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	<description>Showbiz Sandbox is a podcast featuring industry professionals J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward and Michael Giltz’s humorous viewpoints, insightful analysis and insider opinions on the latest entertainment news headlines. The weekly podcast features renowned industry guests, as well as phone calls and emails from listeners who voice their own opinions on the child’s play of the entertainment business.</description>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 70: Digital or Bust &#8211; The Future of Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems a new electronic reading device is released every week.  It&#8217;s no wonder the sale of e-books has begun to outpace traditional print copies.  Ryan Chapman, the online marketing manager for publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux, talks about how the industry is dealing with the new technology and in certain instances, using [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/09/06/showbiz-sandbox-70-digital-or-bust-the-future-of-reading/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 69: The Emmys Shine In Google TV&#8217;s Shadow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Host Jimmy Fallon helped pump some energy into this year&#8217;s Emmy Awards where a lot of new names and shows walked away with trophies.  Rick Porter, staff editor at Zap2it, provides some details about who won and who lost.  And the Emmy telecast received rave reviews.  One of the shows writers was David Wild, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/08/30/showbiz-sandbox-69-the-emmys-shine-in-google-tvs-shadow/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 68: Who Said Jennifer Aniston Was A Movie Star?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who would have guessed that in this day and age a Sylvester Stallone movie could top the box office for two straight weeks. But Sly&#8217;s &#8220;The Expendables&#8221; finished first with $16 million beating out five new releases including the Jennifer Aniston vehicle &#8220;Switched&#8221;.  The dramedy opened to a disappointing $8.1 million prompting entertainment pundits [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/08/23/showbiz-sandbox-episode-68-who-said-jennifer-aniston-was-a-movie-star/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 67: Cheap Digital Music Downloads Are On (Arcade) Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The indie rock group Arcade Fire topped the album charts for the first time in their career with the release of their third album &#8220;The Suburbs&#8221; which moved more than 156,000 copies in its first week.  However more than 97,000 of those albums were sold digitally at significantly reduced prices.  Are digital music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/08/17/showbiz-sandbox-67-cheap-digital-music-downloads-are-on-arcade-fire/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 66: Why Audiences Are Avoiding 3D Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though 3D movies seem to be all the rage in Hollywood these days, it turns out fewer people are actually seeing them.  Ever since the release of &#8220;Avatar&#8221; 3D&#8217;s box office earnings have been trending downward.  Reporter Ben Fritz and columnist Patrick Goldstein, both from the Los Angeles Times, help us understand why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/08/09/showbiz-sandbox-66-why-audiences-are-avoiding-3d-movies/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 65: Hollywood&#8217;s Love/Hate Relationship With Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer a number of movies had enormous box office drop offs in their second day of release and studios blamed it on what they termed the Twitter Effect.  Daniel Frankel from The Wrap joins us to explain how the social media trend that was going to revolutionize word-of-mouth hasn&#8217;t demonstrably done so.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/08/02/showbiz-sandbox-65-hollywoods-lovehate-relationship-with-twitter/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 64: Buzzing About Comic-Con, Digital Comics and E-Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times, Alex Billington of First Showing and Anne Thompson of indieWIRE all attended the 41st annual Comic-Con.  They stop by to fill us in on all the the movies and television shows that managed to generate a lot of buzz (as well as a few that fizzled).  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/07/26/showbiz-sandbox-64-buzzing-about-comic-con-digital-comics-and-e-books/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 63: Mel Gibson Wishes It Were All A Dream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated film “Inception” jumped to the top of the North American box office upon release.  The follow-up to the director’s blockbuster “The Dark Knight” has some critics buzzing about a Best Picture Oscar nomination.
