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January 01, 1990 - January 29, 2013 + The Business

Shepard's Progress; Residuals Revisited listen Download

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Samuel Goldwyn said, "The harder I work, the luckier I get." We catch up with writer/director Richard Shepard who got "lucky" at the Sundance Film...

Superagent to (Underage) Stars; The Burgeoning Video Game Industry listen Download

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The $37 billion business that mainstream journalists and Hollywood can no longer afford to ignore--it's a look at the burgeoning video game industry.  Plus, we...

Making Money in Hollywood; Celebrity Sitters listen Download

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Who gets paid what and why in Hollywood? We talk back-end, quotes and residuals with agent and manager-turned-producer Gavin Polone.  Plus, halting the slippery slope for out-of-control...

Life Imitates Art; Residual Residuals? listen Download

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It's a case of life imitating art imitating life! We talk with a filmmaker who had to convince U2 to OK his movie about a...

Fundraising in Hollywood; (Re)Visiting the Spin Doctor listen Download

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We talk to former studio chief and super fundraiser Tom Sherak about getting the big shots to share their kibble in a dog-eat-dog industry.  Plus, on the...

To Strike or Not to Strike?; The Ex-Director of X-Men 3; CinemaScore listen

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Why would a director walk away from a studio dream job? We talk to the ex-director of X-Men 3.  Plus, the writers ask: to strike...

Things Bruce Dern Said, but Probably Shouldn't Have listen

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Actor Bruce Dern calls his 'unrepentant memoir' Things I've Said, but Probably Shouldn't Have. This week on The Business, Dern says more things he probably...

Sidewalk DVD's; Protecting Ideas in Hollywood listen Download

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While Jack Sparrow and his crew were raking in buckets of dubloons at the box office, pirates of a different kind were plundering Hollywood's treasure chest.

Livin' on the Bubble listen Download

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What does it mean for your TV show to be on the bubble? We speak with the producers of Scrubs and Jericho about coming back...

The Almost Guy listen Download

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He wrote, directed, produced and starred in the 2004 indie comedy The Almost Guys, but given the rest of his experience in Hollywood, "the almost guy"...

Cooing over a Deal with Dove; What's a First AD? listen Download

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Dove beauty products inked an inventive deal to help finance the long-languishing remake of the 1939 classic The Women. Plus, what's a first assistant director?

Hollywood Spin-Doctor Makes a House Call; The Loneliest Republican listen Download

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Hollywood's spin-doctor on the recent epidemic of celebrity scandal. Plus, Hollywood fundraising for a Republican presidential candidate.

Making the Great White Way Pay listen Download

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We look at the wonderful world of the great white way through the lens of a new documentary called Show Business: The Road to Broadway.

You're Fired!; Show Biz Picks a President listen Download

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After NBC fired its president, we ask another former programming chief about the upside of getting canned.  Plus, would-be presidents come to Hollywood in search of dead...

Rating the Changes at the MPAA listen Download

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This week on The Business, will changes to the way movies are rated change what you see on the big screen? We'll talk to the...