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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   Danny Boyle

   Danny Boyle: Directs 'Trance' & The Olympics Opening Ceremony · Apr 2013

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   Peter Bogdanovich

   Filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich's Life in the Business · Jun 2013

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   Jason Segel

   ‘Shrinking’ co-creator & star Jason Segel: Live From KCRW HQ · Aug 2025

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   Vince Gilligan

   Vince Gilligan wants the audience to decide what ‘Pluribus’ is about · 3 episodes

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   Harry Shearer

   A Hollywood Producer Reborn; Harry Shearer Screens His Doc · Sep 2011

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   Jason Schwartzman

   Jason Schwartzman's Movie Music; Keanu Reeves' Documentary · Sep 2012

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   Mike Judge

   Mike Judge and Alec Berg on Making HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ · May 2014

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   Norman Lear

   TV legend Norman Lear on a lifetime of ‘experience’; Actors approve deal · 3 episodes

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   Larry Wilmore

   Larry Wilmore on defying stereotypes, building sprawling career · Nov 2022

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    Kathy Griffin

    Revisiting comedian Kathy Griffin, following her film premiere at SXSW · 2 episodes

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    Anita Hill

    Anita Hill and Nina Shaw on the Hollywood Commission · Oct 2020

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    Cheryl Strayed

    Cheryl Strayed and Liz Tigelaar on ‘Tiny Beautiful Things,’ WGA strike reactions · May 2023

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    Ira Glass

    Ira Glass and Mike Birbiglia Make a Movie; Phyllis Diller · Aug 2012

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    Thomas Kail

    'Grease: Live' Director Thomas Kail & Actor Sterling K. Brown · Aug 2016

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    Neil Patrick Harris

    Neil Patrick Harris; Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken on Acting · Nov 2012

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    Keegan-Michael Key

    Keegan-Michael Key on 'Key & Peele,' Flipping Expectations · Aug 2015

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    Bill Lawrence

    Bill Lawrence: A Modern Day Show-runner · Feb 2012

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    Jon Batiste

    Inside the Tom Cruise-Warner Bros. deal; Jon Batiste talks ‘American Symphony’ · Jan 2024

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    Morgan Neville

    Morgan Neville on his unexpected tearjerker, 'Won't You Be My Neighbor?' · Jun 2018

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    Pamela Anderson

    Pamela Anderson on second chances and ‘The Last Showgirl’; The Murdoch empire keeps unraveling · Feb 2025

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    Fred Savage

    Fred Savage: From 'Wonder Years' to Director's Chair · May 2013

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    Sean Hayes

    Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner Produce TV · Jun 2012

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    Adam McKay

    Director Adam McKay Finds the "Traumedy" in 'The Big Short' · Jan 2016

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    Bryan Fogel

    Bryan Fogel and Tom Ortenberg on ‘The Dissident’ · Jan 2021

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    Errol Morris

    Trump appoints Gail Slater to head DOJ antitrust division; Errol Morris & Jacob Soboroff on their film ‘Separated’ · 3 episodes

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    Frank Rich

    Talking 'Veep' with Frank Rich and Improv with Matt Walsh · May 2012

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    Lawrence Wright

    Author Lawrence Wright & former FBI agent Ali Soufan on 'The Looming Tower' · Apr 2018

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    Leslie Jones

    Comedian-actress Leslie Jones bares it all in raw memoir; HBO trolls critics · Nov 2023

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    Werner Herzog

    The Fearless Filmmaker, Werner Herzog · Nov 2011

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    Will Forte

    How Will Forte Became 'The Last Man on Earth' · Aug 2015

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    Tim Miller

    Tim Miller, Simon Kinberg on 'Deadpool' & that Mysterious Leak · Jun 2016

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    Adam Carolla

    Adam Carolla on Crowd-funding and Directing 'Road Hard' · Mar 2015

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    Andy Serkis

    'Breathe' director Andy Serkis & producer Jonathan Cavendish · Oct 2017

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    Christopher Nolan

    Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird on adapting ‘American Prometheus’; Disney’s proxy war wages on · Feb 2024

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    Eli Roth

    Eli Roth and Brian McGreevy Talk 'Hemlock Grove' · Apr 2012

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    Frank Oz

    Frank Oz and Victoria Labalme on 'Muppet Guys Talking' · Mar 2018

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    Gary Oldman

    Gary Oldman on ‘Slow Horses’; Edgar Bronfman Jr. enters the Paramount chat · 2 episodes

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    Gurinder Chadha

    Gurinder Chadha and Sarfraz Manzoor on ‘Blinded by the Light’ · Aug 2019

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    Hilary Swank

    Casting TV Shows; Hilary Swank in the Producer's Chair · May 2011

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    Jack Thorne

    Jack Thorne on ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Lord of the Flies,’ and his autism · May 2026

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