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...million. But the real boost came from outsiders, especially U.S. studios, which poured $1.12 billion into filming Bond and Potter as well as non-English creations using the country's locations, talent or technical know-how. That's the level of activity the industry might have expected after a bumper year like 2003 when Bridget Jones joined forces with Troy and Alexander to help generate $2.2 billion...
...LeapFrog learning toys (www.leapfrog.com), and this year the company has a bumper crop. Fans of the Colbert Report may have seen Stephen playing with the 100 Hoops basketball counting game ($25, ages 3-6); he jokingly called it a ?threat? because it teaches kids English and Spanish. There?s another cute bilingual counting game for kids in the 6-36 month age group ? the Learn & Groove Counting Maracas...
...Casino Royale” debunks most 007 conventions with pleasure, including the pinball-bumper array of women off which James bounces and the resultant bevy of female conquests. Craig scores only once in the film, and even then it’s not made with the traditional smile or joke resulting (in more recent films) in a gruesomely long sex scene. Bond does make it with Vesper, but only after nearly an hour of psychological sparring...
...straightforward reduction in deaths, the end result is actually a more complicated redistribution of risk and fatalities. For the sake of argument, offers Adams, imagine how it might affect the behavior of drivers if a sharp stake were mounted in the middle of the steering wheel? Or if the bumper were packed with explosives. Perverse, yes, but it certainly provides a vivid example of how a perception of risk could modify behavior...
...success that American shows are experiencing internationally is an outgrowth of the fierce competition for audiences at home. As networks have competed for a shrinking piece of the viewer pie, executives have pushed writers and producers to think more imaginatively and outside the box. The result is a bumper crop of one-hour dramas, such as Lost and 24. "This is the golden age of American television," says Newman...