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To say that these are bonkers times for Hollywood would be underselling it.
Streaming services canevaporate into thin air,sometimes mere weeks after launch.
Will Netflix kill the movie business?
Will the market kill Netflix?
Will Ryan Murphy kill again?
Never has the Biz felt more like a bloodsport.
In that regard, one particular podcast has increasingly stood out this year:The Town.
To be sure, there are plenty of other ways to keep close tabs on entertainment scuttlebutt.
Such is the pleasure on offer withThe Town, which effectively marries industry hullabaloo with a sports-radio sensibility.
Which entertainment conglomerate is up?
Which studio is down?
Which non-Chapek executive had the worst year?
IsThe Way of Watera bomb, or are you just dreaming?
Is that streaming service in a rebuild, or is it dead in the water?
Wrap me in meta narratives; thats precisely how I like my movies.
(The Townis published by both Puck and The Ringer.
Its produced by Craig Horlbeck, who also serves as the Andy Richter to Bellonis Conan OBrien.)
Belloni isnt a stranger to gabbing about talent deals in front of a microphone.
Most importantly, you also want someone who has strong, preferably informed, fundamentally grouchy opinions.
A little meanness can go a long way.
Even the lowest of talent, podcasters.
Actually, Im not.
More often than now, youre bound to hear something interesting on any given episode.
