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The Hollywood Year to Be
4 januari 2010 · 30 min
The year 2009 was a crazy year for the business, and 2010 should top it. This week, its the Hollywood year to be with Cynthia Littleton of Variety and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.
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The Hollywood Year That Was
28 december 2009 · 30 min
We look at the ups, the downs, the all-arounds of the Hollywood year that was with Cynthia Littleton of Variety and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.
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Pixar: There's a (Pete) Docter in the House
21 december 2009 · 30 min
Pixar scored big with Up! this year, and now they're seven for seven. We chat with a member of the company's original brain trust and the director of Up! about Oscars, 3-D and making movies that almost everyone loves. Plus, James Cameron's Avatar cost hundreds of millions to make. How much green does it need to earn to put Fox in the black? Lees meer
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'Crazy Heart,' Crazy Story; Cashing In on 'Twilight'
14 december 2009 · 30 min
We look at the crazy story behind the new movie Crazy Heart. It's got Oscar buzz now, but it almost didn't make it into theaters. Plus, Twilight has made hundreds of millions at the box office, but a lot of other people have been riding on the cape tails of everybody's favorite vampire movie. Lees meer
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King of the World
7 december 2009 · 30 min
James Cameron's Avatar isn't just a hugely expensive sci-fi adventure – it's a titanic bid to transform movies. We get inside the mind of one of Hollywood's biggest players with Rebecca Keegan, author of the new book The Futurist: The Life and Films of James Cameron. Lees meer
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The Academy's Short List Shorts Some Docs; Hugowood
30 november 2009 · 30 min
Did the Academy's documentary short list short some docs? Plus, Hugo Chavez takes on Hollywood.
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Blogging in the Business
23 november 2009 · 30 min
In an industry where honesty is such a lonely word, the creator of a hit TV show says what he thinks on line. We talk to Kurt Sutter of Sons of Anarchy about his blog, Sutterink. Plus an Academy Award-winning writer on how show business is like every other business we know. Lees meer
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Troy Duffy, Back from the Boondocks; American Film Market
16 november 2009 · 30 min
A Hollywood rags-to-riches-to-rags story might have a happy ending after all. We talk to Troy Duffy, the controversial director of The Boondock Saints. Plus, a not-so-fresh report from the American Film Market with Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman.
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The Thalberg; Windows Close in Hollywood
9 november 2009 · 30 min
The Motion Picture Academy hands out the first Thalberg Memorial Award since 2000, but what exactly it? Plus, DVD's are dying. What will take their place, and how will it change the way we watch – and pay for – movies?
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Producer Grant Heslov Directs; Stopping Hollywood's Scammers
2 november 2009 · 30 min
Writer/actor/producer Grant Heslov moves to the director's chair on the new George Clooney movie, The Men Who Stare at Goats. Plus, "I'll make you a star! - for 5,000 bucks."
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Marketing Movies Interactively, Producing for Cable v NBC
26 oktober 2009 · 30 min
This week, how Warner Brothers used interactive tricks to power a surprisingly strong opening weekend for Where the Wild Things Are. Plus television writer/producer Dan Harmon toiled in basic cable on Comedy Central and VH1. Now, as creator of NBC's Community he tells us how the game is different on a big broadcast network. And, as always, the Hollywood news banter. Lees meer
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Curse of the Mogul; NCIS Spin-off Success
19 oktober 2009 · 30 min
A new book argues that media moguls act like spoiled brats, squandering the shareholders' money on toys that they don't really need. Plus, how do you create a TV spin-off that's original but not too original? We ask the producer of the CBS shows NCIS and the brand new NCIS: Los Angeles. Lees meer
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Writers Face the New Hollywood Economy; Studio Shake-ups
12 oktober 2009 · 30 min
This week, how the recession and major changes in the entertainment industry are impacting the lives of film and TV writers. Plus, Disney and Universal are the latest studios to shake up the executives suites and send a tremor through the industry.
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'Paranormal Activity' Gets Life; Thalberg Changed Hollywood
5 oktober 2009 · 30 min
A producer who was haunted by passing on the Blair Witch Project produces a low-budget horror film with big hopes of redemption. Plus Irving Thalberg changed the studio system. Now his life is on display.
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Disney; D23; Toronto Film Festival
28 september 2009 · 30 min
This week, fans came out in full force to a recent celebration of all things Disney. But major changes are afoot in the Magic Kingdom. Plus, was the Toronto Film Festival a bloodbath for indie filmmakers or just a shift in the life cycle of independent film? Lees meer
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Do the Emmys Matter?; The 'Guiding Light' Goes Out
21 september 2009 · 29 min
Does winning an Emmy matter to you, to me, to the business? And, the Television Academy puts TV legends on-line. Plus after 72 years, Guiding Light gets snuffed.
