The Grill: Hollywood on the Hot Seat
The ground is shifting under entertainment and media. Sharon Waxman, founder and CEO of The Wrap, gets to the bottom of it via penetrating interviews with industry leaders and celebrities.
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- Friday, March 11th
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Power Women Breakfast in Washington D.C.
From inside the Power Women Breakfast, Sharon Waxman talks with Maureen Dowd and Elisabeth Bumiller of the New York Times, FTC Julie Brill and FCC Jessica Rosenworcel. Lastly Adrienne Elrod takes us inside the eye of the primary storm for this year's presidential campaign. - Friday, March 4th
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Episode 16: The Current Presidential Race and Oscars Recap
On this episode, Sharon Waxman joins a round table talk with Tim Molloy, Deputy Managing Editor and Itay Hod, Politics Reporter to discuss the hottest topics in Hollywood including the current presidential race, the Oscars and more. - Friday, February 26th
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Epiosde 15: Oscars
On this episode, Sharon Waxman and Steve Pond, Awards Editor at TheWrap, talk about the upcoming Academy Awards. In addition, listen in on conversations with "The Big Short's" Adam McKay and "Spotlight's" Tom McCarthy and Marty Baron. - Friday, February 19th
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Episode 14: The Grammys, Deadpool's Success and John Kerry's Hollywood Meeting
On this episode, Sharon Waxman and Tim Molloy, Deputy Managing Editor at TheWrap, talk about trending topics in Hollywood. In addition, listen in on TheWrap's industry panel from inside Sundance Film Festival where Sharon Waxman talks with execs from Broad Green, Vimeo, Gersh, director Penny Lane and producer Liz Destro. - Thursday, February 11th
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Episode 13: Kim Snyder, Katie Couric and Anderson Cooper
From inside Sundance Film Festival, we talk with Katie Couric and Stephanie Soechtig from "Under The Gun, Kim Snyder from "Newtown" and Anderson Cooper from "Nothing Left Unsaid". In this episode we cover the issue of gun violence and documentaries from inside Sundance. - Thursday, February 4th
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Episode 12: Sundance Films in Competition Sponsored by Mack Weldon
From inside Sundance Film Festival, we meet the people involved in some of the most provocative titles at this year's festival. Including Nick Jonas from "Goat", Daniel Radcliffe and Paul Dano from "Swiss Army Man" and Lena Dunham from "Suited". They join us to talk about their movies and the state of movie making. - Friday, January 29th
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Episode 11: Sundance Diversity
On this episode, Sharon Waxman talks with Spike Lee, John Legend and Nate Parker at this year's Sundance Film Festival about their respective movies and the debate over a lack of diversity among Oscar nominees. - Thursday, January 21st
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Episode 10: Alicia Vikander
On this episode of TheGrill, Sharon Waxman talks with Alicia Vikander, 'The Danish Girl' actress and Oscar nominee. Alicia Vikander discusses the challenges of being thrust into the spotlight, the thrill of recognition and what it's like to be a first-time nominee. - Friday, January 15th
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Episode 9: Adam McKay
On this episode, it’s my conversation with producer, screenwriter, comedian, actor and ‘The Big Short’ director Adam Mckay. -
Episode 8: Lilly Tomlin
On this episode, it’s my conversation with Grandma star Lilly Tomlin. - Thursday, December 17th, 2015
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Episode 7: Game of Throne's Emilia Clarke
TheWrap's annual Power Women Breakfast brings together a cross-section of accomplished women in the fields of entertainment, media and journalism. Keynote speaker Emilia Clarke, best known for her role as Daenerys Targaryen or Khaleesi on HBO’s Game of Thrones, takes us inside what it’s like as a woman on a hit show dominated by men and how playing the mother of dragons has taught her how to be powerful in real life. - Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
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Episode 6: Jake Gyllenhaal
The cover star of this season's first OscarWrap issue opens up about the series of challenging roles that have taken him deep into emotional territory, including Louis Bloom in Nightcrawler, Detective Loki in Prisoners, Billy Hope in Southpaw and most recently Davis Mitchell in Demolition. - Thursday, November 19th, 2015
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Episode 5: A+E Networks President & CEO Nancy Dubuc
Nancy Dubuc takes the stage at our annual Grill conference and asks the question: with so much TV content, is there enough great talent around to meet demand? The relatively young CEO is only the third to lead A+E since it was founded in 1984. Under her stewardship, the network improved its ratings for six consecutive years with hits such as A&E’s Duck Dynasty, History Channel’s Vikings and Hatfields & McCoys, not to mention bold programming on Lifetime such as the new Bachelor-satire drama UnReal. - Thursday, November 12th, 2015
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Episode 4: Maria Bello
At the sixth annual Grill media conference, actress-activist and New York Times best-selling author Maria Bello discusses subverting sexual norms by coming out as a "whatever." She also addresses women working in Hollywood, stating, “When you look at the numbers and who is consuming the media — you realize it’s women. We have an opportunity." - Thursday, November 5th, 2015
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Episode 3: TIFF Interview Suite: Jay Roach & David Oyelowo
From TheWrap's TIFF interview suite, filmmaker Jay Roach speaks about the current presidential race -- "When did wisdom stop being a minimum basic requirement of candidacy?" -- along with his upcoming biopic "Trumbo," starring Bryan Cranston, which hits theaters this week. "Selma"'s David Oyelowo also talks about his film Five Nights in Maine and the importance of supporting female filmmakers. - Thursday, October 29th, 2015
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Episode 2: Outspoken Billionaire & Twitter Investor Chris Sacca
Investor Chris Sacca blasts Twitter's board calling it a "country club of old white guys." The company's biggest investor also says it made a "fundamental mistake" during IPO and speaks about “universal support” for the social platform’s returning CEO Jack Dorsey at TheWrap’s sixth annual Media Leadership Conference, TheGrill. - Thursday, October 22nd, 2015
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Super-Producer Brian Grazer & Empire's Danny Strong
'Empire's' Brian Grazer and Danny Strong sat for a wide-ranging discussion of his prolific career — and where it’s headed — as the first day spotlight conversation from TheGrill 2015, TheWrap’s sixth annual Media Leadership Conference.