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...replied, “We think it’s something that people might genuinely enjoy—the romance, the adventure, and the mystery.” But there is a bit more to “Donnie Darko” than just your typical coming-of-age fare. Much of the film’s confusing appeal comes from elements like space-time worm holes and jet engines crashing through the roof. Stern says he’s not too concerned about recreating these iconic moments. “To express the film’s larger visual...
...Kraft CEO Irene Rosenfeld, whose company makes such hardly wholesome fare as bacon, macaroni and cheese, and frozen pizza, the opportunity to buy Danone's cookie business was too tempting to resist. "It will increase our presence in snacks--our fastest-growing global segment--and transform our international business," she says...
...Live, the second largest concert promoter after Live Nation. Phillips says Warner Music contacted him a few months ago to be a potential partner when they were worried about Madonna being stolen away, though the two didn't ultimately make a deal. "I think an artist can fare better with direct relationships. It takes different skill sets to maximize revenue in the different areas and the artist cheats herself by trying to put it all together...
...While big-budget Bollywood productions continue to dominate India's movie screens, smaller, alternative films are beginning to jostle for space. Helped by evolving audience tastes and greater availability of finance from more diverse sources, they are an increasingly successful antidote to the glitzy song-and-dance fare. Chak De India is the latest and most successful of these mold-breaking films. Trade figures show the film has done very well in bigger cities and among what Chakravorty terms "the multiplex crowd," who are more educated, have more spending power, and have greater exposure to films from around the world...
...this mean the end of Bollywood as we know it? "Hardly," says Misra, "It might be easier to sell an offbeat script today, but you still can't negotiate a [decent] price." Trade analyst and Film Information editor Komal Nahta says audiences in smaller towns still want the usual fare, and they make up the majority of the 4 billion film tickets sold in India every year. Chak De India may be an unexpected hit, but the box office king so far this year is Partner, a straight-out Bollywood formula with big funding, big stars and, yes, song...