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- India's film industry 'to grow 50% by 2014'
Bollywood set to reverse recent shrinkage, while US entertainment market is also expanding, though at a slower rateIndia's troubled film industry will back bounce back, and is set for growth of more than 50% by 2014, according to a new report. Bollywood has struggled in the past year, shrinking by 14% to $1.9bn, but yesterday's announcement from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry and research company KPMG suggested it would rise to $3bn within four years.The industry's travails have been a combination of the global financial crisis, a stand-off between studios and cinema owners and a series of box office failures, reports Variety. The arrival of the new Indian Premier League cricket tournament is also said to have hit profits.The relative success of the Indian film industry in the last decade has not been lost on Hollywood. Will Smith's production company is producing two films with Indian counterpart UTV, while the sub-continent's Reliance Entertainment is a major backer for Steven Spielberg's Dreamworks.The US's entertainment media market, which includes TV and gaming industries as well as film, remains the largest in the world. It is currently projected to grow by 5.3% year-on-year, reaching $754bn by 2011.BollywoodIndiaFilm industryBen Childguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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- Who'd be the best black James Bond?
Dizzee Rascal according to a recent poll. Surely we can do better than that? Who do you think would make the best black James Bond – nominations for P Diddy don't countFirst things first: this isn't going to be a blog about whether or not there should be a black James Bond, because, let's face it, it's barely even an option at the moment. Eon Productions assumed it was taking a giant stand in the name of diversity when it hired Daniel Craig as the spy, simply because his hair was lighter than Pierce Brosnan's. So the reality of a black James Bond, if there's to be one at all, is years away.Instead, let's just pretend the next Bond will be black. So who do we cast? According to a survey by a second-hand classified listings website, the clear winner is Dizzee Rascal. Yes, really: Dizzee Rascal, whose only acting role was as a crack dealer in the 2006 movie Rollin' With the Nines; Dizzee Rascal, who's 24 years old; Dizzee Rascal who, make no mistake, would be a terrible James Bond.There are plus sides, obviously. Rascal would be able to perform all of his own theme tunes, for instance, like a sort of grime Dennis Waterman. In the same survey, Will Smith came second, with Barack Obama, Jay-Z and Lewis Hamilton also picking up votes. You shouldn't need me to explain why none of the above would make very good Bonds. But just in case you do, allow me to point you in the direction of Hamilton's recent Santander advert, where his sole job was to stare at quite a big dog without looking too scared. He couldn't even do that convincingly. Hamilton would be a dreadful Bond.We can do better than this. Between us, we should be able to find a better black James Bond than Dizzee Rascal or Lewis Hamilton. But first, let's agree that Black James Bond should never be played by P Diddy. Y ディジーラスカル最近の世論調査によると
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