KCRW's The Business Brief

Salaam, Hollywood

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:44:00 EST

Last week, the Tribeca Film Festival announced a new Tribeca-branded festival in the Arabian Gulf emirate of Qatar...

Blu-Ray Blues

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:44:00 EST

Obama Best for the Business?

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:44:00 EST

Tomorrow, people in the business go to the polls just like everyone else. And if past history and current fundraising are any judge, those latte-drinking, yoga-loving, Prius-driving liberal denizens of Hollywood will overwhelmingly be supporting Barak Obama...

Movies about Movies

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:44:00 EST

What Just Happened is the latest movie made about the world of movie making. It's a very funny story centered around a producer, played by Robert Deniro, who is caught between out-of-control talent and the studio and between the love of his estranged wife and his obsession with his BlackBerry...

Network Ad Revenue at Risk?

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:44:00 EST

With the world's financial system on the brink of collapse, I know what you're wondering: how will all this craziness affect the TV networks? Well, you're probably not be wondering that at all, but it's pretty interesting so I'll tell you anyway...

Faith in Small Movies

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:44:00 EST

The new ultra-low-budget Christian film Fireproof was made on a wing and prayer, but it still managed to take fourth in the box office derby a few weekends ago. It brought in almost $7 million and while that may not seem like a lot in Hollywood terms, it's pretty impressive when you consider that the number one movie that weekend opened on four times the number of screens...

TV's Hottest Show: 'America's Next Commander In Chief!'

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:44:00 EST

Forget Survivor. Forget America's Next Top Model. TV's newest reality hit is America's Next Commander in Chief, starring, strangely, Sarah Palin...

Days of Awe

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:33:00 EST

The days of awe are upon us, the high holidays of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the time when Jews around the world will be called upon to look honestly at their faults and ask for forgiveness. Hollywood will come to a standstill as Jews go to synagogue, or at least don't go to work. Of course, if you really need to reach your agent, he'll be on his BlackBerry at Temple Beth David, but that's another conversation...

Slanting the SAG Saga

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EST

There's been so little progress since the Screen Actors' Guild contract with producers expired on June 30 that you may not even be aware that negotiations are still going on -- or at least they should be. But nobody's really talking to anybody. And if you're a rank and file member of the union you're getting an awful lot of mixed messages from an awful lot of people about the situation...

Forbes' Most Overrated List

(KCRW.com) — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:44:00 EST

Last week, Forbes released its second-annual list of Hollywood's most overpaid movie stars. As with most stories about Hollywood, it's a wonderfully salacious tidbit that ultimately doesn't mean a whole helluva lot...