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    The Business

    Hollywood News Banter

    Kim Masters and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times discuss some of this week's top entertainment news stories.

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    By Kim Masters • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Kim Masters and John Horn of the Los Angeles Times discuss some of this week's top entertainment news stories.

    - The richest man in China, Wang Jianlin, Chairman of Dalian Wanda Group, announces a massive, splashy new development project that will include sound stages for filmmaking, resort hotels, an amusement park and more. This after Wanda has bought AMC theaters in the US and invested millions of dollars in a new movie museum in LA.

    - LA Mayor Eric Garcetti names Tom Sherak, former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, the Los Angeles Film Czar, whose job is to help stem runaway production out of state.

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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      John Horn

      Los Angeles Times

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      Darby Maloney

      Producer

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    The Man Who Makes Low Budget, High Concept Horror Hits
    1. 0:35Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 7:35Horror Producer Jason Blum
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