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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‘Rumours’ Jokes About Looming Apocalypse – But It Isn’t That Funny, Is It?
Cannes 2024: The film starring Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance is a mix of genres that aims for satire but doesn’t quite achieve coherence
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‘The Shameless’ Is a Devastating Tale of Female Survival in India
Cannes 2024: Two searing performances anchor this tale of love and survival
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‘Meeting With Pol Pot’ Is a Lesson in Genocide
Cannes 2024: It’s a great time to revisit the story of a left-wing regime that in its savage pursuit of a just society instead murdered a quarter of its people
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‘Megalopolis’ Confounds Cannes Audience as Laughter Drowns Out Cringey Dialogue
Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic debuted at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday
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Paramount’s Options: Apollo-Sony or Skydance? The CEO Office Might Win Out | Analysis
The three-man Office of the CEO offered a plan to sell the Paramount lot, slash headcount and maybe even sell Pluto
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Paramount Opens Talks With Sony and Apollo for Acquisition
The Paramount board’s special committee met over the weekend on the matter, after allowing an exclusive negotiating window with Skydance Media to lapse
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How the Student Pro-Palestine Movement Blew It: ‘Humanitarian Aid’ and Banana Allergies
They’ve defined themselves as a bunch of entitled, whiny kids who want every single political demand immediately. And also: the meal plan.
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David Pecker and The National Enquirer: When a Tabloid Becomes a Political Tool
We still don’t know why David Pecker risked his career, his company and any shred of public regard to help Donald Trump
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Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish to Exit on Monday, Insiders Say | Exclusive
The media conglomerate’s board is meeting this weekend to discuss the matter
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Takeaways From CinemaCon 2024: Not Enough Movies, Too Much Testosterone
No way around it — this is going to be a painful year at the box office. The hope in the room (and there was some) is really about 2025 and 2026
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At Sundance, Behind the Exit of CEO Joana Vicente Looms a Larger Crisis
Vicente failed to articulate a vision for the premier independent film festival, insiders say, but much more is on the line
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What Ari Gets: $25 Million, a Plane and the End of the Endeavor Mega-Dream | Analysis
The hard-charging Hollywood agent dreamed of running a global entertainment company. It lasted three years.
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Survivors of Hamas Massacre at Nova Music Festival Struggle to Rejoin Life
“It’s not a normal trauma,” says the lead therapist at a retreat to help the young attendees
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The ‘Tectonic Shift’ in Media That Changed Perceptions of Israel: ‘What’s Left Is a System Run by Activists’
“The press has been gutted. The bureaus have shrunk, and into that vacuum have come ideological voices,” says Matti Friedman
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An Israeli Director Feels ‘Stabbed in the Back’ by the Global Left
Gidi Dar warned his own compatriots that their infighting was making them vulnerable to attack. But his deeper disappointment is with the West
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