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The Town with Matthew Belloni

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The Town with Matthew Belloni

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.31.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Are the middlemen who have dominated Hollywood for decades in trouble? Matt is joined by Bloomberg’s Lucas Shaw to discuss the future for Hollywood intermediaries, the ongoing turmoil at Disney, and Rachel Zegler of 'West Side Story’ not receiving an invitation to the Oscars. Host: Matt Belloni Guest: Lucas Shaw Producer: Craig Horlbeck Theme Song: Devon Renaldo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Joanna, do you ever wish you could definitively prove that you had the right opinions about movies?

0:05.7

Uh, yeah, Neil, because I do have the right opinions about movies and television, right, Dave?

0:09.8

No, because I'm more right about those things, and I demand trial by content.

0:14.3

Oh, boy, what is trial by content?

0:16.6

Each week, we'll take on a huge question.

0:18.5

Each of us will bring a choice and combine with listener submissions and your votes,

0:21.9

we will come to a decision.

0:23.1

It's trial by content every Tuesday on Spotify, the ringer.com, wherever you're listening right now.

0:27.3

Don't let Neil win.

0:28.5

Don't let Dave win.

0:32.4

Hello, everyone.

0:33.1

Today is Monday, March 21st.

0:35.1

Happy spring.

0:35.9

And today I will be joined by Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw, who writes a great newsletter on

0:39.9

entertainment and music.

0:41.2

We'll be talking crypto, but not in a way that will make your ears bleed.

0:44.6

It will be about crypto and Hollywood and are the middlemen that have dominated the entertainment

0:48.9

industry for decades suddenly on blast.

0:52.2

We'll have some opinions on that.

0:54.3

We're also going to talk Bob versus Bob

0:56.1

and the battle at Disney,

0:58.0

which is a big topic in entertainment these days.

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