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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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Why Did the Nazis Film the Dying Jews of Warsaw?
“A Film Unfinished,” which the MPAA has given an R rating, investigates a mysterious Nazi movie production, a 30-day shoot inside the Warsaw Ghetto shortly before it was liquidated in 1942.
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Icahn Extends Lionsgate Tender Offer to October
Billionaire investor says time is needed for Canadian court to hear suit about share dilution
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Lionsgate Board Rejects Latest Icahn Bid
The company says the offer is not in its best interests
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Calling Hollywood Interns: Mel Gibson’s Hiring
Unwritten but presumed: blacks and Jews need not apply?
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Haim Saban to CBS: Cancel Oliver Stone’s Showtime Series
Media mogul urges Les Moonves to pull the series, and tells Hollywood friends to boycott the “Wall Street 2” director for anti-Semitic comments
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More Vivi Nevo: A Creditor From Past Calls Foul
Investment banker Lucky Christov: “I have never heard Vivi say one intelligent thing about what’s going in the world, the stock market, the economy”
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Digital Veteran Mark Davis Joins TheWrap as COO
Mark J Davis, a veteran of digital media and most recently vice president of strategy and interactive media at the San Diego Union Tribune has joined TheWrap as Chief Operating Officer.
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Icahn Suing Lionsgate Over Stock Dilution
Company’s move to augment holdings of No. 2 shareholder, Mark Rachesky, draws ire of Carl Icahn
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NY Post Slapped: Fortress Denies Dumping Weinsteins Over Miramax
Fortress denies a report that it has cut ties with The Weinstein Company, leaving open the possibility of yet another play for Miramax
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Vivi Nevo Revealed: ‘Attention of a Hummingbird on Crack’
Possible big-time investor, friend to Grazer, Malibu Colony resident — but is he a player or a poseur?
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Lionsgate’s No. 2 Shareholder Boosts Stake
In a complex stock maneuver, Mark Rachesky boosts his stake in the company to nearly 29 percent
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Tutor, Bergstein Ordered to Give Depositions
Judge says they must cooperate with his trustee in five involuntary bankruptcy cases
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Lionsgate Dilutes Icahn’s Holdings (updated)
Company’s board of directors will review the proposal and make its recommendation to shareholders “promptly”
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Bob Kerrey In No Hurry To Join MPAA
The former Nebraska senator is being pressured by the moguls to say Yes, already. But he’s enjoying his New York brownstone.
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Sitrick Cannot Collect $7.7M From Kavanaugh, Court Rules (Updated)
After nearly a decade of litigation, court finds Relativity chief told the truth about his assets