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television producer, director and writer
PROFILE
Ilene Chaiken
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The Business
Showrunners Ilene Chaiken and Michelle Ashford Fox's hit series Empire has just resumed its second season with a ratings bang. That means Taraji P. Henson and Terrence Howard are back as Cookie and Lucious Lyon, now trying to regain control of their record label.
The Spin-off
Showrunners Ilene Chaiken & Michelle Ashford Michelle Ashford, creator of Masters of Sex and Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken sit down with Michael Schneider to talk about their process of becoming TV writers and executive producers, and why they don’t typically call themselves "showrunners."
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Hollywood Breakdown
'West Side Story' illustrates the tricky business of remakes Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner held a town hall in Puerto Rico to talk to people about their remake of the famous movie musical and well, audience members have their doubts.