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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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Exclusive! Kevin Smith Sweetens Weinstein’s Offer for Miramax
A Weinstein diehard, the filmmaker writes WaxWord that “I’ve sweetened the offer to buy Miramax back.”
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Big, Bad Bergstein: ‘I Don’t Care for the Movie Business’
David Bergstein may be one of the most reviled people in Hollywood. He faces litigation and bankruptcy in two countries, and has a court-appointed trustee crawling over his assets at the request of more than a dozen creditors, which include most of the major guilds. He also is spearheading an attempt to buy Miramax from the…
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Exclusive: The Weinsteins Negotiate Window to Buy Miramax (updated)
Silence descends on the talks as the Weinsteins try to close the deal. Disney says no deal is done
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Gores Brothers Raise Miramax Offer — and Accounts Receivable?
The bidding for the indie studio owned by Disney is reaching a fever pitch
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David Bergstein Blusters: I’m a Victim! … Rrrright.
Flattened by a crushing wave of negative publicity in the wake of the news he had bid to buy Miramax from Disney, David Bergstein, the debt-riddled financier, is now giving a public explanation for his predicament: It’s everybody else’s fault. In an interview with Alex Ben Block at the Hollywood Reporter, Bergstein blamed one of…
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YouTube CEO Chad Hurley Defends Net Neutrality
“The telecom industry pretends like it’s not getting paid,” says YouTube co-founder
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Left For Dead, Sidney Kimmel Finally Kicks Off Revival
Company announces production on horror film as its “Death at a Funeral” hits theaters
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Exclusive: Weinstein Ups Miramax Bid at Secret Weekend Meeting
Sought to seal the deal to buy the arthouse division at a meeting at Bob Iger’s house this weekend
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Hollywood Shut-Downs: The Industry Gets Cold Feet
Three major studios pull the plugs on three major productions – a sign of these nervous times
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Waxman Vs. Wolff and a Code of Conduct
TheWrap proposes, and commits to, TheAggregator10
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Advisory Firm Recommends Yes Vote on Lionsgate ‘Poison Pill’ Plan
Glass Lewis advises approval of company’s Shareholder Rights Plan to protect Lionsgate
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Exclusive: Fingerprint’s Link Seeks Dissolution (updated)
PR firm in turmoil, co-founder Gregory Link wants to leave, managing director Carol Bell denies she was fired
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Relativity Offers MGM $500M in Production Funding
The money would go toward the making of “The Hobbit” and the Bond series as part of MGM’s new standalone plan
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TheWrap’s Cease & Desist Letter to Newser
We’re asking — well, maybe not asking — for something basic: proper credit and linkage
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3 Miramax Bids In; Is David Bergstein It? (updated)
Disney takes bids from Weinstein, Platinum Equity and, it appears, the bankrupt Bergstein