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.
Mike Birbiglia and Eddie Schmidt on building a stand-up special from scratch in ‘Good One: A Show About Jokes’
Stand up comedian Mike Birbiglia is used to having total control over his material, so he found it quite disconcerting when documentary filmmaker Eddie Schmidt started following him…
Coppola struggles to find distribution for ‘Megalopolis’; David Ellison looks to acquire Paramount parent company National Amusements
Francis Ford Coppola is having a tough time securing distribution for his expensive self-financed passion project, “Megalopolis.” Why aren’t studio execs biting?
‘One Life’ director James Hawes on telling the story of Sir Nicholas Winton, the ‘British Schindler’
Hawes discusses the story of Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved more than 600 children, including host Kim Masters’ own mother, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
Disney, Iger win proxy war against Nelson Peltz; Endeavor goes private
After months of speculation and a headline-making final week, the Disney proxy war is finally over. Plus, what does the future hold for Endeavor after three years of public trading?
Justin Marks, Rachel Kondo on their sprawling limited series ‘Shōgun’
Marks and Kondo talk about taking on a new and very different adaptation of “Shōgun” more than 40 years after the James Clavell book was first brought to the screen.
RNC chair Ronna McDaniel causes outrage among NBC staff
Nelson Peltz and Trian Partners have found backing in advisory firm Egan-Jones ahead of Disney’s April 3 shareholders meeting. How will Iger and co. strike back?
Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira on ‘The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live’ and the franchise’s lasting power
When The Walking Dead actress Danai Gurira returned to the latest spinoff of the AMC series, she didn’t just stay in front of the camera. She wrote a script.
ID series ‘Quiet on Set’ explores years of alleged abuse at Nickelodeon
ID’s docuseries “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” alleges years of abuse on Nickelodeon sets, with “Drake and Josh” star Drake Bell speaking out after years of silence.
Composer Laura Karpman on ‘American Fiction,’ Marvel, and hard-won success
Composer Laura Karpman, now Oscar-nominated for her work on “American Fiction,” has managed to find success writing music for movies, TV shows, and games, even though the playing field…
SPECIAL PREVIEW: Tony McNamara on adapting ‘Poor Things’
PREVIEW: Kim Masters speaks to writer Tony McNamara, who adapted a 1992 Alasdair Gray novel into the Oscar nominated Yorgos Lanthimos film, Poor Things.
Mstyslav Chernov on Oscar-nominated Ukraine war doc, ‘20 Days in Mariupol’
Filmmaker and war correspondent Mstyslav Chernov shares how an Associated Press assignment in war-torn Ukraine led to his devastating Oscar contender for Best Documentary.
