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Lion's Gate; Labor Pains; Let's Do Lunch

What do the amazingly different but very successful films Crash, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Saw have in common? Nothing. And that's the genius of Lion's Gate Entertainment. Plus, clouds form over Hollywood's labor relations and the most powerful job in show business.

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By Claude Brodesser-Akner • Mar 27, 2006 • 30m Listen

What do the amazingly different but very successful films Crash, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Saw have in common? Nothing. And that's the genius of Lion's Gate Entertainment. Plus, clouds form over Hollywood's labor relations and the most powerful job in show business.

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    Claude Brodesser-Akner

    Star-Ledger / NJ.com

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