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...myself," Bullock said after the Oscars. She promised to keep both her Razzie and Oscar trophies prominently displayed in her home. "They'll sit side by side on a nice little shelf somewhere," she said. "The Razzie maybe on a different shelf ... lower." (Watch a video about the great film performances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sandra Bullock's Wild Ride, and (Once) Improbable Oscar Coronation | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...markets for sophisticated European products. If Europe could think and act strategically, it would be busy knocking on Asian doors. Instead, it was the Asians who thought ahead. In the mid-1990s, Singapore proposed an Asia-Europe meeting (ASEM). Initially the E.U. reacted enthusiastically but then came the great Asian financial crisis of 1997. This provided Europe an opportunity to prove it was not a fair-weather friend. Instead, Europe turned its back on Asia. Even though the ASEM process continues on autopilot, the Europeans fail to see that they have not won over Asian hearts and minds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Europe's Errors | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...acknowledges that Master Kong has to stay humble. "If you tell people Kang Shifu is a company that makes good coffee, they will never believe it," he says (coffee being too foreign and expensive-sounding). "So our brand extension is limited by our customers." But those customers have been great for Tingyi, especially amid the uncertain economy of 2009, when it was a distinct advantage to be dealing in low-cost goods. For the first nine months of the year, Tingyi's revenues climbed 20% to more than $4 billion. (See portraits of Chinese workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Follow the Leaders | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...would want to deny what China's leaders since Mao Zedong have termed China's return to "dignity," a reference to the country's re-emergence as a great power in Asia. But even though other Asian states welcome economic opportunities offered by China's rise, the vast majority prefer the preservation of Pax Americana. The American-backed order has hitherto offered protection for smaller players by binding more powerful states (including the U.S. itself) to agreed rules of behavior and processes of dispute resolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Perception Gap | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

...mention. While talented stars from the Indian regional-language film industry continuously migrate to Bollywood, I doubt any of Bollywood's megastars will ever fully migrate to Hollywood. India's truly successful actors have no time to think about branching out into Hollywood - their domestic demands are just too great. Khan could because he had time to spare. Had Khan had better looks for the Indian industry or been given a break in mainstream cinema earlier, Time might not have had the opportunity to introduce him to its global audience. Premdayal Gupta Indore, India

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/8/2010 | See Source »

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