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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'Web Junkie' Filmmakers; 'East Los High:' A Soap with Smarts
Filmmakers Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia tell us about the ...
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 sh
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'Soaked in Bleach' Explores Questions around Cobain's Death
Filmmaker Benjamin Statler hopes his new documentary Soaked in Bleach ...
Filmmaker Benjamin Statler hopes his new documentary Soaked in Bleach will help reopen the Kurt Cobain case. Meanwhile, Courtney Love and her lawyers are attempting to stop his film from being shown in theaters.
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Tab Hunter Returns to Film, This Time with His Own Story
Tab Hunter was the ultimate 1950's Hollywood heartthrob. Blond hair, ...
Tab Hunter was the ultimate 1950's Hollywood heartthrob. Blond hair, blue eyes, stunning smile...and also gay. The multifaceted star, now nearly 84, tells his story in the new documentary Tab Hunter Confidential, directed by Jeffrey Schwarz.
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'The Wolfpack' Steps Out of New York for Sundance and Beyond
When filmmaker Crystal Moselle first saw the long-haired Angulo brothers ...
When filmmaker Crystal Moselle first saw the long-haired Angulo brothers walking in the Lower East Side, her gut told her to run after them. She and Govinda Angulo, one of the six members of The Wolfpack, tell us how their friendship evolved into an awar
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Filmmaker Liz Garbus on 'What Happened, Miss Simone?'
What Happened, Miss Simone? is the first original documentary from ...
What Happened, Miss Simone? is the first original documentary from Netflix. Director Liz Garbus shares how her Nina Simone project ended up there and tells us about the worldwide journey she traveled to find rare footage of the famous performer.
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A Producer's Past in Reality TV Led to Lifetime's 'UnREAL'
The new dramedy UnREAL is a major departure from the ...
The new dramedy UnREAL is a major departure from the typical Lifetime fare. The series co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro tells us how her past experience working on The Bachelor led to the creation of a show all about the behind-the-scenes machinations o
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Cristela Alonzo: 'It's Weird to Have Your Life Canceled'
Comedian Cristela Alonzo created and starred in an ABC sitcom ...
Comedian Cristela Alonzo created and starred in an ABC sitcom based on her own life -- which made getting canceled after just one season that much harder. She reflects on the past year and tells us why she won't be joining The View.
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"Orson Welles's Last Movie;" Battling Runaway Production
Journalist Josh Karp tells us why the Orson Welles movie ...
Journalist Josh Karp tells us why the Orson Welles movie The Other Side of the Wind has been so troubled for decades. And KCRW's Saul Gonzalez checks in on California's latest attempt to keep movie-making in Hollywood.
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Revisiting George Takei on Activism and 'To Be Takei'
Best known for his role at Lieutenant Sulu on Star ...
Best known for his role at Lieutenant Sulu on Star Trek, George Takei is now the subject of the documentary, To Be Takei. The actor and activist talks about the chaos behind the first Star Trek movie and why William Shatner is like the crazy uncle of the
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TV Package Fees: A Boon for Agencies, a Bummer for Others
If you came up with a hit TV show, would ...
If you came up with a hit TV show, would you want your agent to make more money than you? According to agent-turned-producer Gavin Polone, that's exactly what can happen thanks to what's known as the TV package fee. Polone and writer-producer Rob Long he
