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Hosted by Variety's Claude Brodesser, The Business looks deep inside the business of entertainment.


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Everything You Wanted to Know about Agents
There's been a mad game of musical chairs in the agency business in the last few of weeks. The agency business is changing, but the relationship between agents and clients seems to be as quirky as ever....

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[ Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:19:47 -0400 ]


Celebrities Can Be Taxing
Using Tax Day as a very weak hook, we talk to the man who helped clear Wesley Snipes of tax fraud conspiracy charges. The question: what are the special challenges of representing a celebrity in court....

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[ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:41:00 -0400 ]


AFTRA-SAG Split; a 'Miss Guided' Novice Writer
Hollywood's actors' unions file for an untimely divorce. Then, what happens when a novice TV writer gets her own show....

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[ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 03:30:12 EDT ]


Qualified to Act.; The ShoWest Goes On
In a town where actors are more likely to wait tables than wait in the wings, how do you define a working actor. That's the central question in our lively conversation with two actors. How SAG answers that question may determine if there's a strike. Plus, this year's ShoWest movie exhibitors' conference....

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[ Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:55:18 EDT ]


Big Gulp to Blockbuster
Jim Keyes was the former CEO of 7-11 stores. Now he's applying the lessons of the Big Gulp to the small screen at the troubled video-rental giant Blockbuster. Plus, Variety game reviewer Ben Fritz asks, "Why are hardcore video gamers so sensitive." And good agentry with writer and producer Rob Long....

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[ Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:48:05 EDT ]


Gaming Goes Casual; Pilot(Less.) Season
Video games are an $18 billion business in the US, and they just keep growing. Will Hollywood studios get in on some of that interactive action. Plus, will TV's increasingly pilotless way of making shows crash and burn....

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[ Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:25:54 EDT ]


A Studio Executive 'Wants to Direct;' Goodbye, HD-DVD
What happens when a studio executive comes out from behind his desk to direct a major motion picture. We talk to Kent Alterman, formerly New Line Cinema's EVP of Production and now the Director of Semi-Pro. Plus, we say goodbye to HD-DVD....

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[ Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:38:30 EDT ]


Variety up for Sale; Oscar Prognosticators
The venerable Hollywood trade paper, Variety, is up for sale. What will a new owner mean to the business. We'll have a lively conversation with blogger extraordinaire Nikki Finke and PR veteran Howard Bragman. Plus, which Oscar prognosticators predicted with paramount precision....

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[ Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:25:16 EST ]


How Green Is My Oscar.
The divide between movies that make money and movies that get awards has been growing in the last few years. Why. And what does that say about how Hollywood is changing. Plus, the 1967 Oscars signaled a coming cinematic revolution. Is this year's crop of best picture nominees the harbinger of another....

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[ Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:39:55 EST ]


Ding Dong the Strike Is Dead!
The writers' strike has meant reruns, reality and rankor. So how will things change now that the strike is over. Plus, when will the digital pie that the writers want a piece of actually be out of the oven....

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[ Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:59:43 EST ]


Wilshire and Washington
In the wake of Super Tuesday, The Business broadcasts from the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Pennsylvania Avenue. We talk to Variety's political guru, Ted Johnson, and check back with MGM CEO Harry Sloan, an elephant in a sea of donkeys....

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[ Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:59:36 EST ]


Pixar's Big Bird
Animation had lost its luster until Pixar came on the scene and shined it up. We talk to one of their chief polishers, writer and director Brad Bird, about retired superheroes, rats that cook and Oscar gold. Plus, do movies make money (redux)....

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[ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:34:39 EST ]


So Much Reality TV It's Unreal!
TV was already getting more and more into unscripted fare before the strike. Now, there's so much reality programming it's unreal! We get the lay of the unscripted landscape with Joel McHale of E! Entertainment's show The Soup. Plus, while most of the industry suffers, video games rock on (redux)....

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[ Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:46:08 EST ]


Will Boston Real Estate Guy Steve Samuels Get Scrod in Hollywood.
Steve Samuels is the third generation of successful Boston-based real estate developers. He's also one of many outsiders who've brought their fat wallet to Hollywood. Will he get his pocket picked or make the show business sit.(National broadcast)...

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[ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:40:01 EST ]


Will Striking Writers Take a Page from Directors'Deal.
The directors seem to have made a deal with producers. Will thewriters follow suit. Should they. We're live today with TVwriter/producer David Milch and Oscar-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis to answer these questions and more. First, what exactly did the DGA agree to. Joe Adalian has been one of the team of reporters covering the strike for Variety.NOTE: Today's special LIVE edition of The Business is broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area only, but will be archived online....

