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January 01, 1990 - January 24, 2013 + The Business
Hollywood Bollywood and Vice Versa 
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India's Reliance Big just made a major investment in Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks. Has another sucker landed on our shores, or has Hollywood finally met its...
HBO=Doc; Hollywood Back on the Couch
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Documentaries used to be relegated to PBS and college classrooms, but these days, they're just as liable to come to theater near you. We talk...
Movie Speak; Scissorhands Revisited
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This week, we look at the arcane, historical, fantastical and off-color jargon of the movie set. Plus, when good executives recut bad films...inside the mind...
Hollywood Goes to Comic-Con
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This week, The Business goes to "The Con," the annual nerd-fest know as Comic-Con that’s become a major marketing stop for Hollywood. Plus, a new...
Twilight: A New Dawn for Summit
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Twilight gave a faltering new movie studio an extreme makeover. We talk with Rob Friedman, the chief of Summit Entertainment.
The Tax-Incentives Derby Kicks into High Gear!
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From Michigan to New Mexico, the production tax incentives derby is on in a big, big way. We talk to one of the producers of...
Asked to the Academy; Cable Bags the Box
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has inducted 134 new members. We talk to one of funniest, actress Jane Lynch.
Plus, the Supreme Court...
Which Way, Studios?
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Paramount shuffles its top executives and Universal may be next. Sony cancels a high-profile project just before cameras roll and Fox balks at the budget...
Best Picture Nom's Bumped to 10; Produced By
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In a surprise move, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that next year there will be ten Best Picture Oscar nominees, instead...
Black in the Business
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Even in the age of Obama, black writers in Hollywood find there's no such as thing as post-racial, and a new Writers' Guild report concurs.
Below the Line and Under the Gun
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The changing entertainment industry and tanking economy have combined to put people below the line under the gun. We talk about what’s making it so...
Nerd Poker Builds a House of Game; Hollywood Scissorhands
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Hollywood's video game nerds come out of the closet with a hip new event for less game savvy show biz types. Plus, executives are often...
Network Scheduling Musical Chairs: The 'Medium' Story
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Network TV scheduling turns into a brutal game of musical chairs. We talk to the creator of the NBC show Medium, which jumped to CBS...
Report from the (Up-)Front; Hi-Def below the Line
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A shaky economy and falling viewership meant nervous networks at the upfronts. Also, many new shows will be in hi-def. That’s great for viewers, but...
Studios Play Games
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Why have the studios decided to get back in the video game business? Plus, even the biggest producer in the business is playing games. A...
