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January 01, 1990 - October 08, 2012 + The Business

Reggie Hudlin Takes Over BET; Oliver Stone Cuts Alexander listen

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This week, why would a successful Hollywood director trade his baseball cap for an executive's designer suit? Reggie Hudlin, the man who created hits...

Hollywood's Impending Demise? listen

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Box office is down, DVD sales are stalled, and you can suddenly get a lunch reservation at the ivy. Are reports of Hollywood's impending...

'R' Ratings, Short Films and Agents listen

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Director Rob Zombie's greatest achievement may be the rating he wangled for his ultra-violent new film. Then, short films may get no respect, but they...

Movie Tug-of-War; Hollywood Walk of Fame; Movie Marketing listen

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The people that make movies and the people that show them play tug-of-war over your ten bucks. Then, how to get your star on...

Moguls; TV and the Theater listen

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Big, brash and brilliant, Harvey Weinstein is cut in the mold of yesterday's movie moguls. We give props to two of his attitude ancestors:...

Hollywood Astronomy and the Q Rating listen

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This week it's a lesson in Hollywood astronomy. We'll talk with the people who can tell us exactly where the stars are through their celebrity...

Television Spectacular listen

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This week on The Business with Claude Brodesser, it-s a television spectacular with Variety-s TV editor, the head of the new black TV channel and...

On-line DVD Rentals; Crazy Frog listen

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Let's get ready to rummmmble as on-line DVD renters battle for supremacy. Now that Netflix will be handling WalMart's DVD rental business, does the competition...

Selling Films listen

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Ride the ups, downs and all arounds of selling a film at the Sundance Film Festival. We tag along with writer/director Richard Shepard, as...

The Show Business of Politics; Advertising at the Movies; Video Games listen

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Inspired by LA's mayoral election, we talk with two screenwriter-speechwriter hyphenates about the growing role of show business in the people's business. Then, two...

Ira Glass; Cannes Update; The Secret Job List listen

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Ira Glass of This American Life goes Hollywood. Then, we drop a line to Cannes as the film festival gets under way. Finally,...

Blockbuster; Cannes; LA Film Festivals listen

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Blockbuster has been quitely financing straight-to-video movies for years. Now, their film-s are starting to show up at the Oscars. Then, break...

Funny in Florida; Hollywood Musical Chairs; Teaching Screenwriting listen

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TV comedy writer Rodney Rothman retired to a senior living community in Florida...at the ripe old age of 28. He'll never eat lunch in...

Bleep; Locations listen

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This week, digital technology is being used to sanitize films, literally cutting out offending bits, a practice that has directors saying what the @$&*!!. ...

TiVo Saves the Day; Tracking Scripts, Reality in Hollywood listen

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TiVo's deal with Comcast saves the day. Plus, there are 8 million stories in the naked city, and probably 9 million scripts. How does Hollywood...