KCRW's The Buisgness
KCRW's The Buisgness, Hosted by Kim Masters, The Business looks deep inside the business of entertainment.
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Brazilian Director Anna Muylaert Find Success, then Sexism
Filmmaker Anna Muylaert has won acclaim at home and abroad ...
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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FX CEO John Landgraf: Peak TV and the Paradox of Choice
It may seem strange for the head of a cable ...
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
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China Has a Change of Heart on Filmmaker Jean-Jacques Annaud
The 1997 movie Seven Years in Tibet was banned in ...
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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Revisiting Norman Lear & His Lifetime of TV 'Experience'
Television icon Norman Lear wrote sitcoms that tackled real issues, ...
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 m
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Bobcat Goldthwait on 'Call Me Lucky'
For years, Bobcat Goldthwait wanted to make a movie about ...
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 porno
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Keegan-Michael Key on 'Key & Peele,' Flipping Expectations
Writer and comedian Keegan-Michael Key shares why he and Jordan ...
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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How Will Forte Became 'The Last Man on Earth'
A TV show about the one man left alive after ...
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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'Episodes' Creators Break Free of Playing "the Stupid Game"
David Crane and Jeffrey Klarik hit the TV jackpot with ...
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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James Ponsoldt and Jason Segel on 'The End of the Tour'
Jason Segel says he was terrified to take on the ...
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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David Wain and Friends Head Back to Camp on Netflix
The 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer tanked at the ...
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 Ame
