On To the Point, we try to make sense of the policy debates and the political side shows on the campaign trail.

Ted Cruz wrapping the bacon around the semi-automatic weapon to cook it.

I understand that trade is not a sexy issue.

Nobody knows where the Republican Party is going to land.

I mean, it's kind of like a country road. No one knows where it will end.

In many ways, Marco Rubio is the Michael Jordan of American politics.

I'm Warren Alney.

To the Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign.

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From KCRW and KCRW.com, I'm Kim Masters, and this is the business. For me, he was Mel. He was this

very fine actor, and then the alcohol came and stuff. So when I heard those tapes, I cried.

They were kind of shocking to me. When director George Miller launched the Mad Max series with Mel Gibson,

he could not have anticipated the troubles that lay in store for his star.

But he did see signs of a tortured soul.

Now Oscar nominated for the newest version of Mad Max with Tom Hardy as the lead,

Miller takes us through his eclectic career,

Mad Max, Witches of Eastwick, Lorenzo's Oil, and Babe.

He tells us how Jack Nicholson taught him to stay calm when surrounded by Hollywood Crazy.

But first on the news banter, the major guilds have spoken and their best picture choices

leave us guessing.

Stay tuned. It's the business from KCRW.

I'm joined by my partner in banter who has a slight affliction of the voice, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood Reporter. Can you say hello, Matt?

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