Tony Kaye and the Hollywood 'Lake of Fire'

The Business

KCRW

Tv & Film

4.6 • 676 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2007

⏱️ 29 minutes

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After a high-profile legal battle to take his name off American History X and replace it with a wacky pseudonym, Tony Kaye became persona non grata in Hollywood. Nearly a decade later, he's back with a new documentary in theaters and two features on the way.

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0:00.0	From KCRW in Santa Monica, I'm Claude Browdessa Ackner, and this is The Business.
0:05.0	So you still want to do the show business, and you think that you got what it takes, I mean you really got a rap and be all at, but prepare yourself for the brakes. Check it out.
0:14.8	This week on the business, after a high-profile legal battle to take his name off of American History X and replace it with a wacky
0:21.8	pseudonym, director Tony Kay became persona non grata in Hollywood.
0:26.5	Nearly a decade later, he's back, with a new documentary in theaters and two features on the way.
0:32.3	But first, it's the Hollywood News Caravan.
0:34.8	Stick around. It's the business from NPR.
0:42.7	Music the Hollywood News Caravan. Stick around. It's the business from NPR. While Hollywood is rife with rancorous labor talks, E. Entertainment Television has made
0:47.7	a stunning employee relations move. They'll be providing health insurance benefits to all of their
0:53.4	freelance producers.
0:54.7	And they've decided to make more than 100 associate producers eligible for overtime pay, retroactive for the last three years.
1:02.9	The change will head off a class action lawsuit by the Producers Guild.
1:06.6	The Guild was particularly concerned about the many producers who'd worked on E. True Hollywood story and developed Cancer of the Conscience. In another move related to ongoing contract talks,
1:18.0	the Writers Guild announced the creation of a new award for video game writers. The Guild hopes
1:23.5	the move will expand its membership. Writers Guild President Patrick Verone said, quote,
1:28.3	By recognizing the skill and craft of video game writing,
1:31.3	the Writers' Guild intends to raise the profile of these writers
1:34.3	so they can get WGA contracts and benefits for this work, end quote.
1:39.3	Verone added, quote, we aim, we shoot, we score, to which we say, huh?
1:47.6	Video games are merging more into the Hollywood mainstream. Last week, Disney announced it
1:52.8	will hire name brand Hollywood actors for its first mature-rated video game title, Turak.
1:58.7	Actors like Donnie Wahlberg, Ron Perlman, and Tim Oliphant will voice the game
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