Lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors, hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter.
‘F1,’ ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ and ‘Superman’ battle at the box office
Dinos, race cars, superheroes! Kim Masters and Matt Belloni unpack summer 2025 box office trends + projections—from “F1,” to “Superman,” to “Fantastic Four.”
Larger-than-life exec Barry Diller dishes about his memoir, ‘Who Knew?’
Legendary studio exec Barry Diller joins the tell-all memoir club with “Who Knew,” and he’s getting into it with us in part one of a two part interview.
Larry Charles talks professional perils on the heels of new memoir
Comedy writer/director Larry Charles joins for a no-holds-barred reflection on his storied career following the release of his memoir “Comedy Samurai.”
Will CBS News’ independence survive the newly proposed Trump settlement?
A new, mediator-proposed settlement between President Trump and Paramount Global leaves us with more questions than answers about the company’s future.
GLAAD President Sarah Kate Ellis on studio reactions under pressure fromTrump administration
Masters talks with GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis about declining LGBTQ+ visibility in films. She says Trump is applying pressure and studios are bending the knee.
Zaslav’s imploding Warner Bros. Discovery experiment
Warner Bros. Discovery will soon break up. David Zaslav is set to oversee studios and streaming while CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels will handle global networks.
NPR takes the Trump administration to court; Americans take to the multiplex
Memorial Day weekend box office grosses are up nearly double from last year(!). Plus, NPR (and 3 Colorado member stations) take on the Trump administration.
Matt Wolf on ‘barbed exchanges’ with Paul Reubens being essential to ‘Pee-wee as Himself’
Documentarian Matt Wolf tells us about the prickly-yet-extensive interview process with late actor Paul Reubens for the HBO series, “Pee-wee as Himself.”
Media companies move to appease the administration
Stories of media organizations seeking to make nice with the current U.S. president abound… even as another high profile resignation results from these efforts.
Ramy Youssef on how essential animation is for ‘#1 Happy Family USA’
Ramy Youssef shares why “#1 Happy Family USA” — his irreverent series about a Muslim-American family in post-9/11 New Jersey — could only exist via animation.
Did ‘Conclave’ director Edward Berger rollerblade his way into a career?
As the papal thriller “Conclave” racks up awards buzz, director Edward Berger praises Netflix for their work on his previous film — Oscar-winner “All Quiet on the Western Front.”