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Summer Box Office Round-up; A Long Look at Leno
14 september 2009 · 30 min
The summer box office broke records, but was blockbuster season really all that? Plus, what does the Leno prime-time experiment mean for the TV business?
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Disney Buys Marvel; Hollywood Labor Strife, Part ?
7 september 2009 · 30 min
Disney buys Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. Is it a super deal or super dud? Plus, the division and drama continues in Hollywood's labor unions, and two top TV producers and their money-making program they call the "total engagement experience." Lees meer
Programming note: This program will be not air on KCRW as it will be pre-empted by special Labor Day programming. It will be available as a podcast and on demand, and will be archived online.
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The Academy's New President; Making Great TV...and a Successful Marriage
31 augustus 2009 · 30 min
The producers of the hit show Ghost Whisperer on making great TV…and a successful marriage. Plus, we talk to the newly-elected president of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.
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Hollywood Bollywood and Vice Versa
24 augustus 2009 · 30 min
India's Reliance Big just made a major investment in Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks. Has another sucker landed on our shores, or has Hollywood finally met its match? And while India is coming to Hollywood, one Hollywood production went to India – tales from Bombay with the producers of Bollywood Hero. Lees meer
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HBO=Doc; Hollywood Back on the Couch
17 augustus 2009 · 30 min
Documentaries used to be relegated to PBS and college classrooms, but these days, they're just as liable to come to theater near you. We talk to Sheila Nevins, who's had a big part in growing of the nonfiction business as head of HBO Docs for the past three decades. Plus, we revisit our session with Hollywood therapist Dennis Palumbo. Lees meer
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Movie Speak; Scissorhands Revisited
10 augustus 2009 · 30 min
This week, we look at the arcane, historical, fantastical and off-color jargon of the movie set. Plus, when good executives recut bad films...inside the mind of a cinematic scissorhands.
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Hollywood Goes to Comic-Con
3 augustus 2009 · 30 min
This week, The Business goes to "The Con," the annual nerd-fest know as Comic-Con that’s become a major marketing stop for Hollywood. Plus, a new documentary looks at Ozploitation...
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Twilight: A New Dawn for Summit
27 juli 2009 · 30 min
Twilight gave a faltering new movie studio an extreme makeover. We talk with Rob Friedman, the chief of Summit Entertainment.
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The Tax-Incentives Derby Kicks into High Gear!
20 juli 2009 · 30 min
From Michigan to New Mexico, the production tax incentives derby is on in a big, big way. We talk to one of the producers of Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino, which moved from Minnesota to Michigan because of incentives, and two state legislators on opposite sides of the incentives debate. Lees meer
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Asked to the Academy; Cable Bags the Box
13 juli 2009 · 30 min
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has inducted 134 new members. We talk to one of funniest, actress Jane Lynch.
Plus, the Supreme Court has cleared the way for cable companies to
record programs so you don't have to. What does it all mean for the
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Which Way, Studios?
6 juli 2009 · 30 min
Paramount shuffles its top executives and Universal may be next. Sony cancels a high-profile project just before cameras roll and Fox balks at the budget of their new Denzel Washington thriller. What the hell’s happening to the movie business?
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Best Picture Nom's Bumped to 10; Produced By
29 juni 2009 · 30 min
In a surprise move, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that next year there will be ten Best Picture Oscar nominees, instead of five. AMPAS President Sid Ganis explains why. Kind of. Plus, producers stand up and say, "I am somebody!" at their guild's new Produced By conference. We speak with motion picture and TV producer and guild president Marshall Herskovitz. Lees meer
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Black in the Business
22 juni 2009 · 30 min
Even in the age of Obama, black writers in Hollywood find there's no such as thing as post-racial, and a new Writers' Guild report concurs.
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Below the Line and Under the Gun
15 juni 2009 · 30 min
The changing entertainment industry and tanking economy have combined to put people below the line under the gun. We talk about what’s making it so hard and how its affecting the people on the ground with a veteran gaffer, a cameraman and an agent for below-the-line people. Lees meer
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Nerd Poker Builds a House of Game; Hollywood Scissorhands
8 juni 2009 · 30 min
Hollywood's video game nerds come out of the closet with a hip new event for less game savvy show biz types. Plus, executives are often maligned for re-cutting films, but sometimes they save filmmakers from themselves.
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Network Scheduling Musical Chairs: The 'Medium' Story
1 juni 2009 · 30 min
Network TV scheduling turns into a brutal game of musical chairs. We talk to the creator of the NBC show Medium, which jumped to CBS at the last minute to grab a seat.
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Report from the (Up-)Front; Hi-Def below the Line
25 mei 2009 · 30 min
A shaky economy and falling viewership meant nervous networks at the upfronts. Also, many new shows will be in hi-def. That’s great for viewers, but what does it mean for the people who make TV?
