How Emmy winners get made: KCRW’s complete list of interviews
Listen to KCRW’s interviews with some of your favorite Emmy nominees and winners.
Listen to KCRW’s interviews with some of your favorite Emmy nominees and winners.
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.…
[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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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–…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…