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

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

Everybody takes your business, really, really, all white life.

He doesn't clean.

What's with him?

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

This week on the business, how and why the ambitious Norwegian adventure film Contiki

was shot in two versions at once.

Plus, a little-known U.S. filmmaker finally gets to make his movie, but in China,

where he doesn't actually speak the language.

First, it's 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? Him. Him.

I'm joined by my fellow banterer, John Horn of the Los Angeles Times.

Hello, John.

Hello, Kim.

So, John, we were among the many who jumped on Netflix a couple of years ago when they took some missteps and started trying to change how they charged people.

But, boy, it seems like comeback trail has not only been hit, but they're well along on that trail.

Yeah, we beat the candy out of that pinata, and they're back in good shape. They're filled with candy.

I mean, they released some earnings that were amazing. And I think what they proved is that they're very much a peer as they want to be to HBO.

Their subscribers right now, according to S&L Kagan, is about

27.9 million people who are streaming Netflix, and HBO is at 28.7 million paid US subscribers.

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