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

If you listen and learn, then you're going to be able to do anything you want next time.

Everybody thinks your business, business really, really, all white lights.

He doesn't clean, clean.

What's with him?

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

Hollywood.

This week on the business, Kevin Clash is a superstar, whether you've heard of him or not.

Clash has played Elmo on Sesame Street for 26 years.

He talks about being Elmo and shares his thoughts on Disney's new Muppets movie. Plus,

advice on making it in show business from animator Dale Baer. But first, 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 by my fellow banterer, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.

Hello, John.

Hello, Kim.

So, John, I'm just going to kick it off this way.

The Academy Awards, what is up with that?

All of a sudden, it feels like the year Forrest Gump won, and we have Billy Crystal hosting. We have, you know, an older movie producer producing.

The team that was brought into Jazz the Place Up is out, and the Academy, I think, has made any number of mistakes and now is paying a steep price for its errors.

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