From KCRW in Santa Monica and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business.

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What's with him?

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone Hollywood.

This week on the business, we asked Tom Shadyak, the director behind Ace Ventura and

Evan Almighty, if he's gone crazy or found sanity.

He's abandoned the trappings of Hollywood, even the private jet, and turned his lens

on spiritual matters. Plus, sales agent Stuart Ford takes the temperature of the international

film market. But first, it's the Hollywood news banter. Stick around. It's the business from

KCRW. You can imagine Hollywood, everything is really driven by making money.

What's with him?

Oh, I'm afraid he's gone to Hollywood, Hollywood.

I'm joined in the studio by my partner in banter, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.

Hello, John.

Hello, Kim.

So, John, the Oscars, it's just about a week ago since the Oscars finally, finally happened. And the ratings, not so good. The Oscars, the only awards shown that did not get a bump in the ratings. The Golden Globes were up. The Grammys were up and the Oscars were down about 10% and 11% with the key kind of young adult demographic.

Which is bad, 37.6 million people roughly watching, but not good enough to match, you know, strong years.

And when you have a lineup like they had this year with two young hosts who didn't necessarily get the best reviews. And, you know, a bunch of

commercial movies, including Black Swan, which certainly appealed to a younger audience. I don't know how the

Academy, how are they going to improve? That's a fundamental question. How do you fix the show?

I mean, they said they were going to try to attract a younger audience. And like the first film clip was gone with a wind. And there's no way to say this politely. But then

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