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Lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors, hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter.

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30:20

Headshots Go from Paper to Pixels; Shondaland's Betsy...

The Business ·

2015/11/28

KCRW's Saul Gonzalez checks in on the headshot -- still a staple of the industry despite changing technology. And executive producer Betsy Beers tells us why she's sick of talking about diversity and how an all-woman producing duo locked down Thursday nights on ABC.

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30:23

How Director Tom McCarthy Got 'Spotlight' Right

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2015/11/21

Despite a shrinking budget and difficult subject matter, director Tom McCarthy pulled together a stellar ensemble including Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton and Rachel McAdams to portray the unglamorous work of investigative reporting for his new movie Spotlight.

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30:24

Novelist and Screenwriter Nick Hornby on 'Brooklyn'

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2015/11/14

Nick Hornby has seen his novels like High Fidelity and About a Boy made into films. He's also adapted other writers' work for movies, including An Education, Wild, and now, Brooklyn, an immigrant love story already generating Oscar buzz.

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30:06

Bryan Cranston and Jay Roach on Telling 'Trumbo's' Story

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2015/11/07

Bryan Cranston and Trumbo director Jay Roach tell us how they ended up making a biopic about blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and what drew them to the story of Hollywood’s darkest hour.

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30:08

Banned in India, Leslee Udwin's Documentary Opens in US

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2015/10/31

Director Leslee Udwin was in India as a court blocked the broadcast of her documentary about an infamous gang rape and murder in that country. Her film, India's Daughter, remains banned in India to this day. She tells us about putting herself at risk and in debt to make the film.

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30:07

Lenny Abrahamson & Emma Donoghue Bring 'Room' to the...

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2015/10/24

Director Lenny Abrahamson didn’t expect author Emma Donoghue would choose him to make a film based on her bestselling novel Room. Abrahamson tells us how he made his pitch to Donoghue, and she explains why it worked.

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30:05

Davis Guggenheim's Career Evolution & 'He Named Me...

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2015/10/17

Early in his career, Oscar-winning director Davis Guggenheim declared he would never make documentaries. He tells us about the bad experience in Hollywood that made him have a change of heart, and talks about his newest film, He Named Me Malala, which profiles activist Malala Yousafzai and her family.

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30:07

Sebastian Schipper & Laia Costa: One Take Wonder...

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2015/10/10

The German thriller Victoria follows a bank heist in Berlin in real time. Director Sebastian Schipper shot the entire film in one long take. Schipper and actress Laia Costa tell us how you make a movie without ever saying "cut!"

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30:07

Amy Berg on 'Prophet's Prey' and 'An Open Secret'

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2015/10/03

With her new film Prophet's Prey, documentarian Amy Berg takes on the polygamous, fundamentalist arm of the Mormon Church. She tells us about encountering unwilling subjects and also addresses her Hollywood child sex abuse doc, An Open Secret.

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30:08

Brazilian Director Anna Muylaert Finds Success, then...

The Business ·

2015/09/26

Filmmaker Anna Muylaert has won acclaim at home and abroad for The Second Mother, which is Brazil's Oscar entry this year. But even with all the success, Muylaert's found that she's still not taken seriously within an industry dominated by men.

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30:07

FX CEO John Landgraf: Peak TV and the Paradox of Choice

The Business ·

2015/09/19

It may seem strange for the head of a cable network that's gone from two to 20 shows in the last decade to say there's officially too much TV, but that's exactly what FX's John Landgraf declared at this summer's TCA gathering. He breaks down his thinking for us.

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30:05

China Has a Change of Heart on Filmmaker Jean-Jacques...

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2015/09/12

The 1997 movie Seven Years in Tibet was banned in China, and its director Jean-Jacques Annaud barred from entering the country. A decade later, China came to Annaud and asked him to direct Wolf Totem, an epic Chinese movie. Annaud tells us what changed.

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30:08

Revisiting Norman Lear & His Lifetime of TV 'Experience'

The Business ·

2015/09/05

Television icon Norman Lear wrote sitcoms that tackled real issues, like rape, abortion and race relations. This Labor Day, we revisit Lear's conversation with Kim Masters about the lifetimes worth of adventures in film and television chronicled in his memoir.

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30:08

Bobcat Goldthwait on 'Call Me Lucky'

The Business ·

2015/08/29

For years, Bobcat Goldthwait wanted to make a movie about his mentor, Barry Crimmins. A stand-up comic with a taste for sharp political satire, Crimmins became an activist who testified before Congress, taking on AOL over the proliferation of child pornography on the Internet. Goldthwait tells how the film came together with help from his best friend Robin Williams.

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30:06

Keegan-Michael Key on 'Key & Peele,' Flipping...

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2015/08/22

Writer and comedian Keegan-Michael Key shares why he and Jordan Peele have opted to go the "British route" and end their Comedy Central show Key & Peele at the height of its popularity.

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30:02

How Will Forte Became 'The Last Man on Earth'

The Business ·

2015/08/15

A TV show about the one man left alive after a virus wipes out the rest of humanity may not sound very funny, but Will Forte saw great comedic potential in the idea. Now he's Emmy nominated for writing and starring in Fox's The Last Man on Earth.

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30:08

'Episodes' Creators Break Free of Playing "the Stupid...

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2015/08/08

David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik hit the TV jackpot with shows like Friends and Mad About You. They mined their experience of years in network TV to make the Emmy-nominated Showtime satire Episodes, now headed into its fifth season.

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30:10

James Ponsoldt and Jason Segel on 'The End of the Tour'

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2015/08/01

Jason Segel says he was terrified to take on the role of writer David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour, but director James Ponsoldt never doubted him. They tell us about their new film, which follows a journalist on the road with the famed author.

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29:45

David Wain and Friends Head Back to Camp on Netflix

The Business ·

2015/07/25

The 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer tanked at the box office, but acquired a cult following as many members of its ensemble cast went on to have huge careers. Now director David Wain has reunited the entire cast for a new series on Netflix, Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp.

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29:50

'Web Junkie' Filmmakers; 'East Los High:' A Soap with...

The Business ·

2015/07/18

Filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia tell us about the secretive, years-long process of making Web Junkie, a documentary about an internet addiction treatment facility for teens in China. Then, the executive producers of the Hulu hit East Los High share how their show is filling a void in the teen media market.

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