Word: talentedly
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...freak." And that's pretty cool. That's a nice effect to have had, to create a bond through your music. The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work...
...would prefer to place both our investment dollars and our philanthropic ones into such ventures. Investors in third-way companies could be confident that reasonable returns were being sought on their behalf. At the same time, organizations with missions would have new freedom to raise capital and engage talent, rather than begging for donations and pro-bono contributions. The real government interference that needs to be removed from capitalism is the protection of single-mindedly profit-motivated shareholders. Andrew John Bayly, Melbourne...
...five days of shooting, the director (Steve Coogan) decides to go for that verismo vibe: they'll finish the film with no crew around, only hidden cameras and surprise explosions. But a couple of things go wrong, and the stars, plus rapper-actor Chino (Brandon T. Jackson) and tyro talent Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel), wander into a real war with actual bad guys and live ammunition. Art meets life; schlock faces imminent death...
...clubs with the biggest war chests - Real, United, Chelsea and Milan - use them to buy the players who'll ensure their continued dominance, concentrating talent in a handful of top clubs in each country, while those lower down the pecking order struggle to hold on to their best players. Even such legendary clubs as Arsenal and Liverpool in England, both of which reached the final four of last season's élite European Champion's League, are unable to match the financial muscle of Chelsea or Real Madrid, lowering their prospects for success...
Staying within reach of the top teams requires spending more money each season to keep pace with their efforts to concentrate the world's best talent in their team. And if a club is unable to attract a prestige investor, it becomes essential to expand revenue - most importantly by increasing stadium capacity. Arsenal two years ago moved from the 38,000-seat Highbury to the 60,000-capacity Emirates Stadium, which helped the club double its annual revenues to $180 million. The problem, of course, is that building a new stadium takes massive capital investment, and Arsenal recently admitted that...