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...makeover is just one part of the British film industry's new self-esteem boost. Last year, a near record amount of money was spent on making movies in Britain. And after British talent came home weighed down with Golden Globes last month, it's a good bet the same will happen at the Oscars on Feb. 25. This kind of success can get people overexcited, thinking that maybe - just maybe - this is the year that Britain will finally step out of Hollywood's shadow. But it will never happen. Britain's industry is far too small to compete with...
...this symbiosis that helps keep British cinema flourishing and U.S. cinema interesting. Sometimes, the relationship turns parasitic and British talent gets sucked into the Hollywood machine, never to return home. But most of the time, there's give and take. The U.S. system gives some funding or a distribution deal, and, in return, it gets a good story. Kevin Macdonald's portrait of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin The Last King of Scotland was made with mostly British funding, giving him the freedom to make his movie his way. "If I tried to do The Last King of Scotland through...
Manning's $98 million contract, which included a $34.5 million signing bonus, is another easy target. So is his birth into football royalty. While it's true that Peyton Manning has worked hard to hone his God-given talent, it doesn't hurt to have had a father like Archie Manning, the Ole Miss legend and New Orleans Saints standout quarterback. All the Manning boys are genetic freaks: younger brother Eli is a starting quarterback, though not an effective one for now, with the New York Giants, and older brother Cooper was slashing toward stardom before a spinal disorder ended...
DIED. Horace Heidt, 85, Big Band leader of the 1930s and '40s whose Musical Knights beguiled radio fans with such hits as Hut Sut Song and Ti-Pi-Tin; of pneumonia; in Los Angeles. His talent shows (Pot o' Gold, Youth Opportunity Program) launched the careers of Art Carney, Gordon MacRae and Al Hirt...
...vulgar retelling of the Book of Job. Both were among the few misfires in his career, artistically and commercially. After Joan's death he went into therapy for two years. He resisted the process at first because, like Tennessee Williams, he feared his neuroses were the source of his talent. "I didn't have to worry. I remained as neurotic as ever but got a clearer perspective." He found the process so helpful that he still sees counselors from time to time, one on each coast. "That's the height of luxury," he says. "Matching analysts...