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By Daniel D'Addario 8/22/11 5:44pm

Gerard Depardieu, in happier times (Getty Images)

The Wrap Contributor Thinks Depardieu’s Plane Urination is Just Dandy

Gerard’s number one! Gerard’s number one! Read More

By Nate Freeman 10/28/10 2:46pm

Former News Corp. Executive Named Miramax CEO

Mike Lang, who left News Corp. in February after six years with the company, will step into the CEO position at Miramax, The Wrap reports. Lang has also spent time at The Walt Disney Company, which sold the film studio to Los Angeles billionaire Ron Tutor for $660 million in July.

During his Read More

By Zeke Turner 9/02/10 3:46pm

Enemies

Sharon Waxman's Campaign Against The Hollywood Reporter Continues: 'Oh! My! God!'

Isn’t there somebody else at The Wrap who can write columns about how The Hollywood Reporter is going down the tube besides editor in chief Sharon Waxman? Perhaps not.

Last week Ms. Waxman wrote a column about how Janice Min’s sensibility was turning away Hollywood Reporter readers (Ms. Min allowed the word “bitch” to Read More

By Zeke Turner 8/25/10 2:38pm

Beefing

Sharon Waxman Pitches One Over Janice Min's Bow After 'Bitch'-y Headline

Janice Min said in May that her reign at The Hollywood Reporter would be focused on, first and foremost, becoming a must-read for business insiders and shying away from the minutiae of covering Hollywood. But according to Sharon Waxman, editor of The Wrap, Ms. Min’s Us Weekly sensibility is driving these readers away. Read More

By Felix Gillette 4/23/10 8:50pm

Do-Si-Do

Sharon Waxman Partners Up With CNN’s “Reliable Sources”

Seems like just yesterday that we were watching Sharon Waxman of The Wrap and Michael Wolff of Newser square off on CNN’s Reliable Sources.

Afterwards, The Media Mob found ourselves somewhat surprised that Ms. Waxman hadn’t been more aggressive during the showdown. It seemed to us that Mr. Wolff had won the lion’s share of Read More

By John Koblin 4/22/09 3:39am

Get Me Rewrite!

On Monday, April 13, the actor Ashton Kutcher sent a message out to his fans using the microblogging tool Twitter.

“My dad always said ‘I’ll believe when I hear it from the horses mouth,’” was the message his subscribers received. “twitter is the horses mouth. no more ‘well the news said …’”

By Friday, April Read More

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The Wrap Contributor Thinks Depardieu’s Plane Urination is Just Dandy

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Sharon Waxman Partners Up With CNN’s “Reliable Sources”

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