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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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California Bank CEO Calls for ‘Emergency Action’ to Avoid Deluge of Small Business Bankruptcies
“If we don’t get out in front of it, this will be worse than 2008,” First Choice Bank’s Nicole Swain says
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Coronavirus Meets Hollywood. What Now?
How big will that economic thumping be? Impossible to say. And don’t believe anyone who tries to hand you a hard number
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Harvey Weinstein Gets an Ending Even He Couldn’t Have Scripted
The sentence is a reality warp for those of us who knew Weinstein at the height of his power
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Inside Bob Iger’s Sudden Disney Departure as CEO and Hollywood’s Surprised Response
Studio executives and Hollywood power players are still questioning the timing and suddenness of Iger’s exit
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What Netflix’s ‘Love Is Blind’ Says About Modern Dating – and the Desperation for Fame
Some seriously bad consequences may ensue. Also, marriage
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Harvey Weinstein Guilty Verdict Is Victory for #MeToo and a Warning to Hollywood
The mogul now becomes an everlasting symbol of the worst behavior toward women chronicled in the annals of modern entertainment
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Journalism
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Bloomberg 2020? Hollywood Power Players Like Mike as the One to Beat Trump
As socially liberal as the entertainment industry is, many in this influential community are also business-minded and harbor a deep private fear of a socialist like Bernie Sanders
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Culture
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Inside the Oscars, ‘Parasite’ Points an Elated Hollywood Forward
The Academy wanted to fall in love with the social satire “Parasite” and its exuberant director Bong Joon Ho — and they allowed themselves to do so
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Sundance Lessons: How the Trump Era Has Focused Indie Filmmakers’ Lens
Sundance 2020: A sense of loss in the Trump era and a longing for escape from our current reality suffused the festival
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Movies
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How Much Is Too Much? The Coming Avalanche in Streaming Entertainment
I’m not sure any of us are prepared for the implications of new entrants Peacock, HBO Max and Quibi
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TV
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The Decade When Hollywood Cracked Open – In Praise of the 2010s
How women and other underrepresented groups found their voices in a disrupted Hollywood
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Business
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The Echoes of ‘Just Mercy’ in Montgomery, Alabama – and Beyond
The past feels present everywhere in Montgomery, Alabama, where civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson set up his Equal Justice Initiative 30 years ago. Sponsored content presented by Warner Bros.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff ‘Appalled’ by ‘Richard Jewell’ Portrayal of Reporter, Journalism
“To me it seems clear that Clint Eastwood doesn’t understand how journalists actually work,” AJC top editor Kevin Riley says
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Rich Battista Quit as Imagine Entertainment CEO After Clashes With Staff: ‘A Real Hothead’ (Exclusive)
“Short temper. Short fuse,” one insider says of shortlived CEO
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TV
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Jay Roach vs Todd Phillips on Whether ‘Woke Culture’ Is Killing Comedy Movies
“Everyone is too touchy,” Phillips, the director of “Joker,” tells me — but “Bombshell” filmmaker Roach feels otherwise
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Movies
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