War of the Blockbusters

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
Owen Gleiberman, Film Critic at Entertainment Weekly,
-gives the lowdown on summer movies
» Entertainment Weekly
and then is joined by
Sharon Waxman, Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times and author, Rebels on the Backlot: Maverick Directors And How They Conquered The Hollywood Studio System (HarperCollins, 2005),
-on when stars' personal lives are more interesting than their movies
» "You've Read the Gossip; Still Want to See the Movie?" (The New York Times)
» "Rebels on the Backlot"

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