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Arts & Culture

How Emmy winners get made: KCRW’s complete list of interviews

Arts & Culture

Listen to KCRW’s interviews with some of your favorite Emmy nominees and winners.

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Sep 16, 2016 By Kaitlin Parker
 
Press Play

Why you should be watching foreign TV even in the US

Press Play

People often complain these days that there’s just too much good TV, and with so many ways to watch – Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, Acorn.tv – it’s hard to keep up.…

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May 09, 2016 By Sarah Sweeney
 
Backstage

A friend in the theater

Backstage

[BACKSTAGE is a series of posts focusing on the ‘Inside Baseball’ of the theater.] Last week, I had you check your three favorite intimate theater websites to see what was playing through…

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Jan 14, 2016 By Anthony Byrnes
 
News

How do you make an Emmy nominated show? (And full list of Emmy noms)

News

Emmy nominations have been announced (see below) with Game of Thrones leading the pack with 24 nominations. KCRW has gone behind the scenes with a number of the nominees to find…

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Jul 16, 2015 By Caitlin Shamberg
 
Arts & Culture

Movie sequels you’ve always wanted to see

Arts & Culture

While studio executives around LA hammer out the next big series, artists at the iam8bit gallery in Echo Park are envisioning some sequels that never actually made it to the…

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Nov 13, 2014 By Avishay Artsy
 
Arts & Culture

Video rental chain Blockbuster to close remaining stores

Arts & Culture

Before Netflix and video on demand, there was Blockbuster. The video rental chain was once the place to go for picking out a late-night movie. But times have definitely changed,…

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Nov 06, 2013 By Avishay Artsy
 
Arts & Culture

Meet LA’s new film czar, Tom Sherak

Arts & Culture

Los Angeles has a new film czar. Today L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the appointment of Tom Sherak as head of the city’s Entertainment Industry and Production Office. He’s a…

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Sep 26, 2013 By Avishay Artsy
 
Arts & Culture

LA Observed: Nikki Finke and Entertainment Journalism

Arts & Culture

In entertainment journalism, there is perhaps no voice as widely-feared, and read, as Nikki Finke. She’s broken countless stories, made legions of enemies and few friends, and boasts of having…

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Jun 03, 2013 By Avishay Artsy
 
Arts & Culture

Is it time to get rid of ‘Pilot Season?’

Arts & Culture

This week, the big five broadcast networks will unveil their fall lineups to advertisers and press at the Upfronts in New York City, hosting star-studded presentations and lavish parties to…

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May 13, 2013 By Jenny Radelet
 
Arts & Culture

How to find the best streaming TV

Arts & Culture

Roku Box? Netflix? Hulu? iTunes? So many choices. Not much convergence. There’s a certain joy and angst that comes from being a modern TV viewer. Joy at the choices of…

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Apr 24, 2013 By Darby Maloney
 
Arts & Culture

This week’s entertainment buzz

Arts & Culture

Is Zero Dark Thirty Fact or Propaganda? The movie “Zero Dark Thirty“, directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written and produced by Mark Boal tells the story— or a version of…

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Jan 07, 2013 By Darby Maloney
 
Arts & Culture

One Thing: Entertainment

Arts & Culture

 We asked eleven of our sharpest local observers what they thought were the most important stories and trends of the year. From politics and music to faith, literature and film,…

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Dec 19, 2012 By Darrell Satzman
 
Silicon Beach

Silicon Beach: A hub of inspiration

Silicon Beach

I launched Giant Media from my Brentwood apartment in November of 2009. We’ve come a long way since that time and have moved offices twice since then, but rather than…

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Nov 09, 2012 By David Segura
 
Arts & Culture

AFM vs AFI: Two dueling film events

Arts & Culture

The American Film Institute kicked off their annual film festival last night with the world premiere of “Hitchcock.” Their annual program of screenings, parties, and Q&A’s is free to the…

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Nov 02, 2012 By Avishay Artsy
 
Arts & Culture

This week in entertainment buzz

Arts & Culture

Star Wars makes Disney its home The big news in the entertainment business this week is that The Walt Disney Company bought Lucas Film – including the Star Wars franchise–…

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Nov 02, 2012 By Darby Maloney
 
Arts & Culture

Silicon Beach: New technology and old buildings

Arts & Culture

This week we’ve been looking at the growth of Silicon Beach, as tech companies move westward to be closer to the sand, sea – and to each other. Many are…

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Oct 19, 2012 By Frances Anderton
 
Arts & Culture

Silicon Beach: Bringing entertainment and technology together

Arts & Culture

Austin Hackett is a great example of the type of person flocking to Los Angeles right now. He’s founder of CrowdHall, a site that helps people with large social-media audiences…

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Oct 18, 2012 By Avishay Artsy
 
Silicon Beach

Silicon Beach: Where sun and surf meet start-ups

Silicon Beach

In the western part of Los Angeles County known as “Silicon Beach”, there’s a race for space.  Space, as in ether. As in technology companies that utilize broadband to incubate,…

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Oct 17, 2012 By Steve Chiotakis
 
Arts & Culture

This week’s entertainment buzz

Arts & Culture

Here are a few entertainment stories that have the town buzzing… A new life for Variety The trade paper Variety which once was a go-to source for Hollywood news but…

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Oct 12, 2012 By Darby Maloney
 
News

AEG tells LA that sale will not affect NFL stadium plans

News

Mayor Villaraigosa says he knew but didn’t tell. The rest of Los Angeles has been trying to figure out what it means: the sudden offer for sale of the Anschutz…

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Sep 25, 2012 By admin

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