Academy Award nominations are the least of Mel Gibson’s problems.  After being caught on tape screaming obscenities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/07/19/showbiz-sandbox-63-mel-gibson-wishes-it-were-all-a-dream/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 62: The Secret Behind Hollywood’s Accounting Practices</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How is it the last Harry Potter film can gross $938 million but still lose $130 million?  Journalist and author Edward Jay Epstein joins us to unravel some of Hollywood’s quirky accounting practices.  He’s written two books on the subject; The Hollywood Economist: The Hidden Financial Reality Behind the Movies and The Big [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/07/12/showbiz-sandbox-62-the-secret-behind-hollywoods-accounting-practices/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 61: Andrew Garfield Fills Spider-Man&#8217;s Reboots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[That &#8220;Twilight Saga: Eclipse: wound up at the top of the box office over the Fourth of July holiday weekend with $280 million worldwide was not a big shock, however the casting of Andrew Garfield to play Spider-Man in the next installment of the franchise came as a surprise.  Entertainment journalist Michael Giltz has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/07/05/showbiz-sandbox-61-andrew-garfield-fills-spider-mans-reboots/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 60: Reality TV Doesn&#8217;t Kid Around</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a minor working on a reality television series it turns out there are no child labor laws that protect you.  A month long investigation by the Los Angeles Times found  dozens of kids appearing on reality programs without legal safeguards due to widespread uncertainty about how to classify the shows. Times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/06/28/showbiz-sandbox-60-reality-tv-doesnt-kid-around/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 59: Movie Piracy Becomes Unthinkable</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On the weekend of June 11th the film &#8220;Unthinkable&#8221; starring Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Sheen rocketed up the Internet Movie Database&#8217;s MovieMeter.  It wound up at number three beating out such new releases as &#8220;Get Him To The Greek&#8221; and &#8220;Shrek Forever After&#8221;.  The funny thing is, this film wasn&#8217;t playing in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/06/21/showbiz-sandbox-59-movie-piracy-becomes-unthinkable/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 58: Celebrities Take Over Broadway</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Tony Awards were held on Sunday evening honoring the year&#8217;s best Broadway productions and performances.  Brian Scott Lipton the editor-in-chief of TheaterMania.com was there and he stops by to fill us in on all the big winners, memorable moments and why so many movie stars are currently working in theater.
The 11th Annual Golden [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/06/14/showbiz-sandbox-58-celebrities-take-over-broadway/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 57: A Memo From James Cameron</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was kind of a slow news week in the entertainment world, especially when it comes to the North American box office.  Movie attendance is down 10% over last year&#8217;s summer blockbuster season.  Hollywood Reporter deputy film editor Carl DiOrio stops by with his theories as to why audiences are staying away from this year&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/06/07/showbiz-sandbox-57-a-memo-from-james-cameron/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 56: What You Talkin&#8217; Bout Guillermo?!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The past week&#8217;s entertainment news was filled with surprises.  First Gary Coleman, star of the hit 80&#8217;s sitcom unexpectedly died at the age of 42 from a brain hemorrhage.  Then, after more than two years of work, the ongoing turmoil at MGM causes director Guillermo del Toro call it quits on the film [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/06/01/showbiz-sandbox-56-what-you-talkin-bout-guillermo/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 55: I Want My Google TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official. Google is getting into the television business with help from Sony and Logitech.  Will making television searchable cause viewership to rise?  On the other hand, movies have apparently found a way to shrink their audience &#8211; raise movie ticket prices.  While &#8220;Shrek Forever After&#8221; may have topped the North American [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/05/25/showbiz-sandbox-55-i-want-my-google-tv/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 54: Le Petit Cannes &#8211; Downsizing The Festival</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of our co-hosts, Michael Giltz and J. Sperling Reich, are still at the Cannes Film Festival. Along with David Bourgeois, who is covering Cannes for Movieline, they discuss all the films they&#8217;ve seen, which ones they&#8217;ve liked, which ones are duds and the trends emerging at this year&#8217;s festival.  So far it seems [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/05/17/showbiz-sandbox-54-le-petit-cannes-downsizing-the-festival/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 53: I&#8217;m Sleeping With Richard Dreyfuss</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Cannes Film Festival kicks off in France this week and our very own Michael Giltz and J. Sperling Reich are on the Croisette to cover all the news.  When they&#8217;re not sharing a bed they&#8217;ll be seeing all the big movies and speaking with all the filmmakers.
