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    The Business

    Hollywood News Banter

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

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    By Kim Masters • Jan 30, 2015 • 1 min read

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

    -After all the talk of digital services being big players at Sundance, most of the acquisitions at the festival came courtesy of traditional indie studios like Fox Searchlight and Magnolia.

    - American Sniper is breaking records at the box office, but those ticket sales probably don’t help its Oscar chances.

    - And on the TV side, Empire is a huge hit for Fox, gaining viewers every week in a way the broadcast networks haven’t seen in more than 20 years.

    The full episode

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    A Sundance Postcard and Director Pawel Pawlikowski on ‘Ida’
    1. 1:10Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 8:04‘Sundance Postcard’
    3. 13:04‘Ida’
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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 3
    A Sundance Postcard and Director Pawel Pawlikowski on ‘Ida’
    1. 1:10Hollywood News BanterYou’re reading this
    2. 8:04‘Sundance Postcard’
    3. 13:04‘Ida’
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