From KCRW in Santa Monica, I'm Claude Brodesser Ackner, and this is The Business.

So you still want to do the show business, and you think that you got what it takes?

I mean, you really got a rap and be all at, but prepare yourself for the brakes. Check it out.

This week on the business, getting famous isn't all it's cracked up to be. Just ask Peter Jacobson,

also known as Dr. Chris Taub on Fox's hit medical drama, House.

Plus, what's going on inside the head of aging Viacom chief Sumner Redstone? And what does it mean for the future of his company?

But first, it's the Hollywood News Caravan. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

While Paul Blart,

mall cop, made $80 million at the box office,

it may have cost Tinsletown almost a quarter billion in tax breaks.

Record-breaking box office tallies in January have caused senators like John McCain to bag the idea of including Hollywood in the economic stimulus package. A proposed 50% write-off

provision would have applied to all films that went into actual production this year. Of course,

you have to remember, the 72-year-old McCain still refers to movies as the talkies.

He might be a little out of touch with the modern entertainment economy.

These days, box office receipts are only a small part of the business.

To wit, while Paul Blart has shored up Sony's studio numbers,

the Sony Corporation just reported a 25% drop in revenue

and a 95% drop in quarterly profit.

Ouch.

Washington may be turning its back on the movie industry, but it should keep an eye on the

concert business.

The New York Times reported last week that Ticketmaster, which has a death grip on ticketing,

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