Back in North America &#8220;Iron Man 2&#8243; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/05/11/showbiz-sandbox-53-im-sleeping-with-richard-dreyfuss/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 52: Recruiting Sandra Bullock&#8217;s Baby</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things could have gone better this past week for the hosts of Showbiz Sandbox.  J. Sperling Reich couldn&#8217;t connect to the Internet, Michael Giltz was almost washed away by a flood in Nashville, Tennessee and Karen Woodward showed up at her 20-year high school reunion only to find out that her high school crush was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/05/03/showbiz-sandbox-52-recruiting-sandra-bullocks-baby/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 51: Ridley Scott Believes 3D Is An &#8220;Alien&#8221; Concept</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hollywood just won&#8217;t stop talking about 3D movies, so unfortunately we can&#8217;t either.  It&#8217;s hard to argue against 3D when films like &#8220;How To Train Your Dragon&#8221; keep coming in first at the box office, even after five weeks in theaters.  With the announcement that &#8220;The Green Hornet&#8221; and &#8220;The Last Airbender&#8221; will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/04/26/showbiz-sandbox-51-ridley-scott-believes-3d-is-an-alien-concept/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 50: Coachella Gets Its Crowd On</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This year&#8217;s Coachella Music and Arts Festival was hot, sweaty and packed with great music from more than 120 bands.  Though an Icelandic volcano prevented some bands from traveling to Coachella this past weekend, a  record setting sold out crowd of 75,000 attended the festival in the Southern California desert.  Among them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/04/20/showbiz-sandbox-50-coachella-gets-its-crowd-on/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 49: Hollywood Experiences Premature Sequalization</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why movie studios love to make sequels of hit films? Well, these studios don&#8217;t even wait for a film to be released before announcing its sequel.  Steve Zeitchik of the Los Angeles Times fills us in on the sequel culture that has taken over Hollywood.
Meanwhile, the king and queen of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/04/12/showbiz-sandbox-49-hollywood-experiences-premature-sequalization/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 48: The Justin Bieber Swagger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet another 3D film release topped the box office this weekend, sort of.  &#8220;Clash of the Titans&#8221; was actually shot traditionally and had 3D added to it during post-production.  Many film critics and industry insiders are faulting the film&#8217;s 3D work, which was performed in only eight weeks.  Neil Feldman, the president and CEO of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/04/05/showbiz-sandbox-48-the-justin-beiber-swagger/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 47: Movie Ticket Prices Get Super Sized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another 3D film took the top spot at the box office this past weekend &#8211; &#8220;How To Train Your Dragon&#8221;.  It knocked the 3D &#8220;Alice In Wonderland&#8221; out of first place after three weeks.  As well, in order to play the film in 3D, theater owners were forced to take screens away from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/03/29/showbiz-sandbox-47-movie-ticket-prices-get-super-sized/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 46: Hollywood&#8217;s Latest Meme Is 3D</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;Wimpy Kid&#8221; couldn&#8217;t beat &#8220;Alice In Wonderland&#8221; at the box office this weekend.  The higher price for 3D tickets has turned &#8220;Alice&#8221; into Tim Burton&#8217;s most successful film.  And Hollywood studios have definitely noticed how well audiences are responding to 3D.  The new format is so hot that, much to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/03/22/showbiz-sandbox-46-hollywoods-latest-meme-is-3d/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 45: Changing Faces At Variety</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” took the top spot at the box office again this week, which might be why 3D is causing quite a stir at ShoWest this year in Las Vegas.  J. Sperling Reich fills us in on what theatre owners are talking about at the annual convention.
