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Lively banter about entertainment industry news and in-depth interviews with directors, producers, writers and actors, hosted by award-winning journalist Kim Masters of The Hollywood Reporter.

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Sep 18, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 18, 2026

    Hollywood goes to Washington for a tax break (opens the original)

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    This week, Kim Masters reports on the newly formed U.S. Film and Television Production Coalition and its push for a federal tax incentive to stem the loss of production overseas. Members representing studios, producers and unions lay out the industry’s unusually unified campaign, the backing of President Donald Trump, and the details that still have to survive Congress. Plus, Masters and Matt Belloni give a brief update on the rollout of Bari Weiss’s new 60 Minutes. Spoiler: the early ratings ar

  2. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    How new will the new ‘60 Minutes’ feel? (opens the original)

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    As CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss prepares to unveil a new era of 60 Minutes , questions are mounting over what America’s most-watched news program will look like under her leadership. Following the exits and firings of several correspondents and senior producers since Weiss arrived at the network, newly installed executive producer Nick Bilton faces the challenge of reshaping the show without alienating its loyal audience. Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw examine what the next chapter could loo

  3. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    Lilly Wachowski remembers 30 years of ‘Bound’ (opens the original)

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    This week, Kim Masters talks to Lilly Wachowski about making Bound, the directorial debut she co-directed with sister Lana. Wachowski recalls the wild experience of working with legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis, and how she and Lana went from living paycheck to paycheck as carpenters to having producer Joel Silver beg them to sell him The Matrix. Plus, Masters and Matt Belloni dig into a newly unveiled bill that would create a federal production tax incentive, and what it could mean for the

  4. Episode · Aug 28, 2026

    After ‘Tiger King,’ Eric Goode goes deeper into the reptile world (opens the original)

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    This week, Kim sits down with filmmaker Eric Goode to talk about his HBO documentary series, Monsters of God. Goode discusses how he pivoted from a successful career in New York’s hospitality world to making documentaries about the extinction crisis, exotic reptile smuggling, and eventually, a little project called Tiger King. He also talks about self-financing his animal-conservation projects rather than waiting around for a studio, and he has a few things to say about Netflix. Plus, Masters an

  5. Episode · Aug 21, 2026

    Desi Lydic ‘Foxsplains’ her rise to the top of fake news (opens the original)

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    Eric Deggans speaks with Desi Lydic, a longtime correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show . She talks about how a pandemic-era segment satirizing Fox News evolved into her Emmy-nominated digital series Desi Lydic Foxplains . Lydic also shares how The Daily Show’s post-Trevor Noah rotation of hosts has opened the door for more voices, and jokes about how her conservative parents once envisioned her as either a Fox News journalist or a Hallmark movie star. Plus, Cinema United, the largest m

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