Spring Megabanter: Cannes flops, Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI, underwhelming box offices

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Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ and the politics of getting a movie seen

This week, Kim Masters sits down with Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney to talk about his new film, Musk. Gibney explains how the project grew from two hours to nearly four as Elon Musk aligned himself with Donald Trump, and the unexpected difficulties he faced when major s ...  Show more

Inside the great Netflix shakeup

It’s official: Bela Bajaria and Dan Lin are out at Netflix, and Peter Rice is in as the streamer’s new chief content officer. Kim Masters and Matt Belloni break down the shakeup, how Rice landed the top job, and who he might recruit to oversee Netflix’s future projects. Plus, we’ ...  Show more

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