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Hollywood Confessional

Ninth Way Media

Hollywood secrets... anonymously told."You"ll never work in this town again."For decades, those words -- or the sentiment behind them -- have cloaked all manner of evil in the entertainment industry.As the #MeToo, #TimesUp, #PayUpHollywood, and many other movements demonstrate, times are changing. Yet there are countless things happening behind closed doors that people feel they can"t talk about and wish they could.This podcast changes all that. Actors, writers, crew members and support staffers

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16:32

You Never Know Who's Watching

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2024/12/12

***SERIES FINALE!***Welcome back Hollywood Faithful, one last time! This week, we hear the magical, heartwarming tale of an actor who gets invited to a holiday party at a stunning A-lister's mansion... and then learns they have to perform! "There was a pool and music, and there was a dance floor and a deejay. There were pathways lit, and a tarot reader... a psychic medium... white-jacketed waiters, staff walking around with drinks and hors d’oeuvres... And about two hours into it, [BLEEP...

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25:36

Portrait of a Survivor Part 2

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2024/11/21

"When I first met him, I was like, this guy is going to be a fucking problem."In Part 2 of our oral history "Portrait of a Survivor," we hear from a new perspective on an abusive Hollywood showrunner... that of his assistant's close friend."He has that cult leader personality, that sort of psychopath thing where he's very superficially charming. I know a lot of people with those personalities."We hear how our confessor escaped the toxic situation with her friend's clear-eyed perspective and s...

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26:57

Portrait of a Survivor Part 1

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/11/07

"These people are never going to have sharp claws and pointed teeth. They're going to look like your good friend. And they're mostly going to act like your good friend. And then every once in a while..."In this episode of the Hollywood Confessional, two confessors from opposite ends of the Hollywood hierarchy share their stories of working with the same toxic man. Over the course of several years and multiple TV shows, they recall how the man they once admired as a leader revealed the monster...

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20:23

Don't Want My MTV: Tales from a Music Video PA

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/10/24

Send us a textHippie chicks. Jam sessions. A bomb on wheels. In this quintessential "Hollywood coming of age" story, our confessor finds themselves in one wild situation after the next, starting with their cross-country road trip to LA."It was the middle of the desert. And it was the middle of the day. And we saw like a big, old pickup truck coming up behind us really fast. I can still picture it getting larger and larger in the rearview mirror. We barely had time to react before it rammed us...

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18:19

Last One Standing

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/10/10

Welcome back Hollywood Faithful! Surviving the emotional waves of Hollywood layoffs is no small feat. This week, our guest, a project manager in post-production localization, shares their story of how they watched as most of their team disappeared. Join us for an interesting conversation about the difficulty of survivor's guilt and the uncertainty of a volatile industry.Connect with us: Instagram Facebook Twitter Website Check out some of our favorite shows: Screenwriters' Rant ...

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22:17

Confessions of a Hollywood Gatekeeper

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/09/26

Why do some screenplays get green lit, while others never see the light of day?Join us this week for some behind-the-scenes intel from a studio script reader, a self-described "first gatekeeper" who's been part of the process of getting stories from page to screen for over two decades."One of the first things you learn as a reader is, even on the worst script, you have to say something nice. And that is partly so the execs can get on the phone and have your coverage in their hands and be like...

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24:51

Untouchable: When a Toxic Person Can't Be Fired

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/09/12

Trigger Warning: Self-harm and drug use. We all know how hard it is to land a job in this industry, but what about how hard it is to fire someone... even when they deserve it?In this week's episode, we hear from a confessor who was an executive producer on a 20-episode order of a first-season show. The challenges they faced just to run the room and keep good scripts coming on time were compounded exponentially by a writer who disrupted the room at every turn.September 29th, appeared visibly i...

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19:43

Speaking Out: Survival Stories from a Voiceover Actor

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/08/29

How do you pursue a career in an industry where even your "advocates" are keeping you down?That's the story of this week's confessor, a voiceover actor who successfully navigates many typical obstacles to a creative career, only to discover their agent is stealing from them.As they try to figure out what to do about it, our confessor learns how to be their own best advocate and learns some fantastic tips for up-and-comers in all arenas. Join us for a discussion of what it's really like to wor...

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20:34

What Happens in Editing

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/08/15

Hello Hollywood Faithful! Welcome back to another episode of the Hollywood Confessional, the podcast where industry professionals share their deepest, darkest, most insane Hollywood stories. This week we have a story about an editor getting their first union job, and the boss that made them question whether or not they wanted to spend their time making someone else's dreams come true. Balancing a demanding career with a personal life is tough in any industry, but Hollywood presents ...

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26:23

The Things We Do For Love

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/08/01

How far would you go to make a movie? This week's confessor had to face that question within minutes of taking a gig co-producing an indie film... and personally, we're still recovering 😩😩😩Sweet-talking property managers, hustling for food donations, and petting cockroaches (😱) is just the beginning. When our confessor learns they need an extra $10K for post-production, they set out on a high-stakes mission to find investors in, shall we say, unexpected places."I started thinking. Who do I

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58:26

Burn It Down: Investigating Hollywood's Power...

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/06/20

“The only thing that works to take down abusers is Mo Ryan writes something about them."If we weren’t already on fire to talk with the author of Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood, this quote from a confessor would have set us aflame. This week we get our chance, as entertainment journalist Maureen “Mo” Ryan steps into the confessional booth.Mo is a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair, and has written for Entertainment Weekly, the New York Times, EW, Salon, GQ,...

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29:49

It's Me, Fake Carol

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/06/06

"I love writers. But if there's one thing my mom taught me, it's if you love something make it suffer."With that tweet, the parody account that slayed with truth and laughs during the 2023 Hollywood labor strikes was born. And so was the question, "Who is Fake Carol?"This week, the writer behind @itsmecarolamptp joins us in the booth to give us an answer. From their initial inspiration to the account going "Hollywood viral," they share how their satirical portrayal of the studios' lead negoti...

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27:36

Class Con

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/05/23

Scam artists steal dreams. We're finding ways to get payback.In this incendiary episode of the Hollywood Confessional, we hear from an aspiring writer who pursued a seemingly great opportunity: taking a class from a mentorship program, the stated goal of which was to help underrepresented voices get into the industry. The first thing they learned? Some so-called "mentors" can't be trusted.Red flags abound in this story of a dream gone wrong... but so do glimmers of hope. Ultimately our confes...

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25:49

On Being Naked A Lot

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/05/09

To be or not to be... naked?That is the question faced by our confessor this week: an up-and-coming actor who had to make a difficult decision about his career. Join us in this week's episode of the Hollywood Confessional as we hear from this fearless creative who was up for anything... until "anything" became a bit too much.We discuss:the trouble with setting boundaries in the entertainment industry, how to make the right decisions for your career, how to weigh the consequence...

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50:37

#PayUpHollywood Fesses Up: An Interview with Liz...

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/04/25

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27:34

Mind the Gap

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/04/11

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34:42

Bitch It Was You

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/03/28

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2:49

Season 3 Trailer - New Episodes Coming March 28th!

Hollywood Confessional ·

2024/03/21

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21:50

The Best Worst Strike Story Ever

Hollywood Confessional ·

2023/12/07

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24:03

The Publishers: Interview with the Creators of July...

Hollywood Confessional ·

2023/10/05

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