From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

I basically kind of went through the script and was like,

this feels like it's written by dudes.

Not only that, it feels like it's written by middle-aged dudes.

Or like, this feels a little creepy.

You know, like, it would just be like, no, this isn't feel right.

Blockers, the raunchy but far from mindless tale of three girlfriends who make a pact to lose their virginity on prom night, is comedy writer Kay Cannon's directorial debut.

When she was hired for the project, she had some work to do on a script about girls written by a bunch of guys.

This week, with the film Just Out on DVD, we're revisiting our conversation with Canon. She tells

us how she took a languishing project

and turned it into a timely comedy that

one raves at South by Southwest.

But first, an all-new

piping hot banter. Stick around.

It's the business from KCRW.

Music business from KCRW. I am joined by my buddy and banter, Matt Bellany of the Hollywood reporter.

Hello, Matt.

Hi there.

So the Emmy nominations just came out, and the big takeaway is that Netflix has moved ahead of HBO, Netflix with 112

nominations, HBO with 108. This is something that Netflix has been gunning for for a long time.

And as is often the case with Netflix, they spared no expense. They absolutely inundated the town,

billboards, events. They took a 30,000 square foot space in Los Angeles and had more than a dozen events, bringing stars. They worked hard. They're even now in the process of trying to buy billboards on the company that has the billboards because obviously they are in it to win it, not just this year. Yeah, you spend $8 billion a year on content as well.

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