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The Business Brief

Four minutes from the heart of Hollywood from Matt Holzman, producer of “The Business,” public radio’s show about the business of show business.

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The Iraq Movie Surge

The $100 million action thriller Green Zone opened the weekend before last, and so far it's brought in an unimpressive $24 million domestically. But perhaps even … more >>

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Water Cooler Talk

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Rating the Raters

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Black Blockbuster

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The New (Entertainment) World

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How Is $400 Million like $100,000?

Avatar is finally coming out this week. At a cost of $300 or $400 million, James Cameron's sci-fi action epic is one of the most expensive movies ever made. At the same … more >>

Tortoise and the Hare

Slow and steady wins the race is the moral of the famous fable about the tortoise and the hare, but the folks in Hollywood clearly aren't big on Aesop. A better analogy … more >>

Speak Up, Hollywood!

Before she came to Hollywood and before she became host of the business here on KCRW, Kim Masters covered politics for the Washington Post. She told me that it was … more >>

The Digital Revolution Will Be Televised...for $24.95

Yahoo has launched a nice new ad campaign with messages of digital empowerment like "now the Internet has a personality – yours." But one of their slogans has got to be … more >>

Back from the Boondocks

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Which Way, Emmys?

Last night was the 61st prime-time Emmy Awards, the television industry's biggest night, and the question has to be: who cares? I'm not trying be provocative, I'm asking … more >>

Tyler Perry's House of Payin'

In 2004, a guy from New Orleans named Tyler Perry showed up in Hollywood. He had the temerity to suggest that the studios might want to turn his wildly popular stage … more >>

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Matt Holzman

KCRW producer and host of Matt's Movies; former Executive Producer of The Business