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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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How They Saved Ojai: A Letter From a Town to Its Firefighters
On Saturday, all along the road into Ojai, homemade signs dotted the path: “Thank you for saving our town”
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Matt Lauer, Russell Simmons, Garrison Keillor and the Upending of Everything
Now we have to think of Matt Lauer wielding a sex toy
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Hollywood Panics as Post-Harvey Housecleaning Continues
It’s a new day and the rules that prevailed for decades are out the window. Zero tolerance for sexual misconduct is the order of the day
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Hollywood Reels From Post-Harvey Flood of Sexual Misconduct Accusations
“It’s not one explosive story, it’s something new every day. It’s hard on your spirit,” one industry insider tells TheWrap
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‘American Idol’ Producer Peter Hurwitz Pushed Out as Core Media CEO (Exclusive)
Hurwitz served as The Weinstein Company’s general counsel from 2006 to 2009
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How Fabrizio Lombardo Became Harvey Weinstein’s Hustler
“I met the overly ambitious street hustler Lombardo as a naïve young model,” says my correspondent
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Jennifer Salke, Kelly Bush Novak, Claire Forlani, Lauren Sivan Join Power Women Breakfast LA
Special #MeToo Town Hall added to memorable program of truth-telling and empowerment
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Peter Bart Denies Covering for Harvey Weinstein: I Was Protecting Variety
He tells WaxWord: “My policy was to say: ‘Let’s run the story if you can nail it. But if you can’t, then let’s not”
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That Time Harvey Weinstein Visited New York Times’ Top Editor to Kill My 2004 Expose
The plot thickens: Now three people confirm that then-executive editor Bill Keller met with the mogul in advance of my piece getting gutted
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4 Women Corroborate Fabrizio Lombardo Procured Women for Harvey Weinstein
Former Miramax Italy head denies he found women for the media mogul
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Weinstein Company Board Won’t Pay Harvey, Ex-Mogul Goes to War in NY Times
The Weinstein brothers have a combined 42 percent stake in company
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Harvey Weinstein Scandal: 9 Things We Still Don’t Know
The questions that remain to be answered could determine the future viability of The Weinstein Company
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The Weinstein Company Expects to Change Name After Harvey Firing (Exclusive)
Directors of the company believe the name has been irretrievably tainted by Harvey Weinstein’s sexual scandal
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‘Harvey Weinstein’s Media Enablers’? The New York Times Is One of Them
The paper had a story on mogul’s sexual misconduct back in 2004 — but gutted it under pressure
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Harvey Weinstein Speaks: My Apology Is Sincere, But I’m Still Suing NY Times
“They didn’t give me enough time to respond,” embattled mogul tells TheWrap
