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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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Heath Ledger’s Joker Face: How Fine Art Became Pop Culture
“Dark Knight” composer Hans Zimmer revealed at a Wrap screening how Francis Bacon inspired Ledger’s smeared Joker Face
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Hollywood Seized by 3D Mania
Success of “Avatar” is giving everyone the three-dimensional fever. Glasses recommended.
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News Corp. Talks to Buy MGM Hit Impasse
MGM’s restrictive nondisclosure clause cited as cause for breakdown of negotiations
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NBCU Takes the Lead in Merging Operations with Comcast
Jeff Zucker announces two teams: an NBCU-led operations team, and a Comcast-led administrative team
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Variety, Hollywood Reporter Both Face the End Game
Big changes at the trades portend either their final stages or their ultimate survival
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CAA Savings on Parking: $800,000?
Shock at the agency’s ending parking validations does not offset yummy Scrooge feeling at the Death Star
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Cameron vs. Bigelow: Battle of the Exes
“I’ve been divorced more times than I’ve been nominated. I don’t really know which one is more awkward”
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‘Avatar’ Delivers, and That May Change Everything
For the first time in a very long time, a movie that made a great, big promise delivered
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Rumor: THR-Billboard Deal to be Announced Thursday
Purchase by Lachlan Murdoch-Jimmy Finkelstein alliance
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New Daily Variety Editor Leo Wolinsky: Grilled
“Frankly I didn’t think I was going to stay in journalism — I didn’t think there was a job out there for me”
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‘2012’s’ Emmerich to Pocket $100M Profit
The writer-director-producer got a rich deal that feels more like the ’90s: 20 against 20
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Comcast: It’s a Brave New World, and Cable Runs It
NBC was valued at zero in the purchase, the movie studio only at 2 percent
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A New, ‘Heimish’ Day at NBCU — See Ya, Six Sigma
Town hall ends with Brian Roberts welcoming the 30,000 employees into the Comcast “family”
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Fox’s Liebling Headed to Universal
The executive is best known for her relationships with Hollywood’s top comedy hit-makers.
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Screening ‘This Is It’: Part of the Healing Process
The Michael Jackson concert film gets a rare standing ovation at a Wrap screening. What’s that about?