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Industry insights and lessons learned from memorable guests
We have interesting guests on The Business, and sometimes our conversations are too long to fit into one show. This week we give you stories that wer…
8 years, 3 months ago
Directors Valerie Faris & Jonathan Dayton on 'Battle of the Sexes'
Filmmakers and married couple Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton planned to release their film about the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King an…
8 years, 3 months ago
'Will & Grace' returns to NBC, along with its original creators
When Will & Grace co-creator Max Mutchnick went to his long-time writing partner David Kohan with the idea of reuniting the cast for a one-off web vi…
8 years, 3 months ago
Mike White on 'Brad's Status,' social media and ambition
In writer-director Mike White's new movie Brad's Status, Ben Stiller plays a man consumed with jealousy of friends from college, based on their socia…
8 years, 4 months ago
In ‘The Deuce,’ David Simon follows the money of the porn industry
When David Simon started shopping his new show The Deuce--about the rise and legalization of the porn industry--he quickly realized a lot of networks…
8 years, 4 months ago
Revisiting Shawn Levy: 'Stranger Things' & redefining his career
Director Shawn Levy built a career on the Night at the Museum franchise, but wanted to break out of his box. He set out to produce, and this past yea…
8 years, 4 months ago
Chuck Lorre branches out with 'Disjointed' and 'Young Sheldon'
TV writer-producer Chuck Lorre has created some of the most successful multi-camera broadcast sitcoms ever, including Two and a Half Men, and The Big…
8 years, 4 months ago
For Billy Eichner, his time 'On the Street' got him an Emmy nom
Billy Eichner has had recent roles in Hulu's Difficult People, Netflix's Friends from College, and in the upcoming season of American Horror Story on…
8 years, 4 months ago
Producer Gigi Pritzker on 'Genius,' her first foray into TV
Gigi Pritzker didn't plunge headlong into the movie business -- her original life plan was to run an NGO in Nepal. An accidental journey to film scho…
8 years, 5 months ago
How the doping doc 'Icarus' morphed into a real life thriller
Bryan Fogel's original plan for his documentary Icarus was to investigate pervasive doping in cycling by becoming a human guinea pig. He recruited ch…
8 years, 5 months ago