This week Hollywood suffered another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/03/15/showbiz-sandbox-45-changing-faces-at-variety/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 44: And The (Six) Oscars Go To&#8230; &#8220;Hurt Locker&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The ballots have been counted, the envelopes have been opened and the nominees have undoubtedly returned their ball gowns and tuxes.  Finally, after all the news coverage and public speculation about who would this year&#8217;s Oscars, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences put us out of our misery on Sunday during their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/03/08/showbiz-sandbox-44-and-the-six-oscars-go-to-hurt-locker/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 43: The Obligatory Oscar Predictions Episode</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After taking last week off we have to make up for some lost time during our latest episode.  This week the Oscar countdown begins as J. Sperling Reich, Michael Giltz, and Karen Woodward attempt to predict who will win some of the top prizes during this year&#8217;s ceremony next Sunday evening.  Academy Awards experts Anne [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/03/01/showbiz-sandbox-43-the-obligatory-oscar-predictions-episode/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 42: Tom Cruise Takes A Pay Cut, And Other Indignities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We only talk about &#8220;Avatar&#8221; for a couple of seconds in this week’s podcast, thank goodness. Instead, we focus on actors campaigning for their Oscars (and a few who aren’t).  We also discuss what we call “the 3D movie brouhaha” which has made Jeffrey Katzenberg irate.
In TV news, co-hosts Karen Woodward and Michael Giltz [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/02/15/showbiz-sandbox-42-tom-cruise-takes-a-pay-cut-and-other-indignities/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 41: Live Nation Becomes The Master Of Tickets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We swear we’re trying not to talk so much about Avatar, and although this seemed like a good week to skip the Ava-chat (congrats “Dear John!”), alas, the news cycle had other ideas.
But wait! There was also some important television news! Namely, the Super Bowl, which drew an average of 106.5 million people, just edging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/02/08/showbiz-sandbox-41-live-nation-becomes-the-master-of-tickets/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: And The Oscar Nominations Go To&#8230;.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Early Tuesday morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences handed out their nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards.  This is the first year since 1943 (when Casablanca won) that the Academy is expanding the list of Best Picture nominees to 10, up from the traditional five.  The Academy&#8217;s original goal in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/02/03/showbiz-sandbox-special-episode-and-the-oscar-nominations-go-to/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 40: Taylor Ain&#8217;t Swift At The Grammys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The highlights of this week’s entertainment news were the Grammys and Sundance.  First though, there was “Avatar”, “Avatar”, and more “Avatar”. The 3D wunderkind was number one at the box office again and has sold roughly 56 million tickets in North America so far. “Titanic” sold roughly 128 million admissions in North America, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/02/01/showbiz-sandbox-40-taylor-aint-swift-at-the-grammys/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 39: Chez Sundance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Co-host Karen Woodward puts a moratorium on any more talk of “Avatar”, James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic which continues to break box office records.  So instead, we skip straight to Sundance, where the atmosphere has gone from recession (last year) to depression (this year).  J. Sperling Reich is in the snowy, cold ski [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/01/25/showbiz-sandbox-39-chez-sundance/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 38: Gender Matters In Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Year may have started off slow, but 2010 is heating up! “Avatar” is on track to top “Titanic” as the highest grossing film of all time, The Golden Globes were handed out on Sunday and of course the late night talk show war has really taken some interesting turns.
Dylan Stableford who writes The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/01/18/showbiz-sandbox-38-gender-matters-in-hollywood/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 37: Conan and Leno&#8217;s Late Shift Shrift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official: Simon Cowell will be leaving &#8220;American Idol&#8221; this season and NBC (finally!) admits that airing &#8220;The Jay Leno Show&#8221; in primetime five nights a week was a mistake.  Cowell is headed off to start a new reality talent show, &#8220;X Factor&#8221;, while Jay Leno is headed back to his old late night [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/01/11/showbiz-sandbox-37-conan-and-lenos-late-shift-shrift/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 36: Can &#8220;Avatar&#8221; Beat &#8220;Titanic&#8221;? Heck No!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Avatar” continues its takeover of the box office, while “The Hurt Locker” appears to be taking over the awards season.  