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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How Much Is Too Much? The Coming Avalanche in Streaming Entertainment
I’m not sure any of us are prepared for the implications of new entrants Peacock, HBO Max and Quibi
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The Decade When Hollywood Cracked Open – In Praise of the 2010s
How women and other underrepresented groups found their voices in a disrupted Hollywood
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The Echoes of ‘Just Mercy’ in Montgomery, Alabama – and Beyond
The past feels present everywhere in Montgomery, Alabama, where civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson set up his Equal Justice Initiative 30 years ago. Sponsored content presented by Warner Bros.
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution Staff ‘Appalled’ by ‘Richard Jewell’ Portrayal of Reporter, Journalism
“To me it seems clear that Clint Eastwood doesn’t understand how journalists actually work,” AJC top editor Kevin Riley says
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How ‘Bombshell’ Director Jay Roach Tackled ‘Male-Pattern Bulls–‘ at Fox News and Beyond
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I hoped by telling this story that it goes to show how much it’s not a partisan issue,” the filmmaker says
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Rich Battista Quit as Imagine Entertainment CEO After Clashes With Staff: ‘A Real Hothead’ (Exclusive)
“Short temper. Short fuse,” one insider says of shortlived CEO
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Jay Roach vs Todd Phillips on Whether ‘Woke Culture’ Is Killing Comedy Movies
“Everyone is too touchy,” Phillips, the director of “Joker,” tells me — but “Bombshell” filmmaker Roach feels otherwise
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Thom Geier Steps Up to Become TheWrap Executive Editor
Geier presided over record online traffic growth and multiple awards at the leading digital news site
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Can Anyone Replace Bob Iger? The Fraught Reality of Disney’s Succession Plan
Three powerful executives have the inside track but some doubt that Iger will exit anytime soon
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Disney Boss Kevin Mayer: Brilliant Dealmaker or ‘Bully’? Both, Insiders Say
The Disney+ boss and potential successor to Bob Iger is widely admired for his dealmaking prowess but he’s also feared internally for an unrelenting personal style
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Ronan Farrow on ‘Lies’ by NBC News and What’s Next After ‘Catch and Kill’ (Podcast)
The author talks to WaxWord about a “culture of complicity” that kept the voices of women quiet – and that nearly silenced him
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Welcome to the Power Women Summit 2019 and a Hollywood Bringing Change
What we are seeing overall is a new determination to drive deep roots into the soil of change
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A Note to our Readers: TheWrap is Evolving, With Your Help
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Viacom’s Marva Smalls Talks About Creating a ‘Culture of Inclusion’
“It’s necessary to start this work at the top,” Smalls tells TheWrap’s Sharon Waxman
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Ronan Farrow’s Target Isn’t Harvey Weinstein – It’s NBC News: a Media #MeToo
A tale of how institutions — even those devoted to telling the truth — will sometimes choose self-preservation and the status quo over exposing powerful people in their own social, political and business circles
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