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    The Business

    Hollywood News Banter

    Matt Belloni, executive editor of the Hollywood Reporter joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

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    By Kim Masters • Nov 20, 2015 • 1 min read

    Matt Belloni, executive editor of the Hollywood Reporter joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

    • In an unusual move for a showrunner, Kurt Sutter announced the cancellation of his showThe Bastard Executioner via an ad in the Hollywood Reporter and other publications.

    • It may not be happy holidays at the Weinstein Company. They've gone through two rounds of layoffs and a deal to sell their TV division fell through. The troubles at the studio mean a lot is riding on their forthcoming Tarantino movie The Hateful Eight.

    • The final Hunger Games movie will open huge, but after that, what's next for Lionsgate? The studio is one of the few truly independent ones left in the industry, but without franchises to hold them up, they may have to sell or merge.

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      Kim Masters

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

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      Kaitlin Parker

      Producer, 'The Business' and 'Hollywood Breakdown'

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      Matthew Belloni

      founding partner of Puck News

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    How Director Tom McCarthy Got 'Spotlight' Right
    1. 1:27Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 8:27Tom McCarthy: Spotlight
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