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.
2024 has been full of hardships for Hollywood. Television production is down, many shows have been delayed, and big mergers have created massive uncertainty.
‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’ follows the company's rise and fall through the eyes of its Black founders
Muta’Ali’s HBO documentary introduces us to MoviePass’s two Black founders, and the two white guys who tanked their company and attracted a federal investigation.
Skydance-Paramount merger resurrected from the dead
The day after billionaire Barry Diller raised his hand as a potential buyer of the legendary Hollywood studio, Paramount Studios and Skydance Media announce they’ve resumed…
IATSE, studios reach tentative labor deal; A.I.-generated Al Michaels comes to Olympics
Hollywood’s below-the-line workers reach a tentative deal with major studios, and NBC plans to bring an A.l.-generated version of Al Michaels to Peacock for Paris Olympics highlights.
Filmmaker and ‘Florida Man’ Lance Oppenheim on making HBO’s ‘Ren Faire’
Lance Oppenheim’s HBO docu-series “Ren Faire” follows octogenarian “King” George Coulam, the mercurial owner of the country’s largest renaissance festival, as he considers…
Gina Prince Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood refuse to choose between the “Genius” of MLK and Malcolm X
National Geographic's Genius anthology series has historically focused on one genius at a time, but when Gina Prince-Bythewood and Reggie Rock Bythewood were asked to create a series…
Paramount controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has a big decision to make
After receiving a revised offer from Skydance, the fate of Paramount lies in the hands of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone. What might be keeping her from approving the deal?
‘The Apprentice’ producer on Trump’s on-set behavior; Warner Bros. Discovery CEO on sports offerings
An ex-producer of “The Apprentice” speaks out about Donald Trump’s behavior on set, and David Zaslav may have alluded to dropping the pursuit of a NBA deal.
Spring Megabanter: Cannes flops, Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI, underwhelming box offices
A frighteningly lackluster summer box office, human ScarJo dukes it out with OpenAI’s ‘definitely-not-supposed-to-sound-like-ScarJo’ ScarJo, and the movies making noise at this year’s…
2024 Upfronts takeaways; Netflix, Apple TV+, Peacock announce streaming bundle
Amazon and Netflix boasted subscription numbers during their in-person debuts at the 2024 Upfronts, and Jimmy Kimmel roasted Disney CEO Bob Iger at the company’s presentation.
