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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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Dilemma: Cee-Lo on ‘The Voice’ vs. J.Lo’s Legs on ‘Idol’ – Who Wins?
Is there room on network television for two singing competitions on the same night, head to head?
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Tina Fey Finds Pee in the Writers Room
Women who try to be funny for a living have a really hard time because they are genetically predisposed to be unfunny – except for Fey
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Audrey Wells to Shoot ‘The Fugees’ This Summer
The writer-director has taken the project back from Universal and plans to shoot in Georgia
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Pat Loud, Cinema Verite and the Birth of Reality Television
Last night, HBO premiered a movie about the 1973 reality series that set the mold for a culture that is now comfortably uncomfortable living in public
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Lessons From The Weekend: Russell Brand Falls Flat, and Universal Struggles Uphill
The dismal performance of “Arthur” this weekend may just put a bullet in plans to make Brand the next big comedy star on the order of Sacha Baron Cohen
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Ken Ziffren Defends VOD Deal — But the Lawyer Has a Conflict (Update)
Hollywood’s powerhouse lawyer backs the deal with DirectTV in an article in THR, but never mentions that the satellite company was his client
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Exclusive: ‘Black Swan’ Backer Cross Creek Raises New $300M Fund
Exclusive: The fund behind the box office and critical hit “Black Swan” has closed a $300 million fund nearly ten times the size of the original investment
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Details of the Flixster Sale – Greenstein Wants $100 Million
Flixster is for sale for a cool $100 million — and it’s still not in profit, we’re told
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Exclusive: Ronni Chasen Preliminary Coroner Report Was Wrong
A police insider says “tremendous misinformation” about the homicide has fed public suspicion about the case; new information is expected in two weeks
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DreamWorks’ Snider Staffs Disney Marketing Dept. – Who’s in Charge?
Snider wanted executives “with bags under their eyes,” according to one insider
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Rob Lowe Hearts Early Charlie Sheen: ‘Haagen-Dazs, BMWs, Basketball’
Vanity Fair has an interview related to Lowe’s new memoir, in which he remembers the halcyon days of ice cream and Beemers during the Rat Pack 1980s.
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Warner Bros. May Buy Flixster – What’s With All the Embracing the Future?
The major studio is getting all new media; now comes a report that it may buy Flixster, with its 20 million users
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Alexandra Wallace Creates Another Internet Star — Jimmy Wong
Jimmy Wong, a 24-year-old Los Angeles musician, wrote a charming song in response to Wallace’s rant — 2 million Youtube views so far
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Lady Gaga in Oakland: Surrender to the Monster Ball (updated with video)
She told the fans that she was bullied as a child. She told them to ignore anyone who told them they were not superstars – or too fat, or too thin, or too weird
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Confirmed: The Hollywood Reporter IS for Sale (updated)
TheWrap has confirmed that Jimmy Finkelstein and Guggenheim Partners are looking to exit their investment in THR’s Prometheus Global Media. But Beckman denies it