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Bill Condon on the challenges of adapting a 'tale as old as time'
Beauty and the Beast director Bill Condon is no stranger to musicals -- he wrote the screenplay for movie versions of Chicago and Dreamgirls -- the l…
9 years, 2 months ago
James Mangold on 'Logan' and fighting franchise fatigue
Filmmaker James Mangold has been making character-driven dramas for more than 20 years, but lately, he's been in the X-Men superhero business. In his…
9 years, 3 months ago
Ryan Murphy on how his Half Foundation led to 'Feud'
Ryan Murphy oversees a small TV empire on FX, with series including American Horror Story, American Crime Story and his latest effort, Feud. The firs…
9 years, 3 months ago
Oscars producer Michael De Luca on that fateful mistake
In an exclusive interview with The Business, Oscars producer Michael De Luca remembers the night that culminated with the biggest flub in Academy Awa…
9 years, 3 months ago
Cracking down on pay-to-play auditions & a bonus Oscars banter
After an investigation by reporter Gary Baum, the LA city attorney has filed charges against more than two dozen people involved with casting worksho…
9 years, 3 months ago
'Zootopia' directors on finding their story, late in the game
Production was well under way on Disney's Zootopia when directors Rich Moore and Byron Howard concluded the film needed a major do-over. Breaking the…
9 years, 4 months ago
Director Ava DuVernay on '13th' and survival in the industry
How busy is filmmaker Ava DuVernay? Well, between directing Disney's ' Wrinkle in Time, executive producing Queen Sugar on OWN and working the awards…
9 years, 4 months ago
Director Raoul Peck on 'I Am Not Your Negro'
Director Raoul Peck's film about the essayist and activist James Baldwin was a decade in the making. Now, I Am Not Your Negro is Oscar-nominated for …
9 years, 4 months ago
How 'La La Land' went from constant rejection to awards contention
Writer-director Damien Chazelle and composer Justin Hurwitz have been friends and collaborators since first meeting at Harvard. Together, they strugg…
9 years, 4 months ago
Gloria Calderón Kellett brings Cuban roots to 'One Day at a Time'
When Norman Lear decided to reboot the classic sitcom One Day at a Time, this time with a Latino family, he wanted a writer-producer who could offer …
9 years, 5 months ago