
Hollywood Breakdown
Kim Masters, host of KCRW’s The Business, breaks down Hollywood's top stories.
TV & Film
Disney cuts loose two top Marvel executives, begins 7,000 layoffs
While Disney started laying off 7,000 employees, it ...
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Mar 31 2023 4m
Can ‘John Wick’ 4 perform and attract buyers for Lionsgate?
Lionsgate Films needs “John Wick: Chapter 4” to perf...
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Mar 24 2023 4m
Netflix says ‘thanks, but no thanks’ to pricey Nancy Meyers’ film
Netflix passed on Nancy Meyers’ latest title due to ...
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Mar 17 2023 4m
Stars should keep high salaries, says agency exec at Morgan Stanley Conference
Can stars keep top salaries under current studio’s a...
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Mar 10 2023 4m
Warner Bros. golden ticket: Will they make new ‘Lord of the Rings’ films?
Following Amazon’s release of their expensive “Lord ...
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Mar 3 2023 4m
‘Ant Man’ gets poor reviews. Will the Marvel invincibility last?
With its latest movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum...
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Feb 24 2023 4m
Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg reconcile at Oscars luncheon
Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise seem to have reconci...
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Feb 17 2023 4m
Disney’s Bob Iger open to selling Hulu, plans exit in two years
A day after Disney’s Q1 report and Bob Iger’s restru...
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Feb 10 2023 4m
James Gunn, Peter Safran present a new DCU plan. Will they deliver?
Co-chairs of DC Studios at Warner Bros. Discovery Ja...
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Feb 3 2023 4m
Big stars, popular films are nominated. Will audiences watch the Oscars?
Will the Academy attract viewers with two nominees h...
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Jan 27 2023 4m
Activist investor bids for a Disney board seat, threatens Bob Iger’s kingdom
Two 80-year old corporate raiders are wreaking havoc...
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Jan 20 2023 4m
The Golden Globes need a new home: 'Someone will pick up this show'
After last year's hiatus, the Golden Globes are back...
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Jan 13 2023 4m
‘Avatar,’ ‘Top Gun’ sequels deliver at the box office in 2022
Though the “Top Gun” and “Avatar” sequels provided H...
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Jan 6 2023 4m
Will writers strike, and will there be a mega studio deal in 2023?
On this special edition of the Hollywood Breakdown, ...
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Dec 30 2022 4m
Top 2022 stories: Netflix morphs, WB’s head cuts, Disney shakes it up
Hollywood’s top 2022 stories: Netflix changing strat...
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Dec 23 2022 4m
‘Avatar’ sequel needs over $2 billion at the global box office to break even
“Avatar: The Way of Water” opens in the United State...
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Dec 16 2022 4m
Could Netflix’s new ‘Knives Out’ have done better in theaters?
Netflix’s decision to release “Glass Onion: A Knives...
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Dec 9 2022 4m
Mark Burnett departs MGM-Amazon. What does it mean for the merger?
Mark Burnett, the well-known reality TV producer, is...
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Dec 2 2022 4m
Bob Iger is back. Can he cope with Disney’s many challenges?
The Walt Disney Company board of directors reinstate...
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Nov 25 2022 4m
Eric Weinberg’s network looked the other way on his bad behavior, vouched for him
For two decades, producer Eric Weinberg moved from o...
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Nov 18 2022 3m
Disney struggles with streaming. Will theme parks help with profit?
Though Disney+ has added 12 million subscribers, the...
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Nov 11 2022 4m
Peacock reports weak subscriptions, implements changes to survive
As streaming service companies report subscriber num...
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Nov 4 2022 3m
Filmmaker James Gunn, producer Peter Safran to head DC Universe
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO, David Zaslav, hires film...
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Oct 28 2022 4m
‘Black Adam’ isn’t going to be the save-all property DC hoped it might be
“Black Adam” opens in theaters. Will it make DC Film...
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Oct 21 2022 4m
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO lays off a quarter of its TV division staff
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav cuts more jo...
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Oct 14 2022 3m