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January 01, 1990 - February 24, 2013 + The Business
Tony Kaye and the Hollywood 'Lake of Fire'

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After a high-profile legal battle to take his name off American History X and replace it with a wacky pseudonym, Tony Kaye became persona non...
The Painstaking Process of Placing Products in Programs for Pay

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Mad Men is a series on the cable network AMC, set in the New York ad world of the 1960's. While the show showcases a...
An Assistant Says Goodbye, Part II; 'The Inkwell' Incident

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The William Morris mailroom is the high-stress, low-pay, sanctum sanctorum of show biz. It can lead you straight to the top or leave you in...
You Got the Writing Job, Now You're Fired; Agency Assistant Fires His Agency

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A conversation about the vital, essential, but ultimately disposable Hollywood writer with Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman. Plus, an agency assistant says 'goodbye, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu'...
Shepard's Progress; Residuals Revisited

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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 
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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 
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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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?