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On The Lot: 'Jem' tanks, goodbye to Maureen O'Hara
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Oct 26, 2015
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On The Lot: 'Jem' tanks, goodbye to Maureen O'Hara
'Jem and the Holograms' bombs at the box office. Will Hollywood react by making even less films targeted to young women?
Some worry that the flop of Jem and the Holograms will mean even less movies targeting young women.
Some worry that the flop of Jem and the Holograms will mean even less movies targeting young women.
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'Jem and the Holograms' bombs at the box office. Will Hollywood react by making even less films targeted to young women?

On this week's On the Lot with

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  • "Jem and the Holograms" barely makes a dent at the box office. Keegan analyzes what went wrong, and if this failure might make Hollywood even less likely to back films aimed at young women.
  • Maureen O'Hara, one of the last great stars of Hollywood's golden era, died over the weekend. She was 95. Keegan says she's one of the few women who could stand up on screen to big, male stars like John Wayne.
  • Plus, who's buying those advance tickets for Star Wars, and a dust-up between Quentin Tarantino and the NYPD.

To listen to the full interview, click on the blue audio player above.