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Movie producer Michael E. Uslan's Batman franchise has produced the highest grossing movie in two separate years: Batman in 1989 and The Dark Knight in 2008. The next film in the series, The Dark Knight Rises, will come out in summer 2012. At New York Comic Con -- a convention for fans of comic books and popular culture -- Uslan told his audience of mostly young people that he was once "sitting in the same chairs you are sitting in right now…. If you've got the passion, if you've got the drive, if you're willing to [tolerate] a high level of frustration, you can succeed." …

The Boy Who Loved Batman: Michael Uslan’s Journey from New Jersey to Hollywood

Roberto Alvarez de Lara is living the dream. After five years working as a programmer with one of the best video-game design studios in Spain, he founded his own Madrid-based company, Over the Top Games. In April, the company came out with its latest creation, The Fancy Pants Adventure, and hopes to continue generating new products every year. While outside experience is very important, says Alvarez de Lara, the best video-game designers begin at home. …

Over the Top: Fancy Pants Adventures and Other Gamer Tales

So far, the 2011 major league baseball season has not been kind to the New York Mets, who are in last place in the National League East. The team’s struggles may have more to do with what’s going on behind the baseball diamond – namely some serious financial trouble that required a $25 million loan to keep the team in business. While this emergency fund from the organization that oversees professional baseball is not typical, it does lead to questions about how teams get the money to operate – and possibly even to stay afloat. …

Baseball’s Bottom Line: The Money Behind the Game

He’s got a passion for smoked paprika and buffalo wings and a fighting spirit that was shaped growing up in Camden, N.J. Food Network fans know him as Big Daddy -- a.k.a. Aaron McCargo, Jr., winner of "The Next Food Network Star" reality TV show in 2008. The star of "Big Daddy’s House" cooking show talks with Knowledge@Wharton High School about big appetites and even bigger career goals on and off camera.…

The Flavor of Bold: Aaron McCargo, Jr. Dishes about Life Before and After “The Next Food Network Star”

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