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Studios Play Games
18 mei 2009 · 30 min
Why have the studios decided to get back in the video game business? Plus, even the biggest producer in the business is playing games. A chat with Jerry Bruckheimer about his new video game company.
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New TV Season, New TV World; Taking Hollywood's Temperature
11 mei 2009 · 30 min
NBC rolls out its new season with the help of a new programming consultant -- the advertisers. We talk to network co-chair Marc Graboff. Plus, massive changes in the way the business does business is causing even more stress than usual in a stress-filled town. The therapist who has his finger on the pulse of Hollywood says it's definitely racing. Lees meer
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Hollywood on the Hill; 'Death' of Adult-oriented Films, Part II
4 mei 2009 · 30 min
We look at selling Hollywood on the Hill with MPAA chief Dan Glickman. On April 21, the MPAA held its second "Business of Show Business" symposium in Washington, DC. Plus, could bad news for big-budget studio films for adults be good news for cheaper indie fare? We talk to Michael London, producer of Milk, The Visitor and Sideways. Lees meer
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'State of Play' Gets No Play; Marketing 'Fast and Furious'
27 april 2009 · 30 min
A recent spate of films have scored underwhelming results at the box office. But is the death of big-budget studio movies for grown-ups greatly exaggerated? Plus, how do you rake in the biggest April opening in box office history?
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TV Time-shifted out of Business?; Soon to Be a Major YA Picture
20 april 2009 · 30 min
This week, a new report bodes ill for TV’s 10 o’clock hour. Plus, the author of a young adult novel is the last know her book is soon to be a major motion picture.
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Will 3-D Save Hollywood?; Philanthropy as Blood Sport
13 april 2009 · 30 min
With 3-D movies seemingly raking in the dough, why are theaters so slow to upgrade? Plus, the hair-raising world of Hollywood fundraising and Hollywood power wives.
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The 10 O'Clock Drama Drama: The Streamy Awards
6 april 2009 · 30 min
Does Jay Leno’s move to 10pm mean the death of broadcast television’s hour-long drama? Plus, walking the red carpet at the Streamy Awards, the Oscars for web TV.
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Indie Film, Indeed
30 maart 2009 · 30 min
Did you love Juno or Slumdog Millionaire? Then you should be worried about independent film as money dries up and the studios are giving up on art house movies. We talk with a man at the center of it all – John Cooper, the newly appointed head of the Sundance Film Festival. Plus, indie film may be facing tough times, but film festivals haven't got the memo. Lees meer
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Updating 'Idol'
23 maart 2009 · 30 min
We talk to Fox reality czar Mike Darnell about changes to that American TV behemoth, American Idol.
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Disney Chair Dick Cook; Sweeps Week
16 maart 2009 · 30 min
Kim Masters joins the show as host today. A scary question for the Chairman of the Walt Disney Studios: will DVD sales ever bounce back? Plus, the sweeps week dinosaur. Why do they still exist?
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Times Fights to Be 'Company Town' Paper; 'Fanboys' Fight
9 maart 2009 · 30 min
The Los Angeles Times fights to be the newspaper of record in our “company town.” Plus, the epic battle over the Star Wars-fan movie Fanboys.
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Oscar Assumptions; SAG Saga, Part Duh
2 maart 2009 · 30 min
Assumptions may make an *%$@! out of you and me…but not during the
Academy Awards. We talk about how once again the safe bets paid off on
Oscar night. Plus, the SAG saga, Part Duh…will the actors ever have a
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Rupert Murdoch, 'the Man Who Owns the News'...and a Lot of Hollywood
23 februari 2009 · 30 min
We go inside the secret world of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, “the man who owns the news”…and a lot of Hollywood.
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Technology and the Business
16 februari 2009 · 30 min
This week, we talk about the Oscars' sci-tech awards and ask: Why do Hollywood's techo geeks have to sit at the kid's table? Plus, producer Dean Devlin uses technology to lead TV into the digital future. His new TNT show, Leverage, is 100% digital, from camera to finished product. Lees meer
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Do You Recognize This Man?; Sumner's Discontent
9 februari 2009 · 30 min
Getting famous isn't all its cracked up to be. Just ask Peter Jacobson, aka Dr. Chris Taub on the Fox hit, House. Plus, Sumner's discontent: who is the aging head of Viacom, and what does that mean for the future of his company?
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Stiffing Staffing Season
2 februari 2009 · 30 min
This week, two smart but naive ad guys from Chicago make it in TV, despite themselves. We talk to the creators of the new TNT drama, Trust Me.
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The TCA's: Getting Your 15 Minutes
26 januari 2009 · 30 min
The networks have just finished their dog and pony show for the TV critics. We take a peek inside what's known as the TCA's. Plus, celebrity publicist Howard Bragman helps you find your 15 minutes.