Kim Masters and Matt Belloni examine the dissolution of the Paramount-Skydance merger after Shari Redstone calls it quits on the deal. They also discuss Sony's purchase of Alamo Drafthouse t…
Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the latest NBA news at Warner Bros. Discovery. They also discuss activist investor Nelson Peltz's decision to sell his entire stake in Disney, and why…
Disney CEO Bob Iger talks about the company's many struggles, including his succession, selling ABC, and Marvel troubles during the New York Times' DealBook Summit. Then, we're taking it to…
Taylor Swift's The Eras Tour concert film is out in theaters. Was this a good deal for Swift and AMC? And will this become a trend with other artists? This week on The Business, Kim Maste…
As week three of the writer's strike continues, other unions and guilds show solidarity while studios cut costs to see quarter stock increase. Plus, we revisit our long pre-strike convers…
Michelle Yeoh is the first Asian woman to receive a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in the sci-fi action-fantasy "Everything Everywhere All at Once," an unexpected feat for…
Before "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery" saw a limited theatrical release last November, Producer Ram Bergman wasn't sure if audiences would be back in theaters. Bergman is grateful that N…
Actor, comedian, musician, and producer Steve Martin had been invited to one of talent manager's Sandy Gallin's showbiz parties in New York. There, he recalls seeing a lot of actors, includi…
It took Samuel L. Jackson years to find a home for his passion project, "The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey." He's the star and executive producer of the miniseries, based on a novel by Walter Mo…
Before he even landed the job, director Reinaldo Marcus Green could tell that the film "King Richard" was a special project for the superstar sitting across the table from him " Will Smith. …
Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is usually the only Deaf person on a set. Matlin came to a big realization when making "CODA," a breakthrough film featuring Deaf actors. "I'm the one …
To get a shot at directing his remake of "A Star is Born," Bradley Cooper passed on an upfront payday in exchange for a piece of the profit. And that gamble paid off. But as Cooper is painfu…
Multi-hyphenate Bradley Cooper is out with two new films. There's "Licorice Pizza," in which he plays real-life wild man producer Jon Peters, and "Nightmare Alley," where he stars as carniva…
Actress and now director Maggie Gyllenhaal wanted to set her new drama "The Lost Daughter" in Maine, but New Jersey offered a better tax credit. So the plan was to shoot in New Jersey until …
After budget blowups, a leadership change and many delays, the long-awaited Academy Museum is finally open. KCRW takes a whirlwind tour with museum president Bill Kramer to hear how exhibits…
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…