James Cameron’s 3D labor of love entered the list of top 10 grossing films of all time and may be poised to become the highest grossing movie ever, a title now held by another [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2010/01/07/showbiz-sandbox-36-can-avatar-beat-titanic-heck-no/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 35: Women In Hollywood&#8230; It&#8217;s Complicated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know it&#8217;s a slow entertainment news week when J. Sperling Reich, Karen Woodward, and Michael Giltz wind up talking about their personal arrest records. However even during the holiday season we can find showbiz news to talk about, not to mention places to talk. Michael joins us from the boisterous Cranky Café where he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/12/28/showbiz-sandbox-35-women-in-hollywood-its-complicated/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 34: Hollywood&#8217;s Box Office Billions Set New Record</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are joined this week by two of the film industry&#8217;s top box office pundits, Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com and Daniel Frankel of TheWrap.com.  They help us understand how the North American box office surpassed $10 billion in 2009 while releasing few films during an economic recession.  Of course, we also touch on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/12/21/showbiz-sandbox-34-hollywoods-box-office-billions-set-new-record/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 33: &#8220;Avatar&#8221; Is A $100 Hamburger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[James Rocchi was one of the lucky entertainment journalists invited to the “Avatar” premiere and press junket in London and he joins us this week to tell us all about it. Rocchi also helps us dissect all those year-end &#8220;Top 10&#8243; critics lists, not to mention one that rates the year&#8217;s best unproduced screenplays.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/12/14/showbiz-sandbox-33-avatar-is-a-100-hamburger/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 32: Grammys and Spirits and Comcast, Oh My!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild joins us this week to talk about the 52nd Annual Grammy nominations, a subject he knows a lot about since he&#8217;s one of the writers on the awards show.  If music isn&#8217;t your thing than maybe independent film is.  Eugene Hernandez, editor of indieWIRE drops by to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/12/07/showbiz-sandbox-32-grammys-and-spirits-and-comcast-oh-my/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 31: Blind Sided By Adam Lambert&#8217;s Double Standard</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While we all still may be sluggish from all the turkey and stuffing on Thanksgiving, the North American box office sure wasn&#8217;t. It set a record for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend as once again &#8220;The Blind Side&#8221; surprises everyone. The Sandra Bullock movie defied expectations to earn another $40 million over the five-day period, almost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/11/30/showbiz-sanbox-31-blind-sided-by-adam-lamberts-double-standard/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 30: &#8220;Modern Warfare&#8221; Stuns Hollywood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As predicted, the teen vampire romance “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” opened this week and earned record breaking box office.  The second installment of the &#8220;Twilight&#8221; franchise made $140 million in North America, making it one of the largest openings in history.  The film did manage to break the record for highest grossing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/11/23/showbiz-sandbox-30-modern-warfare-stuns-hollywood/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 29: Camped Out For &#8220;Twilight: New Moon&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a debate over titling this week’s episode &#8220;The Profanity Podcast &#8220;due to some various disagreements and the name of a new sitcom. Intrigued? Read on.
Harry Medved from Fandango.com joins us briefly to talk about next week’s number one movie at the box office, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.” (Did we get the name [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/11/16/showbiz-sandbox-29-camped-out-for-twilight-new-moon/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 28: Why Spider-Man Is Hard Up For $52 Million</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We don’t always talk about theater on the podcast, but Los Angeles Times staff writer John Horn wrote a story too good to resist. The Broadway debut of “Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark” has found its greatest enemy is the budget. Horn joins us to talk about the story behind one of the most troubled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/11/09/showbiz-sandbox-28-why-spider-man-is-hard-up-for-52-million/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 27: That&#8217;s It For &#8220;This Is It&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week we begin with Michael Giltz and Karen Woodward disagreeing over “This Is It,” the Michael Jackson documentary/concert film/eulogy. Is the film recommendable? Not according to the box office numbers, where the film brought in a disappointing $23 million. But since the film made $103 million worldwide J. Sperling Reich wanted to serve Michael [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/11/03/showbiz-sandbox-27-thats-it-for-this-is-it-2/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 26: Hollywood Struggles With New Business Models</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Freelance entertainment journalist Todd Gilchrist joins us this week to talk about movies, music, and journalism. (But he recused himself from discussing TV because he doesn’t watch a lot of it. [gasp!]) Fine. We’ll start with movies then.
