TheGrill: 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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- 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.
