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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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NBC’s Jeff Gaspin Resigns, Citing Lack of Role
Gaspin resigns ahead of Comcast reshuffle of the executive lineup
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Grilled: Peter Schlessel and Bob Berney on Taking the Indie Plunge
“If there was ever a time to do something potentially profitable and also fun, it felt like this was a good time.”
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Diller’s Brilliant Coup — How He Got Newsweek Without Paying for It
Barry Diller’s on the board of the Washington Post Company; why didn’t he buy Newsweek months ago? He let Sidney Harman pay the bill!
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Disney Parks Down: A First-Year Tarnish for Golden Boy Staggs? (updated)
Bad news out of Disney parks 10 months after former CFO Tom Staggs was handed the keys to the Magic Kingdom division (update: Goldman says it’s better than it looks)
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Premiere Surprise: War Between Paramount and Relativity
An Oscar season war has broken out between Relativity and Paramount over a last-minute screening of “The Fighter”
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Courtney Love Parades Naked for New York Times; NYT Doesn’t Blink
A Courtney Resurrected story in the fashion section turns quickly into another Crazy Courtney saga
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Mel Gibson Has a New Movie; Can Stewart Till Sell It?
In “How I Spent My Summer Vacation,” Mel’s back in vigilante mode. It might play better overseas.
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Women Crowded Out of the Picture in the 2010 Oscars Race
What do most of the awards-season favorites have in common? No female characters of any great consequence — if any women at all
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Cherchez the New Hollywood Reporter — If You Can Find It
I spent an hour at five newstands trying to find out who would carry the new THR weekly. Makes a gal want to stick with the internet
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Kamala Harris Weighs In on Cooley and Polanski Case
Hollywood has taken a shine to San Francisco D.A. Kamala Harris, while opponent Steve Cooley hasn’t made friends with the Polanski case
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Sony’s Doug Belgrad, and Matt Tolmach (Producer) Grilled
Tolmach: “Over time I felt the pull to be more involved creatively in movies and less in 8 to 10 meetings a day”
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MGM Creditors Approve Spyglass Takeover
Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum will take over company’s leadership following its emergence from Chapter 11, but with reduced stake
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Belgrad Promoted at Sony, Tolmach Leaves to Produce ‘Spider-Man’
Doug Belgrad promoted to sole president of Columbia Pictures, while his colleague Matt Tolmach leaves to produce “Spider-Man” reboot
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On Eve of MGM Vote, Spyglass & Lionsgate Struggle to Manage Icahn
Analysis: Spyglass employs the carrot while Lionsgate wields the stick
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Exclusive: Mike Lang, Post-News Corp., to Be Named Miramax CEO
Lang played a key role in News Corp’s acquisitions of Hulu and MySpace