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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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From the Editor: Welcome to TheWrap, 3.0
Tah-dah! – welcome to our newly rebuilt site – cleaner graphics, original video and friendlier interface
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Sex in an Egyptian Cafe During the Revolution: Meet TheWrap’s ShortList Industry Prize Winner
Indian filmmaker Ritesh Batra ventured into the excitement and chaos of Cairo in 2011 and walked away with a prize-winning short film
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George Lucas Buys $10 Million in Starbucks Stock
The director has plenty of Disney money to spend after selling LucasFilm for $4 billion
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Finalists Announced In TheWrap’s ‘ShortList’ Film Festival 2013 – Watch Now!
Entries include winners of Sundance, Boston and LA Film Festivals. MTV, Cinedigm offer prizes
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Bauer Media Under Fire Over Pro-Nazi Magazine After Wrap Investigation
Wiesenthal Center asks the German government to investigate a military magazine, and iTunes and Amazon not to sell it (Updated with video from HuffPost Live chat with Marvin Hier)
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In the Washington Post, Jeff Bezos Buys a Billionaire’s Bauble, Not a Business
Owning the Post gives Bezos a seat at the Old Establishment table
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Cheryl Boone Isaacs + Kerry Washington = The Obama Effect Hits Hollywood
Two African-American women make Hollywood history this month — coincidence? Don't think so
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New HFPA President Talks Reform, New Membership Rules, Racism (Exclusive)
Change comes slowly, Theo Kingma tells TheWrap: “To hire a COO, it took 10 years. To buy a building it took 20 years. Am I saying it’s great? No, but that’s the reality”
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Madeleine Brand on New KCRW Gig: It Will Be a ‘Deeper Think’ (Exclusive)
"Radio has a unique way of connecting people in a way that no other medium has," she tells TheWrap
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Was Newspaper Decline Inevitable? Veterans Conclude That Yes, It Was
Counter to conventional wisdom, they say advertising went away and there’s nothing newspapers could have done about it
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Relativity’s Ryan Kavanaugh: If My Movie Fails, It Definitely Goes to TV Series (Video)
The mogul makes a rare public appearance in Aspen
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Fortune Editor Calls Ari Emanuel a ‘Lunatic’; Patrick Whitesell Insists He’s ‘A Phenomenal Partner’ (Video)
WME co-CEO talks about his partner during an interview at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference in Aspen
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Impressions of Comic-Con: Hey Hollywood, Superheroes Need A Little Love, Too
Maybe that's one reason why "Gravity" stood out as a thrilling adventure with a human heart
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The Netflix Revolution: Emmy Voters Embrace Change That Lifts All Ships
The nominations encourage content creators that their good stuff will be recognized wherever it is and goads the networks and cable channels to do better
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Why Disney, Fox Decided to Keep Hulu – And How Big Were Those Bids?
"We bid aggressively, but they changed their mind," one bidder tells TheWrap
