Speculator: All That Glistens is Someone Else's Gold

Show business mesmerises everyone. Contrary to the Bard's most hackneyed lines, the world is not a stage. Rather, it is a massive audience, pouring its admission fees into the coffers of America's most successful export industry - Hollywood. But where those dollars go afterwards is a mystery worthy of the most imaginative screenwriters. While the magic of theatre has been around for thousands of years, the real sorcery of Hollywood is performed by the accountants. Even the treacly slow thoughts