Synopsis
The Business is a weekly podcast featuring lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors. The show is hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter...
Episodes
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'Once Upon A Time' Creators; 'House' Medical Advisor
07/05/2012 Duration: 29minHow the creators of Once Upon A Time" went from cable in Wisconsin to the big leagues. Plus, a doc who turned his passion with bizarre illnesses into a job on "House."
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Eli Roth and Brian McGreevy Talk 'Hemlock Grove'
30/04/2012 Duration: 29minHorror movie maker, Eli Roth and "Hemlock Grove" author Brian McGreevy on turning this Gothic novel into a Netflix series.
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The Actors' Pilot Season Plight
23/04/2012 Duration: 29minActors talk about the exhausting and angst-ridden process of auditioning for television pilots.
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Spurlock Produces for the Internet; What's in a TV Pilot?
16/04/2012 Duration: 29minMorgan Spurlock on producing web series for the Internet. Plus, television masters on how to make a great TV pilot.
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Whit Stillman Returns; SAG-AFTRA Merge
09/04/2012 Duration: 29minIndie filmmaker Whit Stillman returns. Plus, SAG and AFTRA merge -- so now what?
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Morgan Spurlock Talks 'Comic-Con'
02/04/2012 Duration: 29minMorgan Spurlock talks about turning his cameras on the fans and phenomenon that is Comic-Con.
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'The Hunger Games' Producer
26/03/2012 Duration: 29min"The Hunger Games" is the biggest movie to hit theaters this year. Producer Nina Jacobson tells us how the movie came to be.
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The World of Voice Acting
19/03/2012 Duration: 29minWe look at the art of the heard -- but not seen -- voice actor. Three veterans on what it takes to succeed and why some great on-camera movie stars can't cut it.
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'Suburgatory:' From Pitch to Pilot to Hit Show
12/03/2012 Duration: 29minNavigating Pilot Season: How the ABC comedy Suburgatory went from idea, to pilot, to TV series.
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Telling the Sarah Palin Story on HBO
05/03/2012 Duration: 29minDirector Jay Roach and Writer Danny Strong turn the Sarah Palin Pygmalian story into an HBO movie.
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Filmmaking in Brazil and Russia
27/02/2012 Duration: 29minWe look at the film industries in Brazil and Russia through the very different success stories of two filmmakers.
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KCRW's Awards Season Special
23/02/2012 Duration: 58minElvis Mitchell and Kim Masters discuss the Oscars and the Independent Spirit Awards, and share clips from interviews with some of this year's nominees. (Feb 23, 7-8pm)
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Filmmaker Joshua Marston; Putting on the Spirit Awards
20/02/2012 Duration: 29minJoshua Marston's film about blood feuds sparks its own feud after being disqualified for an Oscar. Marston tells his side of the story. Plus, the Independent Spirit Awards.
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Bill Lawrence: A Modern Day Show-runner
13/02/2012 Duration: 29minBill Lawrence, co-creator of Cougar Town, is taking his show to the people. He's self-funding viewing parties across the US where fans meet cast and have a drink on him.
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Oscars' 'Lousy Foreign Film Policy;' YouTube Film Festival
06/02/2012 Duration: 29minDebating the Oscars' "lousy foreign film policy." Plus, YouTube launches an online film festival.
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Howard Gordon Talks 'Homeland' and '24'
30/01/2012 Duration: 30minHoward Gordon, co-creator of Homeland and former show-runner of 24, talks about how both of these shows tapped into the very different zeitgeist of the day.
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Creators and Stars of 'Portlandia;' IMDB and Ageism
23/01/2012 Duration: 29minThe creators and stars of 'Portlandia' talk about turning their comedy videos into IFC's biggest hit. Plus, does IMDB perpetuate ageism in Hollywood?
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Sundance Film Festival Preview; Mortified on TV
16/01/2012 Duration: 29minWe get an advance look at the Sundance Film Festival plus how Mortified went from stage to TV screen.
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The Making of 'Moneyball'
09/01/2012 Duration: 29min'Moneyball' director Bennett Miller and two of the film's producers tell the dramatic tale of the project's troubled journey from book to screen.
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Animator Letters Project; Werner Herzog Redux
02/01/2012 Duration: 29minWe re-air our in-depth conversation with filmmaker Werner Herzog. And we get some creative inspiration from Pixar animator Austin Madison and from Willie Downs-- the blogger behind the Animators Letters Project.