Introducing: Variety Confidential

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Abusers in Hollywood are as old as the Hollywood Sign itself.
And while fame is the ultimate prize in Tinseltown, underneath
it lies a shroud of mystery. From Variety, Hollywood's number
one entertainment news source and iHeart podcasts, come Variety Confidential.
We'll look at what lies beneath the glitzy image of

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Hollywood's Golden Age and all the sex, money and murder
that's been swept under the rug for decades. I'm your host,
Tracy Patton, and in season one, we'll focus on the
secret History of the Casting couch. To explore this scandalous
history of Hollywood's casting process using the Variety Archives, each

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episode offers a rare glimpse into little known casting couch
stories that have long lived in the shadows. These are
stories of sexual abuse, the powerful people behind that abuse,
and what happened to the victims and their abusers in
the end. So join us as we navigate the tangled
web of Hollywood's secret history of sex, money, and murder

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along with expert Variety reporters and correspondents. Subscribe now to
Variety Confidential wherever you get your podcasts.