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Hosted by Kim Masters, The Business looks deep inside the business of entertainment. A half-hour of thoughtful and irreverent dialogue with Hollywood's top deal-makers, filmmakers, moguls, artists and agents, The Business will clue you in on who's making pop culture pop and what's keeping Hollywood's Blackberries juicy.

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Remembering the lyricist behind ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Aladdin’

15 AGO 2020 · Don Hahn’s documentary “Howard” looks at the life of Howard Ashman, the lyricist behind the soundtracks for “The Little Mermaid,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and “Little Shop of Horrors.” Ashman died of AIDS in 1991, leaving a mark on...

Ascoltato 29 min. 2 sec.
Prentice Penny on ‘Insecure’

8 AGO 2020 · HBO’s “Insecure” just received its first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series. Prentice Penny, the show’s executive producer, talks about how he got his start in Hollywood, and his personal connection to the show’s creator and...

Ascoltato 29 min. 6 sec.
Replay: Damon Lindelof’s ‘Watchmen’

1 AGO 2020 · The nominations for the 2020 Emmy Awards have been released, and HBO’s “Watchmen” leads with 26 nominations, including Outstanding Limited Series. KCRW revisists host Kim Masters’ interview with showrunner Damon Lindelof.

Ascoltato 29 min. 6 sec.
Gina Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Old Guard’

25 LUG 2020 · “The Old Guard is director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s first action movie, and it’s made the list of 10 most-watched original movies on the platform. Prince-Bythewood talks about how she broke into the action world, and how she trained her...

Ascoltato 29 min. 7 sec.
Rod Lurie and Jake Tapper’s ‘The Outpost’

18 LUG 2020 · CNN’s Jake Tapper and director Rod Lurie discuss the making of “The Outpost,” a new film based on Tapper's book about American soldiers who faced a deadly Taliban attack in Afghanistan. The film ran into obstacles every step of the way —...

Ascoltato 28 min. 17 sec.
Peter Medak’s ‘The Ghost of Peter Sellers’

11 LUG 2020 · In the new documentary “The Ghost of Peter Sellers,” director Peter Medak revisits the nightmarish production of his 1974 film, “Ghost in the Noonday Sun.” The biggest challenge was the behavior of Medak’s star, Peter Sellers. “The...

Ascoltato 29 min. 2 sec.
David France’s ‘Welcome to Chechnya’

3 LUG 2020 · David France’s new HBO documentary, “Welcome to Chechnya” looks at the ongoing campaign to eradicate gay people in the Chechen Republic. France talks about the dangers he faced in making the film, traveling to Russia on a tourist visa,...

Ascoltato 29 min. 7 sec.
Laverne Cox and Sam Feder on their Netflix documentary ‘Disclosure’

26 GIU 2020 · The new Netflix documentary “Disclosure” examines Hollywood’s portrayal of trans people over the years. Director Sam Feder uses decades of archival footage and personal anecdotes from trans people who were deeply affected by these depictions...

Ascoltato 28 min. 32 sec.
Judd Apatow’s ‘The King of Staten Island’

19 GIU 2020 · Judd Apatow's latest film “The King of Staten Island,” stars comedian Pete Davidson in a story inspired by Davidson's real life. Apatow is a comedy icon but he’s admittedly not funny on Twitter. As his more than 2 million followers know, he...

Ascoltato 29 min. 32 sec.
Policing on television

13 GIU 2020 · As protests continue across the country, we look at the way policing is depicted on television. It's a topic dream hampton has spent years thinking about and worked on a recent report on the issue. It found that often, even good cops are shown...

Ascoltato 29 min. 33 sec.