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5 days ago | 
thewrap.com | Sharon Waxman
You probably know Molly Jong-Fast from the slash of red in her blonde hair that stands out in appearances on MSNBC, or her snappy retorts in your social media feed where she comments constantly and fearlessly on the current political divide. Her new book has nothing to do with politics. “How to Lose Your Mother,” on sale this week, explores her complex relationship with her famous mother, the novelist Erica Jong, and navigating her encroaching dementia.
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1 week ago | 
thewrap.com | Sharon Waxman
The play mirrors real life, but will real life turn out differently from the play?
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Sharon Waxman
It’s powerfully strange that a play starring George Clooney about the perils that government bullying once posed to journalistic inquiry at CBS News is being staged every night just down the street from CBS News in one direction, and a few blocks from corporate parent Paramount Global in the other. The play coincides with our current reality: CBS News is currently being bullied by our government. The play is at the Winter Garden on 51st Street.
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2 weeks ago | 
thewrap.com | Sharon Waxman
The business of Cannes 2025 has been the story of the Gulf, along with indie distribution concerns May 19, 2025 @ 11:45 AM CANNES, FRANCE – MAY 17: Justine Ciarrocchi, Jennifer Lawrence and Sissy Spacek attend the "Die My Love" red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 17, 2025 in Cannes, France.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Sharon Waxman
CANNES, France — In case you were wondering, why yes, the petro-rich Gulf States are on the offensive at the Cannes Film Festival just as they are in every other category of global commerce. Growing cultural power has been a long term goal of all the Gulf states – Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar. But it has been a start-and-stop process.
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3 weeks ago | 
thewrap.com | Sharon Waxman
CANNES – The Cannes Film Festival halts for movie stars, especially when that star is Tom Cruise celebrating what’s meant to be the final film of his blockbuster franchise with “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” at a glamorous red carpet premiere. The carpet stretched on and on with a live DJ and woodwinds playing the famous movie theme, but the frenzy extended into the Grand Lumiere Theater itself where a packed crowd dressed in black tie was waiting to fall in love. And they did.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Sharon Waxman
CANNES – The Cannes Film Festival halts for movie stars, especially when that star is Tom Cruise celebrating what’s meant to be the final film of his blockbuster franchise with “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” at a glamorous red carpet premiere. The carpet stretched on and on with a live DJ and woodwinds playing the famous movie theme, but the frenzy extended into the Grand Lumiere Theater itself where a packed crowd dressed in black tie was waiting to fall in love. And they did.
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1 month ago | 
thewrap.com | Sharon Waxman |Drew Taylor
Peter Chernin has kicked the tires but passed, Ron Meyer is trying to raise money to buy the studio May 8, 2025 @ 6:00 AM Neon releases "Parasite", "Anora" and "Longlegs" (Credit: Christopher Smith for TheWrap) With a Best Picture Oscar fresh on its mantle after the triumph of “Anora” in March, Neon is headed to its favorite festival, Cannes, riding high.
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1 month ago | 
thewrap.com | Sharon Waxman
If Redstone is not careful, her efforts will backfire and undermine the credibility of her CBS News division April 24, 2025 @ 9:38 AM Shari Redstone attends Paramount Pictures & DreamWorks Pictures host the premiere of "Ghost in the Shell" (Credit: Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images) There is nothing more important to Shari Redstone at this moment in time than her fight against rising antisemitism. I know because she’s told me. I know because she said so just this week. “I’ve been...
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Sharon Waxman
There is nothing more important to Shari Redstone at this moment in time than her fight against rising antisemitism. I know because she’s told me. I know because she said so just this week. “I’ve been fighting racism and antisemitism for a long time, but after Oct. 7, it became my life,” the executive chairwoman of Paramount Global said at a screening for a heart-rending new documentary, “Children of October 7,” airing on Paramount+ and one of her networks, MTV.
