25 episodes
Hollywood Breakdown KCRW
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- TV & Film
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4.5 • 72 Ratings
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Kim Masters, host of KCRW’s The Business, breaks down Hollywood's top stories.
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Disney cuts loose two top Marvel executives, begins 7,000 layoffs
While Disney started laying off 7,000 employees, it also announced the firing of two top Marvel executives this week.
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Can ‘John Wick’ 4 perform and attract buyers for Lionsgate?
Lionsgate Films needs “John Wick: Chapter 4” to perform well at the box office in order to attract potential buyers. Can the franchise deliver?
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Netflix says ‘thanks, but no thanks’ to pricey Nancy Meyers’ film
Netflix passed on Nancy Meyers’ latest title due to budgetary disagreements. Why did the streamer pull back on a deal with a top filmmaker?
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Stars should keep high salaries, says agency exec at Morgan Stanley Conference
Can stars keep top salaries under current studio’s austerity measures? An agency exec proposes it at the Morgan Stanley TMT Conference.
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Warner Bros. golden ticket: Will they make new ‘Lord of the Rings’ films?
Following Amazon’s release of their expensive “Lord of the Rings” series, Warner Bros. Discovery announced they too want to make new films from the “Lord of the Rings” world.
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‘Ant Man’ gets poor reviews. Will the Marvel invincibility last?
With its latest movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” getting poor reviews, Marvel Studios may have a creative problem.
Customer Reviews
Big Stories in Bite-Sized Form
Kim Masters is the only entertainment reporter I regularly follow. Her voice of reason in this tempest of media blitzes serves as a reminder that there’s still reliable journalists presenting headlines without a bias towards the opinions of shareholders.
KCRW‘s “The Hollywood Breakdown”, hosted by Miss Masters, is always first in my playlist.
Stopped being informative
This show started going downhill when the “ journalists” started wearing their political views on their sleeves, truly reflected the hypocrisy of Hollywood and the liberal hypocrisy that is rampant in the media.
Bitesize and Wonderful
Nice slice of information each week. Perfect to queue between longer podcasts.