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    The Business

    Writer Tom Rob Smith on ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’

    Tom Rob Smith seems like a nice enough guy, but many of his works are about grisly murders. His newest project is ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace,’ FX’s second entry in its American Crime Story anthology.

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    By Kim Masters • Jan 29, 2018 • 28m Listen

    Tom Rob Smith has written novels and TV shows about murder before, but with his newest project, ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace,’ he’s tackled his first story based on real events. The family of the slain fashion icon has slammed the FX series. Smith tells us about the challenges of writing about real people, and trying to make sense of Andrew Cunanan, the brutal killer who took the lives of 5 men, including Versace, in the course of three months. And on the news banter, women are speaking up about their salaries in an effort to improve pay parity.

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    2 stories
    1. 1:00

      Hollywood news banter

      In the next wave of the #MeToo movement, women in the industry are breaking long-held taboos about talking about salary.

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      8 min
    2. 9:15

      Writer-producer Tom Rob Smith on ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’

      The ‘ Assassination of Gianni Versace ,’ the newest installment in the FX anthology series American Crime Story, begins with the 1997 murder of the Italian fashion mogul on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion.

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      19 min
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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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    In this episode

    2 stories
    1. 1:008 min

      Hollywood news banter

    2. 9:1519 min

      Writer-producer Tom Rob Smith on ‘The Assassination of Gianni Versace’

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