For the first time in decades, the crew members who make movies and TV shows are threatening to strike. Members of IATSE " the union that covers cinematographers, editors, costumers and many…
Producer Jason Blum thinks stars and filmmakers deserve a piece of the profit from their work. So naturally he opposes a push from studios to pay Netflix-style flat fees instead. But that di…
For nearly the past decade, media mogul Barry Diller has backed award-winning movies and Broadway shows from now embattled mega-producer Scott Rudin. Asked about allegations that Rudin engag…
Barry Diller, who made his name as a powerful studio boss, recently told NPR that "the movie business is over." Expanding on those views, the legendary mogul and former chairman of Paramount…
Multi-hyphenate Daveed Diggs has a lot going on, including writing and producing his new series on Starz, "Blindspotting." The broadway hit "Hamilton" launched his career, but at this point,…
Investigative reporter and documentary producer David Holthouse was sexually assaulted as a child. He says that trauma led him to devote his life to unmasking monsters, both real and imagine…
Filmmaker Edgar Wright's new music documentary "The Sparks Brothers" celebrates two musicians whose work he loves. Ron and Russell Mael are brothers who make up the band Sparks, and they're …
Writer Nida Manzoor wanted "We Are Lady Parts," her series about an all-female Muslim punk band, to be funny. But as a Muslim woman writing about very underrepresented characters, she also f…
When Meredith Scardino pitched her musical comedy series "Girls5eva," about an all-but-forgotten late 1990s girl group that reunites in their forties, she made a fake CD case, complete with …
Producer Scott Rudin's bullying has been an open secret in Hollywood for decades, and now it's going public. Former Scott Rudin staffers Evan Davis, Max Hoffman and Eileen Klomhaus remem…
When the pandemic hit London, director Simon Godwin's National Theatre production of "Romeo & Juliet" shut down before it could open. So Godwin shot the play as a movie " never mind that…
Austin Winsberg, creator of the NBC series "Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist," and producer-choreographer Mandy Moore check in from Canada, where they had just finished shooting the show's 100t…
After filmmaker Raoul Peck made his award-winning James Baldwin documentary "I Am Not Your Negro," he had a lot of suitors in Hollywood. But it was HBO that didn't blink when Peck explained …
Peter Jackson generated whole worlds for his 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Hobbit' trilogies. Last year he made a documentary that magically brought to life old footage shot on the front lines of…
Author Kevin Kwan and director Jon M. Chu passionately wanted the movie version of 'Crazy Rich Asians' to play in theaters. So they turned down a huge offer from Netflix and took their chanc…
Director Morgan Neville knew his new documentary about the life and legacy of Fred Rogers and his neighborhood would be emotional. But he wasn't prepared for theaters full of mass sobbing. H…
As 'Black Panther' mauls box office records, we stopped by a theater showing the film in a new panoramic format called ScreenX. We get reactions from 'Black Panther' fans and talk to Paul Ki…
Broadway legend Harvey Fierstein won one of his several Tonys for his performance as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. Now, he's reprising the role for NBC's live version of the musical, which air…
Thomas Kail won a Tony for directing Hamilton on Broadway. Now he's up for an Emmy after directing the TV musical Grease: Live on Fox. He tells us how having a specific vision for your proje…
Comedian Mike Birbiglia's new film Don't Think Twice follows a close-knit improv group that starts to feel the strain when one of its members gets a big break on a hit TV show. Birbiglia …
Filmmaker Benjamin Statler hopes his new documentary Soaked in Bleach will help reopen the Kurt Cobain case. Meanwhile, Courtney Love and her lawyers are attempting to stop his film from bei…
When he switched from theater to film and television, Aasif Mandvi found himself relegated to roles as cab drivers and deli owners. Now The Daily Show correspondent created a new web sitcom,…
Filmmaker Lynn Shelton shares the unique career path that took her from New York theater actor to Seattle indie director. Her new movie Laggies stars Keira Knightley.
Filmmakers Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren set out to make a documentary about the bank robber who inspired Al Pacino's character in Dog Day Afternoon. Now, after more than ten years of fil…
"The Hunger Games" is the biggest movie to hit theaters this year. Producer Nina Jacobson tells us how the movie came to be.