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So Much Reality TV It's Unreal!
28 januari 2008 · 30 min
TV was already getting more and more into unscripted fare before the strike. Now, there's so much reality programming it's unreal! We get the lay of the unscripted landscape with Joel McHale of E! Entertainment's show The Soup. Plus, while most of the industry suffers, video games rock on (redux). Lees meer
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Will Boston Real Estate Guy Steve Samuels Get Scrod in Hollywood?
21 januari 2008 · 30 min
Steve Samuels is the third generation of successful Boston-based real estate developers. He's also one of many outsiders who've brought their fat wallet to Hollywood. Will he get his pocket picked or make the show business sit? Lees meer
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Will Striking Writers Take a Page from Directors' Deal?
21 januari 2008 · 30 min
The directors seem to have made a deal with producers. Will the
writers follow suit? Should they? We're live today with TV
writer/producer David Milch and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis to answer these questions and more. First, what exactly did the DGA agree to? Joe Adalian has been one of the team of reporters covering the strike for Variety. Lees meerNOTE: Today's special LIVE edition of The Business is broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area only, but will be archived online.
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DRM; Awards; Swag
14 januari 2008 · 30 min
The big four record labels are finally offering some music free of copyright protection. Is it too little too late? And, no Globes, no Oscars = no box office? Plus, swag--Hollywood's silent scourge.
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That Was the Hollywood Year That Was!
7 januari 2008 · 30 min
From scandals to the strike to the surprise success of mega-sequels it's the Hollywood year that was! We get ready for the year ahead with our annual look at the stories of year just ended with Cynthia Littleton of Variety and Carl Diorio of the Hollywood Reporter. Lees meer
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Best of The Business: On the Bubble
31 december 2007 · 30 min
This week, it's the Best of The Business. The strike will put a gaggle of TV shows "on the bubble," and we're not talking about being drunk on champagne. So today, between Dove products and the producers of a remake of the 1939 classic film The Women, we revisit our conversation with the producers of Scrubs and Jericho, shows that came back from the brink of extinction earlier this year. Lees meer
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Best of The Business: All about Writers; Gifting in Hollywood
24 december 2007 · 30 min
This week we present the best of The Business. In honor of
the writers' strike and celebrating his hit new movie, I Am Legend, we
revisit our conversation with Oscar-winning scribe Akiva Goldsman about the vital and disposable Hollywood writer. Then, 'tis the season for Hollywood gifting. Lees meer -
Iraq War Movies Tank at the Box Office
17 december 2007 · 30 min
There's been a surge in Iraq and a surge of Iraq movies here at home. It might be working in Baghdad but it's tanking at the local cineplex. We talk to the director of In the Valley of Elah, Paul Haggis. Plus, the strike promises a not-very-happy new year or winter or spring for Hollywood. Lees meer
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Do Movies Make Money?
10 december 2007 · 30 min
A new report paints a bleak picture for Hollywood if it doesn't quit spending money like a drunken sailor on shore leave. We speak with Roger R. Smith, the author of Do Movies Make Money?
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Will the Strike Kill the Soaps?; Inside Strike Negotiations
4 december 2007 · 30 min
What's it like to negotiate during a strike? We talk with the man who led talks for employees during the acrimonious 1994 supermarket walkout. Plus, will the writers' strike be another nail in the coffin of once wildly profitable daytime soap operas? Lees meer
Note: This edition of The Business will not air live at its usual time slot on KCRW as it will be pre-empted by special holiday programming. It will air at 7pm.
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The Strike and American Screenwriting, II; Video Games Rock On
26 november 2007 · 30 min
To understand the current writers' strike, you need to understand the long and contentious relationship between screenwriters and the people who write their checks. This week, Part II of our conversation with Oscar-winning scribe Marc Norman about his new book, What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting. Plus, while the writers strike, video games rock on - literally. Lees meer
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What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting, Part I
19 november 2007 · 30 min
To understand the current writers' strike, you need to understand the long and contentious relationship between screenwriters and the people who write their checks. We put that relationship in the therapist's chair with Oscar-winning scribe Marc Norman, author of a fascinating new book called What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting. Lees meer
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The Writers' Strike: Bad News for Network TV
12 november 2007 · 30 min
The writers' strike will effect everyone in Hollywood, but it's broadcast television that has the most to fear. We get strike analysis from executives who lived through the last one.
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What's a Producer Do?; Hollywood-Washington Update
5 november 2007 · 31 min
What does a producer do? We talk to two producers-turned-studio-execs about what they did then and what they do now. Plus, a chat with Hollywood's man in Washington, MPAA CEO Dan Glickman.
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'Wicked: The Musical' Wickedly Profitable for Universal
29 oktober 2007 · 30 min
The musical Wicked is a global phenomenon that's made scary profits for Universal Studios. We talk to producer Marc Platt about Hollywood's all-time most successful film--that isn't yet a film.
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'Season Finale;' Tax-Incentive Derby
22 oktober 2007 · 30 min
The UPN and the WB lived but a short decade, but they changed television forever. Now, the former president of entertainment at the WB and a veteran TV journalist have written a compelling and cautionary tale for anyone thinking about starting a new network. Plus, get out your calculators—it's the tax-incentive derby. Lees meer
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Ang Lee's NC-17; High Risks of Self-Distributing Low-Budget Films
15 oktober 2007 · 30 min
Ang Lee turned a gay cowboy movie into Oscar gold and box-office green, but can his new film overcome a rating of NC-17? Plus, the high-risk gamble of self-distributing a low-budget film.
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Tony Kaye and the Hollywood 'Lake of Fire'
8 oktober 2007 · 30 min
After a high-profile legal battle to take his name off American History X and replace it with a wacky pseudonym, Tony Kaye became persona non grata in Hollywood. Nearly a decade later, he's back with a new documentary in theaters and two features on the way. Lees meer
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The Painstaking Process of Placing Products in Programs for Pay
1 oktober 2007 · 30 min
Mad Men is a series on the cable network AMC, set in the New York ad world of the 1960's. While the show showcases a variety of real world products, not all of them pay for the privilege.
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An Assistant Says Goodbye, Part II; 'The Inkwell' Incident
24 september 2007 · 22 min
The William Morris mailroom is the high-stress, low-pay, sanctum sanctorum of show biz. It can lead you straight to the top or leave you in strait jacket. Plus, what does it mean when a writer takes his name off a film?
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You Got the Writing Job, Now You're Fired; Agency Assistant Fires His Agency
17 september 2007 · 30 min
A conversation about the vital, essential, but ultimately disposable Hollywood writer with Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman. Plus, an agency assistant says 'goodbye, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu' in an e-mail that got Hollywood's tongues awaggin.'
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Shepard's Progress; Residuals Revisited
10 september 2007 · 30 min
Samuel Goldwyn said, "The harder I work, the luckier I get." We catch up with writer/director Richard Shepard who got "lucky" at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. Plus, residuals, revisited.
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Superagent to (Underage) Stars; The Burgeoning Video Game Industry
27 augustus 2007 · 30 min
The $37 billion business that mainstream journalists and Hollywood can no longer afford to ignore--it's a look at the burgeoning video game industry. Plus, we revisit our chat with agent to the (underage) stars, Bonnie Liedtke.
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Making Money in Hollywood; Celebrity Sitters
20 augustus 2007 · 30 min
Who gets paid what and why in Hollywood? We talk back-end, quotes and
residuals with agent and manager-turned-producer Gavin Polone. Plus,
halting the slippery slope for out-of-control celebrities who might be
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Life Imitates Art; Residual Residuals?
13 augustus 2007 · 30 min
It's a case of life imitating art imitating life! We talk with a filmmaker who had to convince U2 to OK his movie about a man trying to convince U2 to play a concert. Plus, are we seeing the last residuals of residuals?"
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Fundraising in Hollywood; (Re)Visiting the Spin Doctor
6 augustus 2007 · 30 min
We talk to former studio chief and super fundraiser Tom Sherak
about getting the big shots to share their kibble in a dog-eat-dog
industry. Plus, on the occasion of Lindsay Lohan's re-arrest, we
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Sidewalk DVD's; Protecting Ideas in Hollywood
17 juli 2007 · 30 min
While Jack Sparrow and his crew were raking in buckets of dubloons at
the box office, pirates of a different kind were plundering Hollywood's
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Livin' on the Bubble
9 juli 2007 · 30 min
What does it mean for your TV show to be on the bubble? We speak with the producers of Scrubs and Jericho about coming back from the brink of extinction.
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The Almost Guy
2 juli 2007 · 30 min
He wrote, directed, produced and starred in the 2004 indie comedy The Almost Guys, but given the rest of his
experience in Hollywood, "the almost guy" is a label he's fighting to
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Cooing over a Deal with Dove; What's a First AD?
25 juni 2007 · 30 min
Dove beauty products inked an inventive deal to help finance the long-languishing remake of the 1939 classic The Women.
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Hollywood Spin-Doctor Makes a House Call; The Loneliest Republican
18 juni 2007 · 30 min
Hollywood's spin-doctor on the recent epidemic of celebrity scandal. Plus, Hollywood fundraising for a Republican presidential candidate.
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Making the Great White Way Pay
11 juni 2007 · 30 min
We look at the wonderful world of the great white way through the lens of a new documentary called Show Business: The Road to Broadway.
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You're Fired!; Show Biz Picks a President
4 juni 2007 · 30 min
After NBC fired its president, we ask another
former programming chief about the upside of getting canned. Plus, would-be presidents come to Hollywood in search of
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Rating the Changes at the MPAA
28 mei 2007 · 30 min
This week on The Business, will changes to the way movies are rated change what you see on the big screen? We'll talk to the head of the MPAA's rating board about what's new and why. And, what can different ratings mean for a movie's box office potential? Plus, a report from the Cannes Film Festival. Lees meer
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Scaring Audiences-All the Way to the Bank
21 mei 2007 · 30 min
Horror films are once again scaring up terrifying box office numbers! We check in with the director of the wildly successful Hostel movies, then cut to the producer of the Saw movies.
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White Writer, Black Show; Writers Guild (Lack of) Diversity Report
14 mei 2007 · 30 min
An unusually candid conversation about race and writing for movies and television. Then, the new Writers Guild report on how white the writer's room remains.
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The Most Expensive Movie Ever Made?; Pitch vs Spec
30 april 2007 · 30 min
Is Spider-Man 3 the most expensive movie ever
made? And why should we care? Plus, life's a pitch, and then
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Canned Laughs, Fresh Ideas
23 april 2007 · 30 min
Is that laughter coming from your television fresh or canned? We talk to Chuck Lorre, creator of some of the most popular sitcoms in TV history. Plus, USC students practice the art of the pitch--and we ain't talking about baseball.
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The TV Set; Hollywood Girls Club
16 april 2007 · 30 min
We use the funny new feature film, The TV Set, to show how real television pilots fight their way to the little screen. Plus, a conversation with the agent-turned-author of Hollywood Girls Club, the deliciously salacious and sometimes true novel about women and power in Hollywood. Lees meer
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The Winston Effect; Special Effects Legend Stan Winston
9 april 2007 · 30 min
For the past 30 years, Stan Winston's Studio has built some of the scariest and most memorable film effects by hand. But are digital effects rendering Winston's old-fashioned movie magic obsolete--or indispensable?
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Lessons in Show Business from HBO's 'Entourage'
2 april 2007 · 30 min
HBO's hit show Entourage goes deep inside the business of show business. This week, we go deep inside Entourage with the show's creator, Doug Ellin.
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We Give Voiceover the Once-Over; Emmy's New 'Burstyn' Rule
26 maart 2007 · 30 min
The Television Academy changes its Emmy rules to make them more
fair--and less embarrassing. Also, so you think you've got the pipes
to make a bundle voicing TV commercials? You'll know for sure as we
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Kid Actors and the Moms That Love Them
19 maart 2007 · 30 min
The Swifty Lazar of kid's agents shares horror stories of Mafia moms, Clearasil emergencies and casting for the role of the 'chubby kid.' Then, what it means when your kid wants to be a star. Finally, all scripts are not created equal, so why do they all look like? Lees meer
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Hedge Funds Come to Hollywood
12 maart 2007 · 30 min
A wave of Wall Street money washes into Hollywood, but will the investors be taken to the cleaners? Then, one man from the street puts up his personal money for a slice of an indie film. And, the writer speaks again!
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On Location and At Risk
5 maart 2007 · 30 min
We go to Threat Level Red as we look at filming abroad in a time of terrorism and political unrest.
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XM-Sirius Merger; Will Yari 'Crash' in Hollywood?
26 februari 2007 · 30 min
Hollywood's littered with rich guys who've thought they could beat the game, but is producer Bob Yari the mark or the hustler?
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Ozzfest Becomes Freefest
19 februari 2007 · 30 min
What do you do when your venerable music festival is in trouble? You turn Ozzfest into Freefest!
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Chris Moore Gets Optioned
12 februari 2007 · 30 min
How does Hollywood rank on the global trust barometer? Also, everyone -- in Hollywood -- hates novelist Chris Moore, and the seventh conversation in our series on the business of writing.
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Mr Hollywood Goes to Washington; Oscar Rollercoaster
5 februari 2007 · 30 min
Mr. Hollywood goes to Washington to launch a major charm offensive. Plus, the sixth conversation in our series on the business
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Making it in Mid Life; Insuring Stars
29 januari 2007 · 30 min
The good news is, you've finally landed that
break-out part. The bad news, they're covering your face with
a squid.