Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman
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‘Apprentice’ Director Ali Abbasi Apologizes for ‘Slap on the Rear’ of Actor, Says He Dropped CAA and Management 360 | Exclusive
The director is up for a Spirit Award on Saturday and said he made a mistake but wanted to keep focus on the film
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Malibu Fire: The Aftermath Is a Stark Landscape of Empty | Photos
WaxWord tours the legendary coastal community more than a month after the devastating Los Angeles wildfires
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Surviving Trump 2.0: Buckle Up for a Long Haul and Don’t Give In to the Chaos
How do we respond – and be neither passive, nor a piñata in the circus of this administration?
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‘It’s All or Nothing for Me’: How Mikey Madison Gave Her Powder Keg Performance in ‘Anora’
TheWrap magazine: “I don’t like to do anything halfway,” says the soft-spoken actress whose turn as a sex worker earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress
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With ‘Emilia Pérez’s Oscar Campaign in Crisis, the Hollywood Finger-Pointing Has Begun
Oscar campaigns are “warfare,” says one insider
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Low Sales. No Standouts. Slow Sundance. Where Does Independent Film Go From Here?
The weakness of independent film has a knock-on effect – and not a good one – on the entire entertainment ecosystem
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Sundance: Tame Stories Reflect an Indie World Battered by Economics, Culture Wars
The 2025 indie festival finds filmmakers tackling prickly material with a warmer lens — or avoiding it altogether
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Report From Sundance
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‘I Took the Photo’: Stunning Sundance Doc Challenges Authorship of Famous Napalm Girl War Photo
Sundance 2025: The AP has attributed the Pulitzer Prize-winning photo to Nick Ut since 1972
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Report From Sundance
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The Remains of Malibu: Ashes and Embers in the Sand
A photo essay, WaxWord visits Malibu days after the ferocious Palisades Fire
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Pacific Palisades Is Gone. Up Close and on the Ground It’s Even Worse
A photo essay covering the gut-wrenching devastation of flattened neighborhoods and charred storefronts
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Truthbombs of 2024: Media Is Over, Antisemitism Is Cool, DEI Is Kaput
The shifting landscape of 2025 follows reversals of 2024
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Blake Lively Bombshell Turns Hollywood Against Justin Baldoni, Raises PR Questions
“This is not a traditional crisis plan,” said a PR executive. “This is on another level”
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Power Women Summit: Advocating for Women When It Feels Hard
I’ve been re-setting my expectations for a long time, expecting a new normal. Time to re-set, again
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MSNBC Stays in Its Bubble and Celebrates SpinCo as Viewers Flee
An insider tells TheWrap that MSNBC and CNBC throw off $1 billion in profit, leaving dry powder for the new company to invest
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The Media Needs a Reinvention Not Just a Wake-Up Call After Trump’s Surprise Win
The media can’t just pivot into the next cycle of looking around the room and asking “what just happened?” as if it had nothing to do with it
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