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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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Donald Trump In, Roger Ailes Out in Historic GOP Reshuffle
Fox News chief ousted on the very day his nemesis, outsider Donald Trump, accepted the Republican presidential nomination
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The Anti-Trump Convention Takes Hold With Kooks, BuzzFeed and Prophets of Rage
On Cleveland’s Public Square, a woman with massive pink fairy wings holds a sign: “Let Democracy Fly – Dump Trump!”
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CNN’s Carl Bernstein on Roger Ailes Exit: ‘I Don’t Think Anybody’s Salivating’
He adds that beyond Ailes “it seems to me that all the networks — cable and the traditional networks — have grievously failed by not doing investigative documentaries about the candidates”
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Joe Eszterhas: Trump Is an ‘A–hole,’ but I’m Still Not Voting for Hillary (Exclusive Video)
“A choice between criminals and an a–hole, I’ll pick the a–hole,” Eszterhas tells TheWrap
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Letter From Tel Aviv: Living With Terror, Driving a Tech Boom
While the rest of the world recoils from a series of terror attacks, Israelis go about their business, pushing skycrapers into the air and building the next tech sensation
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Bob Iger on China’s Disneyland and How He Avoided Being a ‘Cultural Imperialist’
“We decided to introduce turkey legs to China,” Iger says, “Which I thought was a mistake”
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Is This War? When #BlackLivesMatter Veers Into Violence
It’s a tragedy begotten by tragedy. But is it really so unexpected?
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What Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton Teach Us About Donald Trump
Making the right choice when leaders face a dilemma can have historic consequences. Let’s not follow Trump and the mob
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The Haunting Words of Elie Wiesel: ‘Never Shall I Forget’
On the day of his passing, remembering the searing clarity of his message
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TheGrill Update: Brian Robbins’ AwesomenessTV, From MCN to NBCU
As we prep for this September’s seventh annual TheGrill conference, we recap insights and opinions from last year’s panels on the changing media landscape
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I Took the Expo Line in Los Angeles – It’s Crowded and Buggy
We had a comically bungled experience where we encountered a rising din of discontent from Metro riders
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Why the Brexit Vote Is Making Everyone Panic
We all fear that the referendum is a sign of the times, a turn away from collaboration and toward insularity
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Stacey Snider’s Fox Takeover May Mean Personality Clash With Top Execs, Insiders Say
“I don’t see the three of them coexisting in 2017 — it’s tough,” insider says of Snider, production president Emma Watts and Fox 2000 head Elizabeth Gabler
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Steve Mosko Goes Shopping: Tribune Media Tops on His List (Exclusive)
Former Sony Pictures TV chairman met with banker Moelis & Co. in recent days to discuss the possibility of an acquisition
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Why Saying the Words ‘Gay’ or ‘Guns’ Matters in the Post-Orlando Debate
While conservatives get apopletic over whether President Obama says the words “radical Islam,” it turns out there’s plenty they won’t say either
