The Business

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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Every guest on The Business

559 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Kevin Spacey

   Revisiting Kevin Spacey: The Disruptor · 2 episodes

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   Bassem Youssef

   Bassem Youssef and Sara Taksler on 'Tickling Giants' · Apr 2017

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   Ben McKenzie

   Ben McKenzie’s Crypto Warning: ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ · Apr 2026

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   Sterling K. Brown
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   Spike Lee

   Spike Lee and John David Washington on ‘BlacKkKlansman’ · Jan 2019

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   Jordan Klepper

   Jordan Klepper on surviving “bonkers” political news; Apple TV+ tightens its belt · Aug 2024

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   Mike Birbiglia

   Mike Birbiglia and Eddie Schmidt talk ‘Good One: A Show About Jokes’; Coppola seeks home for passion project · 2 episodes

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   Seth Meyers

   Seth Meyers on politics and dad jokes; David Zaslav’s problematic paycheck · 2 episodes

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   Ryan Coogler

   Director Ryan Coogler's Personal Connection to 'Creed' · Dec 2015

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    W. Kamau Bell

    ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby’: W. Kamau Bell on comedian’s complex legacy · Feb 2022

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    Brady Corbet

    Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold on ‘The Brutalist'; Big swings and shake ups at Warner Bros · Jan 2025

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    James Mangold

    James Mangold on 'Logan' and fighting franchise fatigue · Mar 2017

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    Jesse Eisenberg

    Jesse Eisenberg on finding the humor in ‘A Real Pain’; FCC battles CBS over Kamala Harris interview transcript · Feb 2025

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    Luca Guadagnino

    Luca Guadagnino: ‘I am a workaholic’ who toils ‘in every direction’ · 2 episodes

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    Aubrey Plaza

    Encore: Aubrey Plaza, John Patton Ford on the student-loan anxiety thriller ‘Emily the Criminal’ · 2 episodes

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    Maggie Gyllenhaal

    Director Maggie Gyllenhaal on ‘The Lost Daughter’ · Dec 2021

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    Noah Hawley

    Noah Hawley on season 5 of ‘Fargo,’ Amazon layoffs · 2 episodes

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    Tom Freston

    Tom Freston on building MTV during cable’s wild west years · Jan 2026

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    Edgar Wright

    How Edgar Wright makes original movies in an industry obsessed with franchises · 2 episodes

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    James Gunn

    James Gunn's Videogame; 'Indie Game' the movie · 2 episodes

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    Marc Maron

    Marc Maron Makes a Popular Podcast and Gets a TV Show · 2 episodes

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    Zach Braff

    Zach Braff on Why He's on Kickstarter and Why He Should Stay · May 2013

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    Jeff Bridges

    Selling at Sundance; Jeff Bridges' Stand-In · Jan 2011

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    Aziz Ansari

    Aziz Ansari on turning bad luck into 'Good Fortune' · Oct 2025

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    Ken Burns

    Agency heads feud, Ken Burns takes the (long) road less traveled with ‘American Buffalo’ · Oct 2023

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    Judd Apatow

    Judd Apatow’s memoir reflects a lifetime as a ‘Comedy Nerd’ · 2 episodes

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    Shawn Ryan

    TV Writer-Producer Shawn Ryan Goes from Basic Cable to Fox · Feb 2011

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    Tig Notaro

    Tig Notaro: Crises and Comedy · Oct 2012

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    Peter Berg

    Peter Berg: 'Battleship' and 'On Freddie Roach' · Jun 2012

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    Jason Blum

    Producer Jason Blum on the battle around compensation in Hollywood: ‘I hope there will be a lot of lawsuits’ · 2 episodes

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    Kieran Culkin

    Kieran Culkin on why his edgy ‘Succession’ persona sometimes follows him off-screen · Nov 2021

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    Hugh Grant

    Hugh Grant on Murdoch phone hacking scandal and embracing the bad guy role · Jun 2021

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    Lisa Kudrow

    Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky; The Business @ The Moth · Jul 2011

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    Ronan Farrow

    Ronan Farrow and Kim Masters on whether Hollywood has changed since #MeToo broke five years ago · 2 episodes

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    Greta Gerwig

    Greta Gerwig on making ‘Little Women’ -- her way · Dec 2019

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    Rob Lowe

    'The Grinder' Rests, but Rob Lowe Does Not · May 2016

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    Keanu Reeves
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    Jon Favreau

    Jon Favreau on 'Chef' and the Truth about Movie Studios · May 2014

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    James Cameron

    James Cameron: creating the ‘Avatar’ franchise ‘is like having kids’ · Jan 2023

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    Rian Johnson

    Digging into ‘Wake Up Dead Man’ with Rian Johnson and Ram Bergman · Nov 2025

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