Alex Cooper and the Bold Future of ‘Call Her Daddy’
Swifties follow their favorite pop star from stadiums to theaters, even to NFL games. Now, Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper — founder of new multimedia company, Trending, with producer-fiancé M...
3 Nov 202347min
Israel, Gaza and the Maha Brouhaha
The dramatic story of how high-flying CAA agent-to-the-stars Maha Dakhil ended up grounded as who-said-what about conflict in the Middle East inflames Hollywood. Also; real-life Hollywood horror stori...
27 Okt 202341min
Streaming's Next 'Tooth and Nail' Fight
The pivot into advertising is off to a rough start: Journalist Sahil Patel on the shuffle inside Netflix as it misses first-year ad goals by half. For more entertainment industry news, subscribe to T...
20 Okt 20231h
'A Culture of Dystopia and Nihilism'
The world has no shortage of villains, and according to Jonathan Taplin, author of The End of Reality, Hollywood is currently up against four: Silicon Valley billionaires Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg,...
13 Okt 20231h
Hollywood Greenlights Get Harder
Post-strike, writers have returned to a vastly changed industry. “A big theme I’m hearing from a lot of studio people is that the bar for a greenlight has just gotten much, much higher in the last few...
6 Okt 202328min
An Agency's Golden Handcuff Quandary
For years, CAA agents were promised a pot of gold. Now as the behemoth sells, the 10 percent crew cries foul over its own 10 percent. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with oth...
29 Sep 202332min
Five Days in September
What went on during those last five crucial days of negotiations between the WGA and Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers? Showrunner and WGA negotiating committee member Adam Conover (...
27 Sep 202339min
A Town Holds its Breath
Looking for signals and signs that the end is near for the WGA strike. Plus, Peter Kiefer talks about one of the other casualties of the shutdown — Democratic political fundraising — as President Joe ...
22 Sep 202322min
