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

Early on, when you're a young actor, it's very difficult to try and impress someone

in, you know, 30 seconds.

But if you do an impersonation, you can do that.

Steve Coogan's impersonations of Michael Kane, among others, slayed audiences in the movie The Trip.

But with his new film, Filamina, about a woman's quest to find the child that was taken from her,

this British comic is branching out.

Pugan also talks about his bouts with the British tabloids

and his fight against phone hacking.

But first on the Hollywood news banter,

the awards race takes shape.

Stick around.

It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my banter buddy, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.

Hello, John.

Hello, Kim.

So, John, awards season in full swing.

We now have the Screen Actors Guild nominations and, of course,

the Golden Globes, the award ceremony that we love to mock as it grows and grows into a giant

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