sharon waxman

Nikki Finke v. Sharon Waxman: It’s On!

8:00AM Defamer Hollywood | The more reserved of the two Hollywood watchdogs, Sharon Waxman hit out against her competitor Nikki Finke this week. More »

‘The Wrap’ Launch Marred By Rumor-Downgrades, Sandwich Confusion

5:16AM Seth | Day 2 of The Wrap, Sharon Waxman’s contribution to the underserviced online-showbiz-news sector, indicates the site will be a very welcome Big Hollywoodfor the lefty liberal media elite. Still, kinks are being ironed out. More »

Recession-Proof Sharon Waxman Opens ‘Wrap’ For Business

5:30AM STV | What better time than the worst media battering in generations to launch a new Hollywood quasi-trade publication? That’s mostly rhetorical, but if you do have a better answer than “today,” don’t tell Sharon Waxman. More »

Nikki Finke vs. Sharon Waxman: The Grudge Match Continues

4:55AM STV | It took a rumoured meeting of superstars like Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep to get us to care again about a potential actors strike, and a hasty bit of rumour-debunking this morning to dash all the intrigue. But after a retraction, a non-retraction, and a few sharp personal jabs between dueling industry journos Nikki Finke and Sharon Waxman, all we know is that this match in their ongoing feud deserves a bit of play-by-play.

3:35AM STV | Meow! Scratch! Or Something: Taking great care to namecheck Ron Grover and Nikki Finke, Sharon Waxman took MGM-sale rumormongerers to task on her blog late Monday, favouring the studio’s official word that Goldman Sachs was just dropping by the office for a friendly “capitalization enhancement” lunch. Who to believe? No, really — with Waxman’s industry/culture site The Wrap soon to encroach on Finke’s daffy dominion, we need to know who to trust, and fast. May we propose a five-match Commissary Wrestling Tour of Hollywood? The series winner gets first right of refusal on MGM spin. David Poland officiates. Who’s in? [Waxword] More »

Accused Rapist Pitches Jail Ordeal as Stephen King-Meets-M. Night Shyamalan

10:40AM Defamer Hollywood | Perhaps to our discredit, we had long ago relegated disgraced fashion designer/tacky Web-site proprietor Anand Jon Alexander to the quiet corners of our minds where accused serial rapists like him (59 counts, at last check) await trial. Sharon Waxman, meanwhile — who extensively interviewed AJ and pored over eight volumes of grand jury transcripts for an article in the new issue of Los Angeles — acknowledges that the testimony of the aspiring models he allegedly assaulted is both “damning” and “extremely weak in places,” implying that Alexander’s case may not be as open-and-closed as we’d suspected once it goes to trial in September. “Anand Jon does not appear to be a nice guy,” she writes. “But that is not a crime in any state.” More »