
The Business
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Studios bet big at CinemaCon; Entertainment Union Coalition president Rebecca Rh...
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Documentarian Alex Gibney’s tips for keeping up the good fight (and more); Big s...
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Director Lesli Linka Glatter on her enviable life in television; Pay no attentio...
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‘Muslim Matchmaker’ creator Smriti Mundhra on representation; Breaking down the...
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‘Emilia Pérez’ songwriters on sparking debates; What’s next for James Bond and S...
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Pamela Anderson on second chances and ‘The Last Showgirl’; The Murdoch empire ke...
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A chat with the directors of ‘Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’; Why Disn...
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Jesse Eisenberg on finding the humor in ‘A Real Pain’; FCC battles CBS over Kama...
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Producer Marc Platt talks 20+ years of ‘Wicked’; Ad for Texas production hits Ho...
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Analyzing the Oscar noms w/ THR’s Scott Feinberg; Netflix has a strong Q4
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ENCORE: ‘Sing Sing’ director Greg Kwedar models pay equity; This Week’s Banter:...
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Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on ‘The Brutalist'; Big swings and shake ups at W...
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'Nosferatu' writer-director and Focus Features chairman on their long partnershi...
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Kim Masters and Matt Belloni banter listener questions in mailbag episode of ‘Th...
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Kim Masters and Matt Belloni banter listener questions in mailbag episode of ‘Th...
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Megabanter 2024: Hollywood’s chaotic year of succession races, sports duels, and...
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Rupert Murdoch denied bid to alter family trust; Documentarian Nic Stacey on the...
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Trump appoints Gail Slater to head DOJ antitrust division; Errol Morris & Jacob...
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Thanksgiving Weekend box office preview; Grammy-winning songwriter Evan Bogart o...
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Comcast enters its spin-off era; ‘Wicked’ creators on adapting the smash hit mus...
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Disney shares big profits + a streaming boost; Director Edward Berger talks ‘Con...
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'English Teacher' creators on the perfect office comedy setting (from The Sam Sa...
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Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror #2’ out performs Warner Bros.’ investment; ‘The Penguin’...
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Will Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ bring big changes to Netflix?; Roy Wood Jr. ‘pledge...
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Netflix’s strong Q3 + what’s next for its films; ‘The Wild Robot’ director talks...
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Game planning for Paramount; The accidental ‘Apprentice’ financier
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Inside the ‘Joker’ sequel flop; The sprint to bring ‘The Apprentice’ to theaters
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Sony Pictures enjoys a smooth succession; Kate Winslet gets candid about creatin...
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AI enters the Hollywood chat in major ways + Demi Lovato’s ‘Child Star’ cautiona...
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Disney’s messy succession story; Overcoming the production challenges of ‘Strang...
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SAG-AFTRA is urged to protect Pro-Palestine members; Documentarian Maciek Hamela...
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The Murdoch family’s own private ‘Succession?’; Encore: Writer Justin Kuritzkes...
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The Journey of ‘Inside Out 2;’ Bronfman backs down
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Gary Oldman on ‘Slow Horses’; Edgar Bronfman Jr. enters the Paramount chat
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Justin Simien’s ‘Hollywood Black’ chronicles the pioneers of African American ci...
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‘Sing Sing’ director Greg Kwedar models pay equity; streamers still struggle
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Jordan Klepper on surviving “bonkers” political news; Apple TV+ tightens its bel...
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How ‘Survive until 2025’ became Hollywood’s new mantra
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FX’s Emmy domination; ‘Shōgun’ makes awards history
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Muta’Ali on his documentary ‘MoviePass, MovieCrash’; CNN and Paramount step into...
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The latest twist in the Paramount saga; ‘Hacks’ showrunners Jen Statsky and Paul...
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‘Ren Faire’ director Lance Oppenheim; A.I. at the Olympics
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Albert Brooks, Rob Reiner on their HBO doc and the state of Hollywood
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Neal Brennan on his Netflix special ‘Crazy Good’; Shari Redstone weighs options...
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Paramount’s Chris Aronson on the future of movie-going; Trump, according to an e...
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Spring Megabanter: Cannes flops, Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI, underwhelming bo...
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Jane Schoenbrun on ‘I Saw the TV Glow’; 2024 Upfronts
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‘Doctor Who’ showrunner on teaming up with Disney; inside Warner Bros. Discovery...
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