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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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Hollywood Reporter Editor Matt Belloni Steps Down Amid Debate Over Editorial Independence
After 14 years with THR, Belloni clashed with the CEOs over editorial matters
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California Can Tackle the COVID-19 Testing Problem With Technology and Entrepreneurship
What keeps troubling me in all this is the lack of coordination with the most obvious actors who can drive positive change: technologists
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Can Social Media and Technology Come to the Rescue in a Pandemic?
Jaron Lanier, the internet philosopher who wrote “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now,” offers his advice
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Join Us for a Virtual Meet-Up: A Survival Guide for Hollywood Insiders
We’re having a live discussion for FREE, Tuesday March 24 at 12 pm PDT/ 3 pm EDT.
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Should Quibi Launch in April Amid Coronavirus? Dilemmas of a $1.75 Billion Start-Up
“Bad news for everybody in their day-to-day lives is good news for Quibi,” Paul Hardart, a former Warner Bros. executive, tells TheWrap
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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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Business
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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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