&#8220;Paranormal Activity&#8221; took over the box office this week. The film has been so well received that Paramount, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/10/26/showbiz-sandbox-26-hollywood-struggles-with-new-business-models/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 25: Mr. Television Grades Freshman TV Shows (and Leno Flunks)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Television himself is our guest this week, which means we talk a lot about TV. Marc Berman is the senior television editor at MediaWeek and creator/editor of The Programming Insider, a daily online bible focused on all things television that reaches more than 50,000 readers per day. He even has a daily companion podcast [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/10/19/showbiz-sandbox-episode-25-mr-television-grades-freshman-tv-shows-and-leno-flunks/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: Are Bloggers Breaking The Rules?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Anne Thompson posted a story on Thompson On Hollywood last week questioning whether entertainment bloggers follow journalistic rules she had no intention of opening a Pandora&#8217;s box.  Nor did she mean to call out, or deride James Rocchi, a freelance entertainment writer and critic whose work appears on MSN and in Mother Jones magazine.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/10/16/showbiz-sandbox-special-episode-are-bloggers-breaking-the-rules/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 24: How To Get A Hero Complex</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our special guest this week is Geoff Boucher, full time entertainment writer for the Los Angeles Times and part time Wookiee. Geoff began the popular L.A. Times blog, Hero Complex, devoted to caped crusaders, zombies, wizards and all things superhero. With a tag line that reads &#8220;for your inner fanboy&#8221;, Hero Complex has quietly become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/10/12/showbiz-sandbox-episode-24-how-to-get-a-hero-complex/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 23: Letterman and Polanski Go To The Dogs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a bunch of dogs as our guests this week, also known as Famous Men Doing Bad Things.
First we take a look a the North American box office.  “Zombieland” won the top spot this week, beating out “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” “Toy Story/Toy Story 2,” “The Invention of Lying” (which could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/10/05/showbiz-sandbox-23-letterman-and-polanski-go-to-the-dogs/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 22: The Trouble With Indie Films, Roman Polanski and Hollywood Guilds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the Toronto Film Festival concluded last week only one of its official selections had been picked up for distribution.  This touched off a string of articles and blog posts from the likes of Anne Thompson and Roger Ebert on the state of  the independent film industry.  One of the more interesting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/09/28/showbiz-sandbox-22-the-trouble-with-indie-films-roman-polanski-and-hollywood-guilds/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 21: Name Dropping At The Emmys and Toronto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Three very special guests join us on this episode to discuss the Emmy Awards and the Toronto International Film Festival, including  Brill Bundy from Zap2it.com, Noel Murray from the Onion&#8217;s AV Club and David Poland from The Hot Blog and Movie City News.  Before we get into either of those hot topics Michael [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/09/21/showbiz-sandbox-21-name-dropping-at-the-emmys-and-toronto/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 20: Judging Ellen DeGeneres and 3D TV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting everyone’s schedules in sync was a challenge this week given that all of our hosts were in different cities. It certainly didn’t help the audio quality either. Michael Giltz reports in from Toronto where he is covering the Toronto Film Festival.
If you’re following Michael on Twitter then you already know what movies he’s seen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/09/14/showbiz-sandbox-20-judging-ellen-degeneres-and-3d-tv/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 19: The Beatles Get Mono (and Stereo!)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The focus is on music this week, with guests Bob Bolien of NPR’s All Songs blog and Sal Nunziato, former independent record store owner, and now freelance writer and blogger. Bob and Sal talk about the new Beatles box sets, how they find new music, and how the music industry is changing. . . or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/09/07/showbiz-sandbox-19-the-beatles-get-mono-and-stereo/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 18: It&#8217;s All Fun And Games Until Celebrities Start Dyin&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Landing at the top of the North American box office this weekend was “The Final Destination” with “Halloween 2,” directed by Rob Zombie, coming in third. Zombie may not be part of that Old White Male club of directors that the New York Times highlighted this week, but apparently he can make a successful film. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/09/03/showbiz-sandbox-18-its-all-fun-and-games-until-celebrities-start-dyin/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 17: Twitter Makes Movie Critics Important Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anne Thompson of “Thompson On Hollywood” joins us again this week, with big news of her own: Her blog is now a part of the indieWire network, where she will shine the Hollywood light on outlet which has traditionally covered the indie scene. Thompson can now be read at http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood, and you can always follow [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/08/24/showbiz-sandbox-17-twitter-makes-movie-critics-important-again/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 16: Hollywood Thinks Outside The Redbox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Poland of Movie City News joins us this week.  You might know Poland from his days at the Chicago Tribune, Entertainment Weekly or Roughcut, but he is most known as the columnist behind The Hot Button which has morphed into his blog, The Hot Blog.  He can also be seen on DP30 or his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/08/17/showbiz-sandbox-16-hollywood-thinks-outside-the-redbox/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 15: Ferris Bueller Is A Jerk!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it&#8217;s Korbi TV blog joins us again to discuss Paula Adbul leaving “American Idol,” Jeanine Mason winning “So You Think You Can Dance,” and this past week&#8217;s Television Critics Association press tour. But we begin with Box Office News:  “G.I Joe” won the weekend with over $56 million, although bad word of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/08/10/showbiz-sandbox-15-ferris-bueller-is-a-jerk/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 14: Zooey Deschanel Proves It&#8217;s Twee To Be You And Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First off, we took care of a little internal business by welcoming entertainment journalist Michael Giltz as an official co-host.
