{"id":5270,"date":"2014-01-07T16:07:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qgp.ykq.mybluehost.me\/cinephiled\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2014-01-07T16:16:01","modified_gmt":"2014-01-08T00:16:01","slug":"lunch-eric-singer-co-screenwriter-american-hustle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinephiled.com\/lunch-eric-singer-co-screenwriter-american-hustle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lunch with Eric Singer, Co-Screenwriter of &#8216;American Hustle&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Singer, the co-writer of <em>American Hustle<\/em> (alongside director David O. Russell) joins The Lunch Podcast this week; after dining at Hugo&#8217;s in West Hollywood, Singer and host James Rocchi discussed everything from his childhood cinema &#8216;gateway drug&#8217; The Z Channel, to what it&#8217;s like to interview a retired professional con man for three weeks. 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