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Hollywood News Banter

By Kim Masters • Oct 2, 2015 • 1 min read

TV Guide magazine chief content officer Michael Schneider joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

A contract given to extras on the set of the new HBO series Westworld had many people raising an eyebrow. Extras were told they may have to engage in "genital-to-genital touching" or have their genitals painted. SAG-AFTRA said this was not acceptable, and HBO was quick to point out that the contract was prepared by an outside vendor.
Michael Moore's new documentary Where to Invade Nexthas finally found a distributor. The new, yet unnamed company picking it up is run by former Radius-TWC heads Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, as well as Alamo Drafthouse's Tim League.
Want to order Apple TV or a Google Chromecast device on Amazon? You'll soon be out of luck. Amazon has said they will stop selling the devices because they're not compatible with Amazon's own streaming service.
With new leadership, MTV tries to reinvent itself...again. The network's new president Sean Atkins tellingly comes from the digital side of Discovery.

By Kim Masters • Oct 2, 2015 • 1 min read

TV Guide magazine chief content officer Michael Schneider joins Kim Masters to discuss top entertainment news stories of the week.

A contract given to extras on the set of the new HBO series Westworld had many people raising an eyebrow. Extras were told they may have to engage in "genital-to-genital touching" or have their genitals painted. SAG-AFTRA said this was not acceptable, and HBO was quick to point out that the contract was prepared by an outside vendor.
Michael Moore's new documentary Where to Invade Nexthas finally found a distributor. The new, yet unnamed company picking it up is run by former Radius-TWC heads Tom Quinn and Jason Janego, as well as Alamo Drafthouse's Tim League.
Want to order Apple TV or a Google Chromecast device on Amazon? You'll soon be out of luck. Amazon has said they will stop selling the devices because they're not compatible with Amazon's own streaming service.
With new leadership, MTV tries to reinvent itself...again. The network's new president Sean Atkins tellingly comes from the digital side of Discovery.