China media, public angered by Spielberg

China's National Stadium, right, and National Aquatics Center, the main venues for athletics and swimming competition at the 2008 Olympic Games, are seen in Beijing Wednesday Feb. 20, 2008. The National Stadium, known as the Bird's Nest for its elaborate network of steel girders, will host the opening and closing ceremonies, and athletics and soccer competition at the games, which open Aug. 8. The National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube, will host swimming and diving competition.

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#10 Steven Spielberg

06.14.07, 6:00 PM ET
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Power Rank 10 Pay $110 mil Category: Directors/Producers Pay Rank: 3 Web Rank: 45 Press Rank: 33 TV/Radio Rank: 51

Produced Clint Eastwood's World War II epics last year, Letters From Iwo Jima and Flags of Our Fathers. The critical hits performed only modestly at the box office, grossing a combined $173 million worldwide. Spielberg's big take on movie grosses (reportedly up to 50%) insures success with nearly every project he works on. Not that he shouldn't make a mint off his next films—sequels to Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park. He's also developing three games for Electronic Arts, and co-produced On the Lot, a reality filmmaking show, with Mark Burnett ( Survivor).