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[ Tue, 22 Jan 2008 03:39:15 EST ]


DRM; Awards; Swag
The big four record labels are finally offering some music free of copyright protection. Is it too little too late. And, no Globes, no Oscars = no box office. Plus, swag--Hollywood's silent scourge....

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[ Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:04:32 EST ]


That Was the Hollywood Year That Was!
From scandals to the strike to the surprise success of mega-sequels it's the Hollywood year that was! We get ready for the year ahead with our annual look at the stories of year just ended with Cynthia Littleton of Variety and Carl Diorio of the Hollywood Reporter....

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[ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:59:06 EST ]


Best of The Business: On the Bubble
This week, it's the Best of The Business. The strike will put a gaggle of TV shows "on the bubble," and we're not talking about being drunk on champagne. So today, between Dove products and the producers of a remake of the 1939 classic film The Women, we revisit our conversation with the producers of Scrubs and Jericho, shows that came back from the brink of extinction earlier this year....

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[ Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:46:03 EST ]


Best of The Business: All about Writers; Gifting in Hollywood
This week we present the best of The Business. In honor of the writers' strike and celebrating his hit new movie, I Am Legend, we revisit our conversation with Oscar-winning scribe Akiva Goldsman about the vital and disposable Hollywood writer. Then, 'tis the season for Hollywood gifting....

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[ Tue, 25 Dec 2007 00:17:30 EST ]


Iraq War Movies Tank at the Box Office
There's been a surge in Iraq and a surge of Iraq movies here at home. It might be working in Baghdad but it's tanking at the local cineplex. We talk to the director of In the Valley of Elah, Paul Haggis. Plus, the strike promises a not-very-happy new year or winter or spring for Hollywood....

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[ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:25:04 EST ]


The Strike and American Screenwriting, II; Video Games Rock On
To understand the current writers' strike, you need to understand the long and contentious relationship between screenwriters and the people who write their checks. This week, Part II of our conversation with Oscar-winning scribe Marc Norman about his new book, What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting. Plus, while the writers strike, video games rock on - literally....

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[ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:12:00 EST ]


Will the Strike Kill the Soaps.; Inside Strike Negotiations
What's it like to negotiate during a strike. We talk with the man who led talks for employees during the acrimonious 1994 supermarket walkout. Plus, will the writers' strike be another nail in the coffin of once wildly profitable daytime soap operas.Note: This edition of The Business will not air live at its usual time slot on KCRW as it will be pre-empted by special holiday programming. It will air at 7pm....

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[ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:11:37 EST ]


Do Movies Make Money.
A new report paints a bleak picture for Hollywood if it doesn't quit spending money like a drunken sailor on shore leave. We speak with Roger R. Smith, the author of Do Movies Make Money....

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[ Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:11:13 EST ]


Will the Strike Kill the Soaps.; Inside Strike Negotiations
What's it like to negotiate during a strike. We talk with the man who led talks for employees during the acrimonious 1994 supermarket walkout. Plus, will the writers' strike be another nail in the coffin of once wildly profitable daytime soap operas.Note: This edition of The Business will not air live at its usual time slot on KCRW as it will be pre-empted by special holiday programming. It will air at 7pm....

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[ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:27:14 EST ]


The Strike and American Screenwriting, II; Video Games Rock On
To understand the current writers' strike, you need to understand the long and contentious relationship between screenwriters and the people who write their checks. This week, Part II of our conversation with Oscar-winning scribe Marc Norman about his new book, What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting. Plus, while the writers strike, video games rock on--literally....

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[ Mon, 26 Nov 2007 19:17:27 EST ]


What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting, Part 1
To understand the current writers' strike, you need to understand the long and contentious relationship between screenwriters and the people who write their checks. We put that relationship in the therapist's chair with Oscar-winning scribe Marc Norman, author of a fascinating new book called What Happens Next: A History of American Screenwriting....

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[ Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:16:26 EST ]


The Writers' Strike: Bad News for Network TV
The writers' strike will effect everyone in Hollywood, but it's broadcast television that has the most to fear. We get strike analysis from executives who lived through the last one....

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[ Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:42:22 EST ]


The Writers' Strike: Bad News for Network TV
The writers' strike will effect everyone in Hollywood, but it's broadcast television that has the most to fear. We get strike analysis from executives who lived through the last one....

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[ Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:50:11 EST ]


What's a Producer Do.; Hollywood-Washington Update
What does a producer do. We talk to two producers-turned-studio-execs about what they did then and what they do now. Plus, a chat with Hollywood's man in Washington, MPAA CEO Dan Glickman....

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[ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:43:12 EST ]


'Wicked: The Musical' Wickedly Profitable for Universal
The musical Wicked is a global phenomenon that's made scary profits for Universal Studios. We talk to producer Marc Platt about Hollywood's all-time most successful film--that isn't yet a film....

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[ Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:42:10 EDT ]

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