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Fast Times' Director on Zero Royalties

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Despite Fast Times at Ridgemont Highs massive success, director Amy Heckerling received no royalties due to Hollywood accounting. The film, which launched careers like Sean Penns, was initially undermarketed and had terrible ads. Heckerling shares her experience of learning about studio book-cooking and the lack of compensation for her groundbreaking work.

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Fast Times' Director on Zero Royalties

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Entertainment & Celebrity News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Fast Times' Director on Zero Royalties. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00On April 27, Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mom of today's show host, Savannah Guthrie, vanished from her Tucson, Arizona home back on February 1. She's been missing for over two months now, and cops believe it was a targeted kidnapping after finding a trail of her blood on the front porch. Ed Smart, father of kidnapping survivor Elizabeth Smart, spoke out on News Nation this week, urging folks to drop the conspiracy theories. He pointed out that the Guthrie family, including Savannah's sister Annie and her husband, got thoroughly checked out early on, with their home, searched and car-impounded, but they've been cleared. Online detectives jumped to wild guesses about Annie and her hubby being involved, fueled by some reporter chatter, calling him a prime suspect. But Pima County Sheriff Chris Nannos shut that down hard, calling the family victims who cooperated fully and begging media to show compassion instead of cruelty. Savannah opened up on today last month, saying the false accusations just add unbearable

1:01pain to an already heartbreaking situation. Meanwhile, investigators released doorbell footage of a masked suspect, but haven't named anyone publicly. The search drags on with no big breaks yet, but tips from the public could change that fast-day sharp out there, and let's hope Nancy comes home. Safe. That's your update from Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, I'm Corrie with the story.

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