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The Painstaking Process of Placing Products in Programs for Pay
Mad Men is a series on the cable network AMC, set in the New York ad world of the 1960's. While the show showcases a variety of real world products,…
18 years, 5 months ago
An Assistant Says Goodbye, Part II; 'The Inkwell' Incident
The William Morris mailroom is the high-stress, low-pay, sanctum sanctorum of show biz. It can lead you straight to the top or leave you in strait ja…
18 years, 5 months ago
You Got the Writing Job, Now You're Fired; Agency Assistant Fires His Agency
A conversation about the vital, essential, but ultimately disposable Hollywood writer with Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman. Plus, an agency assistant sa…
18 years, 6 months ago
Shepard's Progress; Residuals Revisited
Samuel Goldwyn said, "The harder I work, the luckier I get." We catch up with writer/director Richard Shepard who got "lucky" at the Sundance Film Fe…
18 years, 6 months ago
Superagent to (Underage) Stars; The Burgeoning Video Game Industry
The $37 billion business that mainstream journalists and Hollywood can no longer afford to ignore--it's a look at the burgeoning video game industry.…
18 years, 6 months ago
Making Money in Hollywood; Celebrity Sitters
Who gets paid what and why in Hollywood? We talk back-end, quotes and residuals with agent and manager-turned-producer Gavin Polone. Plus, halting t…
18 years, 6 months ago
Life Imitates Art; Residual Residuals?
It's a case of life imitating art imitating life! We talk with a filmmaker who had to convince U2 to OK his movie about a man trying to convince U2 t…
18 years, 7 months ago
Fundraising in Hollywood; (Re)Visiting the Spin Doctor
We talk to former studio chief and super fundraiser Tom Sherak about getting the big shots to share their kibble in a dog-eat-dog industry. Plus, on…
18 years, 7 months ago
Sidewalk DVD's; Protecting Ideas in Hollywood
While Jack Sparrow and his crew were raking in buckets of dubloons at the box office, pirates of a different kind were plundering Hollywood's treasur…
18 years, 8 months ago
Livin' on the Bubble
What does it mean for your TV show to be on the bubble? We speak with the producers of Scrubs and Jericho about coming back from the brink of extinct…
18 years, 8 months ago