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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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Netflix’s Ted Sarandos Defends ‘Arrested Development’: Fans Love The Show (Exclusive)
In an exclusive interview at the AllThingsD conference, CEO Reed Hastings says Hulu is unlikely to become a more robust competitor
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Disney’s Anne Sweeney Calls Barry Diller’s Aereo ‘Opportunistic Piracy’
ABC chief Anne Sweeney slammed Barry Diller‘s new Aereo online tv service as “opportunistic piracy,” on Wednesday. Sweeney made the remarks during an onstage interview at the AllThingsDigital conference on Wednesday, where Diller had appeared earlier in the day. "It's opportunistic piracy," she said. "With all due respect (to Diller), it’s taking advantage of our…
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Twitter’s Dick Costolo Tries to Keep It Simple, Facebook’s Sandberg Is Focused on Mobile
Sandberg denied teens are fleeing the social network: "It's not a zero sum game," she told AllThingsD conference
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on Making Game-Changers: ‘We’re Still That Company’
Cook promises at AllThingsD conference: “We have some incredible plans we’ve been working on for a while”
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WikiLeaks Doc Director on Julian Assange: ‘The Balls of This Guy – I Thought, ‘Wow.’
"We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks" director Alex Gibney grilled on the politics of radical transparency
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Sleepless in Cannes: Moguls Haunt the Majestic Hotel Bar
Here at the bar there’s a disproportionately large number of Hollywood power players, temporarily taking the place of the Russian oligarchs
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What is Jewish Humor? Justin Timberlake ‘Smells a Trap’ for Coen Brothers in Cannes
At news conference, Coen brothers are asked: “Jewish humor, does it exist? If so what does it consist of?”
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Insider Charges HFPA With Racism After Golden Globe Voters Reject Black Applicant (Exclusive)
The international group does not have a single black member
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What Does Activist Investor Dan Loeb Want With Hollywood? (Hint: Could It Be Yahoo?)
The hedge fund billionaire may really have his eye on his prize asset — Yahoo
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Angelina Jolie Double Mastectomy Disclosure Greeted With Flood of Support
Figures from actress Kristen Bell to director Adam Shankman to producer Jane Rosenthal to writer-actress Nia Vardalos cheered Jolie's candor and bravery
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Jay Penske Sues Former Variety Owner Reed Elsevier for $10 Million
The pile of lawsuits on Jay Penske’s desk just gets higher and higher
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Variety Owner Jay Penske Sued: The $500,000 Sponsorship That Crossed the Line
You'll never guess who paid to sponsor a year of Variety events
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Insider: Legendary’s Thomas Tull Not Near Decision to Leave Warner Bros
Despite a media report to the contrary, the situation has changed little since Tull let it be known in February that he was not happy at the studio
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Who Will Run Al Jazeera America? Who’s In, Who’s Out, Who Passed (Exclusive)
The scoop on the leading candidates of the biggest new news network to hit cable
