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,

and prepare yourself for the breaks, check it out.

This week on the business, the divide between movies that make money and movies that get awards,

has been growing in the last few years. Why?

And what does that say about how Hollywood is changing?

Plus, the 1967 Oscars signaled a coming cinematic revolution.

Is this year's crop of Best Picture nominees the Harbinger of another one?

But first, it's the Hollywood News Caravan.

Go nowhere, it's the business from NPR.

Okay, I'm tired of labor news.

You're tired of labor news.

So, what are we going to do?

We're going to talk about labor news.

The Directors Guild members approved their new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television

producers last week. The Guild won't tell us the actual vote count, but DGA President Michael

Apted said that members were, quote, overwhelmingly in favor of the deal. Taking that vote as one

more opportunity to knee the riders in the groin,

the producers released a snotty statement, saying, quote,

Our negotiations with the DGA proved beyond any doubt that when both parties are prepared to bargain seriously,

groundbreaking new media labor pacts can be reached without resorting to harmful and unnecessary strikes.

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