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    The Business

    Hollywood News Banter

    John Horn of the LA Times joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week. NBC and the debate over its Olympics ratings Oscar predictions and the state of 'The Race:' 12 Years a Slave seems to be leading the neck-in-neck race for Best Picture against Gravity and American Hustle.

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

    John Horn of the LA Times joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

    NBC and the debate over its Olympics ratings

    Oscar predictions and the state of 'The Race:' 12 Years a Slave seems to be leading the neck-in-neck race for Best Picture against Gravity and American Hustle.

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    Steve McQueen on '12 Years a Slave'
    1. 1:16Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 6:06Steve McQueen
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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
    Steve McQueen on '12 Years a Slave'
    1. 1:16Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 6:06Steve McQueen
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