Alonso Duralde joins us this week. Alonso is the film critic at MSNBC.com and the author of &#8220;101 Must-See Movies for Gay Men&#8220;.  His reviews are featured regularly on The Rotten Tomatoes Show.  A [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/08/03/showbiz-sandbox-14-zooey-deschanel-proves-its-twee-to-be-you-and-me/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 13: Hooliganism At Comic-Con (Or Lack Thereof)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had a plethora of panelists this week, all of whom were in San Diego over the weekend to experience Comic-Con first hand. KPBS&#8217; Cinema Junkie blogger Beth Accomando covered the event for National Public Radio, Todd Gilchrist was there for Cinematical, SciFi Wire&#8217;s news editor Patrick Lee made the trip, as did Phillip Nakov [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/07/28/showbiz-sandbox-13-hooliganism-at-comic-con-or-lack-thereof/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox Special Episode: A Look Inside TMZ&#8217;s Michael Jackson Scoop</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When pop singer Michael Jackson died unexpectedly at the end of June news organizations all over the world frantically tried to keep up with the story.  What was noteworthy, and what will surely be a historical footnote to Jackson&#8217;s death, is that mainstream media such as newspapers and cable news networks were not the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/07/24/showbiz-sandbox-special-episode-a-look-inside-tmzs-michael-jackson-scoop/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 12: I Want To Be Korbi!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Korbi Ghosh of Zap2it&#8217;s Korbi TV blog joins us this week to discuss a bunch of television news including the Emmy nominations.  Korbi&#8217;s blog shares scoops, spoilers and breaking news with a community of fellow TV fanatics. She often appears on the TV Guide Channel, delivering her expert opinion on the television topic of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/07/20/episdoe-12-i-want-to-be-korbi/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 11: Wild About Michael Jackson (&#8230;and Neil Diamond)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rolling Stone contributing editor David Wild joins us this week to discuss the Michael Jackson memorial.  Wild is an Emmy-nominated television writer and a best selling author. on top of his work with Rolling Stone.  He recently worked on the magazine&#8217;s Michael Jackson tribute, and was also instrumental in putting together the pop star&#8217;s memorial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/07/13/wild-about-michael-jackson-and-neil-diamond/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 10: The Death Of Pop, Pinup Girls and (Possibly) 2D Movies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Roger Friedman, senior columnist for The Hollywood Reporter, and Showbiz411.com joins us along with writer Michael Giltz to discuss the death of Michael Jackson. Friedman has been covering Jackson since his first child molestation trial and is one of the trusted reporters covering the pop star’s life and death.
The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/06/29/showbiz-sandbox-10-the-death-of-pop-pinup-girls-and-possibly-2d-movies/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 9: I Loves Me A Good Ouster Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment journalist Michael Giltz provides his insight and wit again this week.
“The Proposal” topped the box office, and was Sandra Bullock’s biggest movie opening ever. Which begs the question, why is this not also “a Ryan Reynolds movie”? Sean Penn is taking a year off for some “personal time,” or perhaps he just wants to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/06/22/showbiz-sandbox-9-i-loves-me-a-good-ouster-story/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 8: Everybody&#8217;s A Critic On The Internet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This week “The Hangover” hung around, and “The Taking of Pelham 123” opened at lower numbers than expected.  Was the film miscast?
