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, but prepare yourself for the brakes.

Check it out.

This week on the business, we go to threat level red, as we look at filming abroad in a time of terrorism and political unrest.

We'll talk to a man who knows the risks of filming just about anywhere

and the producer who's experienced those risks firsthand.

Plus, why has Pan's Labyrinth become the highest-grossing Spanish-language film in North American history?

But first, it's the Hollywood News Caravan.

Don't go anywhere.

It's the business from NPR.

And now, the quote of the week.

Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Carmisen,

grilled by the antitrust task force of the House Judiciary Committee last week,

had this to say about the proposed $13 billion XM Sirius merger.

Quote,

We are absolutely convinced this merger will be in the best interest of consumers,

said Carmesan, adding,

this merger will give consumers more choice at a lower price,

and more importantly, less confusion.

Oh, and this just in, war is peace, freedom is slavery, and ignorance is strength.

Meanwhile, did he or Didn't He?

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