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January 01, 1990 - March 05, 2013 + The Business

'Paranormal Activity' Gets Life; Thalberg Changed Hollywood listen Download

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A producer who was haunted by passing on the Blair Witch Project produces a low-budget horror film with big hopes of redemption.  Plus Irving Thalberg...

Disney; D23; Toronto Film Festival listen Download

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This week, fans came out in full force to a recent celebration of all things Disney. But major changes are afoot in the Magic Kingdom....

Do the Emmys Matter?; The 'Guiding Light' Goes Out listen Download

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Does winning an Emmy matter to you, to me, to the business?  And, the Television Academy puts TV legends on-line.  Plus after 72 years, Guiding...

Summer Box Office Round-up; A Long Look at Leno listen Download

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The summer box office broke records, but was blockbuster season really all that? Plus, what does the Leno prime-time experiment mean for the TV business?

Disney Buys Marvel; Hollywood Labor Strife, Part ? listen Download

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Disney buys Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. Is it a super deal or super dud?  Plus, the division and drama continues in Hollywood's labor unions,...

The Academy's New President; Making Great TV...and a Successful Marriage listen Download

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The producers of the hit show Ghost Whisperer on making great TV…and a successful marriage.  Plus, we talk to the newly-elected president of the Academy...

Hollywood Bollywood and Vice Versa listen Download

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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 listen Download

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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 listen Download

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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 listen Download

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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 listen Download

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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! listen Download

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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 listen Download

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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? listen Download

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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 listen Download

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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...