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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, the Screen Actors Guild and the Producers are at an impasse.

So, what happens next?

We'll have analysis from Labor Zoologist, Jonathan Handel.

Plus, what happens when mavens of Mumblecore get the chance to go Hollywood?

We'll talk to Mark and Jay Deplaz, the writer-directors of the new film, Baghead.

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Will pragmatic actors finally rest control of the Screen Actors Guild from its hardliners?

For that matter, are the words pragmatic and actor mutually exclusive?

With negotiations at a standstill with producers, a new faction within the Screen Actors Guild

called Unite for Strength will challenge Sag's current Hollywood leadership cabal in this September's

election. If Unite for Strength takes over on the West Coast, a deal will likely be made with

producers within days, because control of the SAG National Board now rests with a different

faction, called membership first, which opposes the producers, quote, last best and final

offer. We'll have more about SAG coming up in a bit, but speaking of actors, Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid Thespians came out last week, and it paints a dispiriting picture of women's lib.

Hollywood's ten best-paid actors out-earned the ten best-paid actresses, two-to-one last year.

Forbes also found that while Will Smith and Johnny Depp earned the most,

80 million and 72 million respectively, it's actually Vince Vaughn who gave the highest return on

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