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The New Abnormal Movie Business in Hollywood
In our final Talking Point segment today involves a conversation back in July about a sea change in the movie business. Former reporter Linda Obst became a novelist, then turned to producing more than 16 feature films, including How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Fisher King, The Seige and One Fine Day.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readIn our final Talking Point segment today involves a conversation back in July about a sea change in the movie business. Former reporter
Linda Obst became a novelist, then turned to producing more than 16 feature films, including
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Fisher King, The Seige and
One Fine Day. She's written about her experience in the entertainment industry in
Sleepless in Hollywood: Tales from the New Abnormal in the Movie Business
, about why the big movie studios have become addicted to comic book characters and sequels and turn a deaf ear to original ideas.
The full episode
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The full episode
6 of 6Talking Points: Our Favorite Author Interviews of 2013- 0:00Understanding the Terrorist Who Tried to Kill Your Wife
- 7:51Where Recycled Stuff Goes: Inside the Global Trash Trade
- 15:33Salt, Sugar, Fat and Stomach Share
- 23:55How the Biggest Real Estate Sale in History Went from Boom to Bust
- 31:55The Storied Life (and $300 Million) of Heiress Huguette Clark
- 43:24The New Abnormal Movie Business in HollywoodYou’re reading this