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Salon.com – The revolution that failed
Quentin Tarantino and the indie rebels who followed him changed Hollywood in the '90s — but in the end, Hollywood also changed them. BY ANDREW O'HEHIR | Talent isn't democratic and doesn't play fair. That's one of the things we already know about human existence — after all, van Gogh was an insufferable pill and […]
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Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System
Reviews | Buy the Book | Autographed Copies INDEPENDENT FILMMAKING GOES HOLLYWOOD Autographed copies – You can buy a signed copy of the hardback book, which is no longer available in stores, from the author directly for $20.00 plus shipping and handling. Send requests to sharon.waxman@gmail.com for details. New York Times correspondent Sharon Waxman reveals […]
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Washington Post: Reeling them in
BY ROBERT SKLAR | For a few golden years, a generation ago, Hollywood film directors preened as artists (also known as auteurs, the French word for authors). Then the movie moguls figured out how to make big bucks producing and marketing comic-book blockbusters, and the pretense was over. Most studio directors became faceless functionaries who […]
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Miami Herald: It’s a wrap
SIX MAVERICK DIRECTORS DEFY HOLLYWOOD CONVENTION TO DO THINGS THEIR OWN WAY BY RENE RODRIGUEZ | Most any film buff will concur that the 1970s marked the last great era of American movies, thanks to the sheer number of talented filmmakers — Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, William Friedkin and Brian […]
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Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Author documents revolutionary filmmakers
BY MICHAEL MACHOSKY | There's an infamous scene in "Pulp Fiction" where an adrenaline-filled needle is plunged through Uma Thurman's heart, to resuscitate her from a drug-induced coma. For many moviegoers, "Pulp Fiction" itself was that literal shot of adrenaline, jammed into the heart of a complacent, artistically comatose industry. It forced Hollywood to sit […]
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Variety
BY WENDY SMITH | Want to know which hot young director prefers which recreational drug? Which one bathes and changes his clothes so infrequently that he smells bad? Which one hates his mother? New York Times Hollywood correspondent Sharon Waxman zestfully provides the answers in her enjoyably dishy book, obviously modeled on Peter Biskind's bestselling […]
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New York Observer: Miramax’s Big Morning; Waxman’s War Zone
BY JAKE BROOKS | “I like being in war zones. And Hollywood is a kind of war zone,” joked Sharon Waxman, the boisterous reporter covering the film beat for The New York Times. A former Middle East correspondent, Ms. Waxman has some basis for comparison. “They’re both very challenging, but Hollywood is much more treacherous […]
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SAG Letter from National Board Majority – Jan. 26, 2009
A Message to Members from the SAG National Board Majority Today we took an important and necessary action to address the leadership crisis at Screen Actors Guild. Representatives from SAG’s National Board majority delivered a "written assent" document to SAG headquarters which authorized the following: Doug Allen is immediately replaced as National Executive Director […]
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Hollywood Compensation
A list of top execs in Hollywood, what they make, and how their stock prices have performed.
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Alan Rosenberg Union Song
“We don’t care about the future, we only care about us. and if you don’t earn what I think I can earn, I will throw you underneath a bus.
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Message from Alan Rosenberg – Jan. 27, 2009
Letter from the head of SAG to membership in the wake of Doug Allen’s departure.
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Bill Gates, Steve Jobs Rap for the Tech World Crown (Video)
The former Apple and Microsoft chieftains rehash their disagreements on YouTube
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‘Teen Wolf’ Season 2 Trailer Hangs Out With Its Fangs Out (Video)
Tyler Posey prepares to sink his teeth into another season of "Teen Wolf"
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After Tony Scott’s Death, Scott Free Production Suspends Work on ‘The Counselor’
Ridley Scott is directing the film, which stars Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt