The Business
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Lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors, hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter.
Episodes
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May 26, 2008 • 30min
TV's 'Unfronts;' Popcorn Prices Pop
May 19, 2008 • 30min
Indie Film Shake-up; Hollywood on the Couch, Part II
A major studio is getting out of the indie business and one stalwart indie distributor is rumored to be having serious money problems. The two indie film TV channels may roll into one. Is Hollywood going to give indie the bum's Rushmore? We talk to esteemed indie producer Christine Vachon and uber-salesman John Sloss. Plus, 'Hollywood on the Couch,' Part II, with writer-turned-therapist Dennis Palumbo.
May 12, 2008 • 30min
Hollywood on the Couch
We put Hollywood on the couch with writer-turned-therapist Dennis Palumbo.
May 5, 2008 • 30min
Another Visit with Pixar's Big Bird
Pixar's Brad Bird just received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Writers' Guild. So this week we revisit our conversation with the creator of The Incredibles and Ratatouille. Plus, the entertainment industry home team.
Apr 28, 2008 • 30min
Why Can't SAG and AFTRA Get Along?
The uneasy alliance between the two actors' unions has turned into outright hostility. Plus, the unions want money from the digital future. When will that future arrive? Finally, who gets credit before the credits roll?
Apr 21, 2008 • 30min
Everything You Wanted to Know about Agents
There's been a mad game of musical chairs in the agency business in the last few of weeks. The agency business is changing, but the relationship between agents and clients seems to be as quirky as ever.
Apr 14, 2008 • 30min
Celebrities Can Be Taxing
Using Tax Day as a very weak hook, we talk to the man who helped clear Wesley Snipes of tax fraud conspiracy charges. The question: what are the special challenges of representing a celebrity in court?
Apr 7, 2008 • 30min
AFTRA-SAG Split; a 'Miss Guided' Novice Writer
Hollywood's actors' unions file for an untimely divorce. Then, what happens when a novice TV writer gets her own show?
Mar 31, 2008 • 30min
Qualified to Act?; The ShoWest Goes On
In a town where actors are more likely to wait tables than wait in the wings, how do you define a working actor? That's the central question in our lively conversation with two actors. How SAG answers that question may determine if there's a strike. Plus, this year's ShoWest movie exhibitors' conference.
Mar 24, 2008 • 30min
Big Gulp to Blockbuster
Jim Keyes was the former CEO of 7-11 stores. Now he's applying the
lessons of the Big Gulp to the small screen at the troubled
video-rental giant Blockbuster. Plus, Variety game reviewer Ben Fritz
asks, "Why are hardcore video gamers so sensitive?" And good agentry
with writer and producer Rob Long.
