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Tony Kaye and the Hollywood 'Lake of Fire'
After a high-profile legal battle to take his name off American History X and replace it with a wacky pseudonym, Tony Kaye became persona non grata i…
18 years, 3 months ago
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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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, 5 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, 5 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, 6 months ago