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'Paranormal Activity 2;' Pixar's Top Woman listen Download

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We hear from Paranormal Activity producer Jason Blum on the challenge of making a sequel to the 2009 break-out hit. This time with studio backing...

'True Blood' Music Supervisor Gary Calamar; Making 'Monsters' listen Download

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Gary Calamar, music supervisor of hit TV shows (True Blood, Dexter, House and Six Feet Under) on choosing the right songs to convey a mood...

The Keeper of the Black List; Creator of 'The Big C' listen Download

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Since 2005, Franklin Leonard, creator and keeper of The Black List, has kept Hollywood on pins and needles every December awaiting this compilation of the...

Director Stephen Frears; Lennon-McCartney of Mock Movie Music listen Download

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Celebrated director Stephen Frears (The Grifters, High Fidelity, The Queen) talks about his new movie Tamara Drewe and his comfort level working in the independent...

'Lone Star' and 'The Beaver:' Kyle Killen's Wild Ride listen Download

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Kyle Killen created the Fox drama, Lone Star, which was recently canceled after just two airings.  While that television dream didn't exactly work out as...

The Infamous 'Happy Days' Episode; Pitching at WESTDOC listen Download

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"Jumped the Shark" may be the most famous thing Fred Fox, Jr. has ever written and in a way he didn't even write it-- not...

TIFF; What's in a Movie Name? listen Download

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Premieres, parties and press junkets at the Toronto International Film Festival. Kim Masters goes insides a junket to interview Conviction director Tony Goldwyn about working...

NBC's Controversial 'Outsourced' and Directing TV Pilots listen Download

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Director Ken Kwapis's latest TV project is the new NBC series Outsourced, which premieres September 23. The show follows an American running a call center...

The Worst Movie of the Decade, Redux listen Download

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Battlefield Earth recently won the Razzie for being the "worst picture of the decade."  The two credited screenwriters on that film -- J.D. Shapiro and...

The Tillman Story's Controversial R Rating, MPAA's Response listen Download

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The documentary The Tillman Story was given a controversial R rating for language by the Motion Picture Association of America. We talk with filmmaker Amir...

The Mother-Daughter Writing Partners behind 'Huge' listen Download

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Veteran television producer Winnie Holzman and Savannah Dooley go from being mother and daughter to writing partners. They run the ABC Family dramedy Huge, which...

Finding 'Salt;' Marketing 'Inception' listen Download

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Behind every filmmaker stands an assistant. The former assistant to Phillip Noyce, director of Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, read scripts for four...

Comic-Con and Hollywood: A Symbiotic Relationship listen Download

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In 1976 Star Wars was the first movie presented at Comic-Con. Now the four-day event, with about 125,000 attendees, is a huge marketing bonanza --...

Producer of New Movie 'Get Low'; 'Colin Fitz Lives' listen Download

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Producer Dean Zanuck, goes out on his own, independent of his Oscar-winning producer father and of studio financing to make his new indie movie, Get...

Getting Real about Reality TV listen Download

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This week on The Business, it's Reality-palooza! Three producers of big unscripted hits -- Intervention, Top Chef and The Hills -- talk about the reality...