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Indie Film Shake-up; Hollywood on the Couch, Part II
A major studio is getting out of the indie business and one stalwart indie distributor is rumored to be having serious money problems. The two indie …
18 years ago
Hollywood on the Couch
We put Hollywood on the couch with writer-turned-therapist Dennis Palumbo.
18 years, 1 month ago
Another Visit with Pixar's Big Bird
Pixar's Brad Bird just received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Writers' Guild. So this week we revisit our conversation with the creator of…
18 years, 1 month ago
Why Can't SAG and AFTRA Get Along?
The uneasy alliance between the two actors' unions has turned into outright hostility. Plus, the unions want money from the digital future. When will…
18 years, 1 month ago
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 betw…
18 years, 1 month ago
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 spec…
18 years, 2 months ago
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?
18 years, 2 months ago
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 …
18 years, 2 months ago
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 Bl…
18 years, 2 months ago
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…
18 years, 2 months ago