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...Indian and British markets. As Sharad Devarajan - ceo of the U.S.-based Gotham Entertainment Group, the largest publisher of comics in South Asia and a collaborator with Branson - puts it, the goal is to create "the next wave of global mythology." The new business is testament to the global boom in the $50 billion-a-year animation industry. Hayao Miyazaki is living proof that indigenous storytelling has international appeal. Three of the top five grossing films in Japanese history were produced by Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli. Of those, Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle were honored by the Oscar...
...settling deeper into Central America, lured there as much by the laid-back ethos as by the lush forests and beckoning beaches. Costa Rica alone, according to the foreign-retiree association Casa Canada in San José, plays host to 50,000 Americans. That migration has spawned a real estate boom in scenic coastal and mountain towns from Honduras to Panama...
...boom has its ugly-American side. Beachfront development has devastated parts of the reef around the diver's paradise of Roatán, the best-known of Honduras' storied Bay Islands. And although Antigua and Costa Rica are relatively safe, burglaries are up in Honduras, driving the development of gated communities. But Bill and Judith Allred, who in 1998 bought a pod-style home in Roatán conceived by the Canadian designer Hal Sorrenti, say common sense helps ward off crime. "This isn't St. Barts," says Judith. "You don't go out at night wearing jewels...
Busta Rhymes “Touch It (Remix)” Dir. Benny Boom Oh, please, please don’t let Busta Rhymes be remembered as the “Don’t Cha” rapper. One of the best hip-hop singles artist of the last ten years, the 33-year-old ex-Leader of the New School/Native Tongues badass/Grand Inquisitor of the Scenario/Co-Keeper of Y’all in Check/General Director of Hands Placement for Visual Optimization/Executive Breaker of Necks/Ordained Minister of Courvoisier Passage/Professor Emeritus of Lighting Ya Ass On Fire finally sounds a little...
...moment, though, even a place like Shanghai, hardly known for glacial temperatures, is cashing in on China's ski boom. The city is home to Asia's largest indoor ski dome, Yinqixing (Seven Silver Stars). With a slope that's just 380 m long, the $36 million facility isn't designed for serious ski bums. The steepest section of the hill is only 17 degrees, the snow feels more like Sno-Cone crystals than real powder and there are no lifts?just an escalator that takes skiers partway up the slope. Still, a Yinqixing spokesman says the facility has recorded...