ Reveals the Kinetic Rage – and Joy – of Motorbike Street Racing in France
Cannes 2022: Lola Quivoron’s first feature earned a standing ovation after debuting in the festival’s Un Certain Regard section
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GOP Rage Over the Supreme Court Leak Isn’t Real – It’s a Diversion From the Imminent Loss of Our Rights
Mitch McConnell says he’s concerned, but come on now. There’s a script.
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Golden Globes Boycott Continues After Publicists Meet With HFPA Leaders, NBC Yet to Commit to 2023 Telecast (Exclusive)
The fight to revive the scandal-ridden Golden Globe Awards drags on
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CinemaCon 2022 Takeaways: Post-Pandemic Excitement, Too Many Superheroes, More Diversity
Amid the glut of streaming wars, the big screen makes a comeback including — look, Tom Cruise!
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Columns
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Elon Musk as a One-Man Media Power Broker Is Scary as Hell
Placing the power of Twitter in the hands of a single man — however smart, interesting or entertaining — is a really bad idea
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs, Yusef Jackson Take on HFPA Chief Todd Boehly for Self-Dealing in Explosive Letter to Members (Exclusive)
The letter obtained by TheWrap asks: “Todd Boehly will serve as interim CEO of HFPA, an independent bidder, or both during the selection process”?
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Oscar Attendees Rip Will Smith’s ‘Lame’ Apology, Predict Censure by the Academy
The chatter after the telecast was all about Smith — and how it made the industry look
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Awards
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Jane Campion on Being ‘Emboldened’ by #MeToo and Overcoming a Loss That Left Her ‘Broken’
TheWrap Magazine: A personal conversation with the writer-director of “The Power of the Dog,” who returns to the Oscars after 28 years
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Inside Disney CEO Bob Chapek’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Debacle and His Leadership Style: ‘100% Self-Inflicted Wound’
A former Disney leader faults Chapek’s “hubris” in handling the PR crisis
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Lionsgate, STX Deal Falls Through, Indie Studio Seeks to Close Najafi Deal (Exclusive)
Lionsgate submitted a best and final offer in recent days that was well under the $173 million offered late last year by The Najafi Companies
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How Zelenskyy, Putin and Elon Musk Are Fighting the Information War Over Ukraine
Putin is playing hardball, but experts say he might be working from an outdated playbook
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Golden Globes One Year After Meltdown: Are Reforms Enough to Save Embattled HFPA?
Critics say the central problems plaguing the Hollywood Foreign Press Association remain unaddressed: “You need to start from scratch”
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What Warner Bros. Discovery Will Look Like and Why Jason Kilar Won’t Survive the Merger
“The company has been siloed for 30 years,” one insider says. “No one has time for that anymore”
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Journalism
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