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    The Business

    Terence Winter: From Law School to Pine Barrens to 'Vinyl'

    Terence Winter, the co-creator and showrunner of the new HBO series Vinyl, tells us how his roots in Brooklyn and stint practicing law both helped him -- in a roundabout way -- land big writing jobs in Hollywood.

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    By Kim Masters • Feb 27, 2016 • 29m Listen

    Writer and producer Terence Winter is a busy guy. At one point in 2007, he was working on his HBO series, Boardwalk Empire, as well as the script for The Wolf of Wall Street. Now, he and Martin Scorsese have teamed up again, this time joined by Mick Jagger, for the new HBO series Vinyl. Winter tells us about his path from practicing corporate law to writing for The Sopranos.

    Photo: Brigitte Lacombe

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    2 stories
    1. 1:25

      Hollywood News Banter

      Scott Feinberg, awards analyst for the Hollywood Reporter joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

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      7 min
    2. 8:41

      Terence Winter: Vinyl

      In the new HBO series Vinyl , Bobby Cannavale plays Richie Finestra, the drug-addled CEO of a major record label, trying to save his company in 1973, as massive changes were underway in the music industry.

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      20 min
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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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    2 stories
    1. 1:257 min

      Hollywood News Banter

    2. 8:4120 min

      Terence Winter: Vinyl

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