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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Facebook’s Ugly Update: Everything You Knew Was True, But Worse
it’s evident that Facebook is not ever going to do a good enough job at keeping our democracy safe. The question is: What are we going to do about it?
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Where Are We Headed? Our Summer of Beauty and Dread
I fear that we are in a moment of interregnum, not a reset after our brush with Trumpian catastrophe
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Lessons From the Cancel Culture Era: Is It ‘Shifting the Discomfort’ or ‘A New Kind of Censorship’?
Our four-part series highlighted the complexities of living in a time when social media has intensified the speed and virulence of public censure
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CBS Balks at Airing 2022 Academy of Country Music Awards Over $22 Million Asking Price, Declining Ratings (Exclusive)
Dick Clark Productions is shopping the show to NBC as part of a deal to renegotiate the troubled Golden Globes, TheWrap has learned
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A Merger Wave Sped Up by the Pandemic Will Transform Hollywood
A paradox: The number of companies that distribute mass entertainment is shrinking even as the volume of content is exploding
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As Netflix, Amazon Boycott HFPA Over Reforms, Could the Golden Globes Get Canceled?
The response from activist groups and top streamers: Not enough. Too slow. Awfully vague
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The Incredible Journey of Chloé Zhao and Other Reasons to Celebrate Diversity at the Oscars
For those who still think the glass is half-empty, I see it filling up
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Golden Globes Group Faces Existential Threat as Diversity Crisis Grows: ‘Evolve or Die’ (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s diversity and PR consultants quit after a disastrous meeting with Time’s Up and publicity leaders
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Dick Clark President Accused of Abuse, Inappropriate Language at Previous Job (Exclusive)
Amy Thurlow is “in way over her head” as president of Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions, an insider tells TheWrap
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5 Top Executives Quit Dick Clark Productions Amid ‘Toxic Culture’ Complaints (Exclusive)
Insiders complain about the management style of DCP President Amy Thurlow
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News
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HFPA Rejected Press Conferences for Black-Led Projects Like ‘Bridgerton,’ Insiders Say (Exclusive)
None of the films or series ended up getting Golden Globe nominations, despite other honors
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70 Hollywood PR Firms Threaten Golden Globe Blackout in Mass Action
A letter issued to the HFPA is to be expected on Tuesday, one insider tells TheWrap
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David Muir Clash With George Stephanopoulos Led to ABC News Chief Ouster (Exclusive)
James Goldston left suddenly in January and gave no specific reason for doing so
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What Do We Do About Saudi Arabia and Jamal Khashoggi? The Truth Demands Action
The Biden administration needs to institute sanctions, issue a formal condemnation or take some other measure. This will also guide the response of America’s business leaders — including in media and technology
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