James Cameron proves he’s King of the World, or at least of the digital age, by pushing game publisher Ubisoft to create the videogame industry&#8217;s first stereoscopic title. What does this mean for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/06/15/showbiz-sandbox-8-everybodys-a-critic-on-the-internet/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 7: Talkin&#8217; Tonys And Trailers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Giltz of the New York Daily News, Huffington Post and The Advocate joins us to discuss all the winners (and losers) of this year&#8217;s Tony Awards.  Stephen Garrett, the co-founder of Kinetic Trailerworks also shows up to talk about picking up a few trophies at this year&#8217;s Golden Trailer Awards.  The Star [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/06/12/showbiz-sandbox-7-talkin-tonys-and-trailers/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 6: Down With &#8216;Up&#8217; And Other Contrarian Opinions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to be joined by journalist Anne Thompson of Thompson On Hollywood who recently returned to the United States after covering the Cannes Film Festival.  You may remember Anne as the West Coast Editor for Premiere Magazine and Film Comment, not to mention her stint as the Deputy Film Editor at The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/06/01/showbiz-sandbox-6-down-with-up-and-other-contrarian-opinions/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 5: A Travesty Of American Idol Justice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The week leading up to Memorial Day was chock full of juicy entertainment news.
The Cannes Film Festival wrapped up in France awarding Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke it&#8217;s top prize, the Palme d&#8217;Or.  Karen Woodward and J. Sperling Reich recap all the festival winners.  In North America the Ben Stiller starrer &#8220;Night At [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/05/25/showbiz-sandbox-5-a-travesty-of-american-idol-justice/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 4: Yes We Cannes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Entertainment journalist Michael Giltz joins the conversation to discuss everything from the Cannes Film Festival to who might win American Idol (he&#8217;s voting for Kris Allen).
Many members of the press, as well as festival-goers, took a pass on Cannes this year, but we recap some of the films that have screened thus far.  Mariah [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/05/18/showbiz-sandbox-4-yes-we-cannes/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 3: Award Season Redux</title>
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&#8220;Star Trek&#8221; cleans up at the box office earning $76 million in North America over the weekend while &#8220;Wolverine&#8221; pulled in another $27 million.  Fox sets release dates for its blockbusters in Mexico, though actors may not start kissing on telenovelas for a while.  &#8220;Billy Elliot&#8221; heads up the Tony Award nominations.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/05/11/showbiz-sandbox-3-award-season-redux-2/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 2: Disney Hearts Hulu, Endeavor Hearts William Morris</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Wolverine&#8221; opens big with $87 million in North American box office, Disney joins online video site Hulu.com, meanwhile Sony streams movies on Crackle.com.  An advance look at NBC&#8217;s uprfront announcement about which of their television shows are being picked up and which are dumped.  Scrubs may be back on ABC next season after all.  Hasbro [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/05/04/showbiz-sandbox-2-disney-hearts-hulu-endeavor-hearts-william-morris/</link>
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		<title>Showbiz Sandbox 1: The Replicability Podcast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talks to merge the William Morris and Endeavor talent agencies continue, while the Screen Actors Guild and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers may have finally reached an agreement on a new contract.  Critically acclaimed movies tank at the box office.  Fox closes Atomic, reshuffles release dates and hires Angelina Jolie for a biopic.  David Slade is selected for the third "Twilight" film.

MPAA visits Washington D.C., script doctors are kept busy writing for Tom Cruise.  Cannes unveils it's festival lineup and Francis Ford Coppola is not in it (though he is down the street at the Fortnight).  Jay Leno visits the hospital and Rod Blagojevich visits Hollywood (but not Costa Rica like he wanted).

A classic Pedro Almodovar film gets remade for the small screen, PBS goes online with its content and Oprah learns Twitter etiquette.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.showbizsandbox.com/2009/04/27/showbiz-sandbox-1-the-replicability-podcast/</link>
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