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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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TheGrill 2025: The Systems Are Changing – Here’s How You Adapt
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How Robert Redford’s Sundance Legacy Saved Hollywood
Redford was a monumental figure in American cinema far beyond his prowess as an actor and Oscar-winning skill as a director
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Iranian Director Jafar Panahi Warns of Rising Threat to US Freedom: ‘Artists Are Censoring Themselves’
His latest film, “It Was Just an Accident,” was made in secret while the filmmaker remains under a filmmaking ban after serving 7 months in prison
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Copyright Troll Michael Grecco to Media: Pay Up or Drop Dead
A photographer who worked for Fox has sued media organizations more than 100 times in the last decade over photos he took for Fox and other studios
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The Silence of Hollywood Women in the Age of Epstein
Is the lack of reaction a tacit nod to #MeToo being over? Or are women leaders and survivors just too exhausted to speak?
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Patrick Soon-Shiong’s Plan to Take LA Times Public Follows Newsmax Mini-IPO
The conservative outlet was losing money and still got onto the NYSE
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Joe Eszterhas on Rebooting ‘Basic Instinct,’ Going Anti-Woke and His Wavering Trump Support | Exclusive
The legendary screenwriter, now 80, says his 29-year-old self is intact and ready to write
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Shari Redstone Did Her Best … for a Billionaire
The expectations are low for today’s media moguls who now know that $16 million is the price for buying off Trump
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ICE in LA Sets Hollywood Summer on Edge as Latino Workers Hide: ‘It’s Like Anne Frank’
Both legal and undocumented workers of the city are afraid to come out, with masked agents snatching people everywhere
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Moguls Take Aim at Zaslav’s Vision of WBD as Company Splits: ‘It Was a Failure’
Said one top executive: “It’s a deal that never had a shot and shouldn’t have been done. But they’ve also done a terrible job running the company”
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Molly Jong-Fast on Mom Erica Jong, Dementia, Sobriety and Joe Biden
The political commentator has a new memoir, “How to Lose Your Mother”
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Shari Redstone’s Standoff With Trump Is Playing Live on Broadway Stage in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’
The play mirrors real life, but will real life turn out differently from the play?
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Letter From Cannes: Arabian Gulf Money, an Indie Film Start-Up and Women Speak Frankly
A Qatari delegation promotes film production on the Croisette, while a new company aims to find a home for Sundance orphans and female-fronted stories take center stage
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Neon Picks Oscar Winners, Builds a Library and Looks Primed for a Takeover – Why Hasn’t It Found a Buyer? | Exclusive
Peter Chernin has kicked the tires but passed, Ron Meyer is trying to raise money to buy the studio
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Letter to Shari Redstone: You’re Conflating the Antisemitism Fight With Press Freedom, and You Will Lose Both
If Redstone is not careful, her efforts will backfire and undermine the credibility of her CBS News division
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