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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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5 Remedies for 2012 and What Ails Hollywood
What’s the reason for the miserable box office performance in 2011? Here are five ideas
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Steve Jobs: Bully. Cry-Baby.
I knew Steve Jobs was a visionary. What I didn’t know was that he was such a cry-baby
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National Geographic Films Shutting Down, Say Insiders (Exclusive)
The studio has brought in a scant $1.7 million in revenue this year, with five films in release including “The Last Lion,” “The First Grader,” “Life in a Day”
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Christopher Hitchens: A Salute to Intellectual Honesty
He wrote the best, most piercing, most clarifying prose of his career as he faced down the specter of his own demise
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Gilt’s Susan Lyne at TheWrap’s Power Women Breakfast: ‘My Friends Thought I Was Out of My Mind’ (Video)
At TheWrap's 3rd Power Women breakfast, the ex-entertainment exec shared the thrill and peril of running an Internet start-up
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Execs Exit, Money Tight — Ryan Kavanaugh Needs a Miracle, but Christmas Is Coming
Kavanaugh’s demise is predicted regularly — has his luck finally run out?
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Fox Accuses ‘The Muppets’ of Brainwashing Kids Against the Rich
“Is liberal Hollywood using class warfare to brainwash our kids?” Duh
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Disney Seeks to Replace Marketing Chief MT Carney (Exclusive)
Disney has reached out to two major executives to recruit a replacement, TheWrap has learned
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Ryan Kavanaugh’s 9 Lives: $200M Loan From Ron Burkle Saves ‘Immortals’ (Exclusive)
The involvement of the L.A. billionaire is a new wrinkle for Relativity and its swashbuckling chief, Kavanaugh
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The Jim Romenesko Saga, Or How to Piss Off A Whole Lot of Journalists
“I think Poynter’s going to fire me,” writes the popular media blogger, “and try to ruin my reputation so none of their advertisers will go with me on the new site”
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Watch Corey Stoll and Woody Allen’s Sister Talk ‘Midnight’ at TheWrap Screening (Video)
I talked to Letty Aronson and Corey Stoll, who gives a hilariously manly portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in the film, ahead of TheWrap's screening of "Midnight in Paris" last week
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He’s Back! Billy Crystal Will Host the Oscars 2012
He tweets: “Am doing the Oscars so the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking my name when I pick up my prescriptions. Looking forward to the show”
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Tom Sherak Grilled on Ratner, Oscar Hosts: ‘Billy Crystal Is Not Too Old!’
“Did I know Brett Ratner had baggage? Yes, I did. I didn’t think about that. Should I have? No argument.”
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Why Conrad Murray’s Guilty Verdict Doesn’t Bring Closure
Rather than peel back the curtain on a celebrity’s private life, the Conrad Murray trial showed us a sordid picture of Michael Jackson we no longer wanted to see