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When British musicals king Andrew Lloyd Webber and the great Bollywood film composer A.R. Rahman announced their plans for a stage musical two years ago, the Indian media went wild. Lloyd Webber had been captivated by Rahman's music, so he traveled to Bombay to meet the Asian master. If Rahman had been female and Lloyd Webber Indian and single, it could have been the perfect Bollywood film plot. A deal was struck, and Bombay Dreams, composed by Rahman and produced by Lloyd Webber and his Really Useful Group at a reported cost of $7 million, will open at London...
Rahman, 36, may not be a household name to Westerners, but he is every bit as much a musical monarch as Lloyd Webber is, having sold well over 100 million CDs. A little perspective, folks: that's about the same as Madonna and Britney Spears combined. And he comes to a London seemingly besotted with Bollywood. In May Selfridges department store had a $1.69 million tribute to the genre, complete with visiting stars, movie-set replicas and Bollywood-inspired clothing. The British Film Institute meanwhile is running Imagine Asia, at eight months' duration England's largest Bollywood film festival ever...
Many basketball analysts like to point out that this year’s Western Conference playoffs may finally provide a real challenge to the Lakers. It is not hard to dispute that notion though when you consider the following: Chris Webber has never shown the ability to be a clutch player when it matters (Tyra Banks excluded), Tim Duncan has a 19-year old starting point guard passing him the ball and a gimpy 36-year old Admiral who is a frequent Shaq dunk victim, and Rasheed Wallace is about the most irritable man in America...
...history. Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish would create all sorts of mismatch problems for Rick Fox, Samaki Walker and Shaq. McHale was the best post man the NBA had seen for 20 years until Tim Duncan recently came along, and if you think the likes of Wallace, Webber and Duncan exploit the Lakers glaring weakness at the power forward position today, the Celtics’ Hall of Famer would light it up like no one else...
...Shaquille O'Neal, C, Lakers: The player every GM would pick if starting a team. 2. Kevin Garnett, F, Timberwolves: Does more for his not-so-talented team than anybody else. 3. Chris Webber, F, Kings: The big contract means big expectations, but Webber could rise to them...