Hollywood Breakdown

Matt Holzman sits in for Kim Masters who's on vacation. He and John Horn discuss the Writers Guild Awards nominations and those of the Producers Guild Awards. Horn bets that the PGA list of best pictures could be predictive of the Oscars. They also discuss the surprise box office success of little movies like True Grit, Black Swan and The King's Speech. These movies are doing well largely based on word of mouth not splashy marketing campaigns.

Kim and John break down some of the top entertainment business stories of 2010.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominees.  Kim and John debate the wisdom, value and business of these awards.

Kim and John discuss the latest developments and theories in the Ronni Chasen murder case.

Kim and John discuss the recent suicide of a "person of interest" in the murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen.

Earlier this week publicist Ronni Chasen was found murdered in her car as she was on her way home from the premiere of the movie "Burlesque." Kim and John talk about the gatherings to mourn her, her legacy in the business and the state of the murder investigation.

Kim and John discuss the wild drama in the executive suites at NBC/Universal in the run up to the Comcast take-over.

The new Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire) movie, 127 Hours, starring James Franco opens this weekend.  The film is based on the true story of Aaron Ralston, the mountain climber who had to cut off his own forearm to save himself when trapped in a while hiking. Though Fox Searchlight, the studio behind the movie, has big awards hopes for the movie, audiences at film festival from Telluride to Toronto to Mill Valley and beyond have been fainting in screenings because of the intensity of the footage.

Kim and John discuss what was the deal of the week and perhaps of the year. James Cameron struck a deal with Fox Studios to make two sequels to his blockbuster 3D feature film, Avatar....

Kim and John discuss the newest issue of GQ, which shows some Hollywood types behaving badly, including the cast of Fox's hit show Glee appear in a racy photo-shoot revealing lots of skin and not much else, and former HBO head Chris Albrecht's potentially self-destructive interview.