And Hanks, while undeniably bankable, is, at 50, no longer viable for most leading-man scripts.
"Eventually sustainability will be bankable, " said Jim Durrett of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce.
The 47-year-old actor has starred in more than 80 films and is Bollywood's most bankable star.
Because no bank will lend you the money to dig it up without a bankable feasibility study.
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Iran's most bankable female star, Golshifteh Farahani, was hounded abroad for daring to perform in a Hollywood film.
Even German humour, not usually seen as a bankable export, has a following.
Dutt, one of Bollywood's most bankable stars, is hugely popular for his role as a loveable gangster in the Munnabhai movies.
Mr Kukes admits he is under increasing pressure from his shareholders to show that his knowledge of western ways is bankable.
The lending companies usually have some equity capital, then borrow from banks and make loans to companies that are not bankable.
It reminds me of a well-rehearsed magic act that involves transforming the concept of cool into a bankable currency, time and again.
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Kidman isn't alone in the overpaid celebrity category, according to Forbes' Ultimate Star Payback list of the most bankable actors in Hollywood.
YouTube is beginning to reach its monetization stage of advertising, but still needs plenty of investment spending to find bankable eye balls.
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But the drive which saw her rise to the top and made her one of the world's most bankable stars has not disappeared.
Credit standards are not dramatically looser, but any business that was right on the margin six months ago is probably bankable, by someone, today.
The high crude prices of summer were bankable for Forbes.com Investor Team member John Jacquemin, the head of Mooring Financial, a private investment house in Vienna, Va.
Such activity creatively destroys many old bankable assets, such as real estate, storefronts and inventory, turning them into "legacy problems" -- albatrosses of land, concrete and steel.
Yu said that because there are really no proven, bankable Asian actors he has little expectation of roles that might attract the academy going to Asian actors.
And this fall, they're searching for that next bankable personality with shows from daytime veteran Ricki Lake, "Family Feud" host Steve Harvey, "Survivor's" Jeff Probst and Katie Couric.
He's optimistic that Pan Am's name recognition overseas remains bankable.
But even with foreign involvement, and even if a bankable electricity sales contract with Thailand is put in place, it would still be almost impossible for Laos to raise the necessary money.
One of Hollywood's most bankable stars, Del Toro has made a name for himself playing dark and brooding characters in movies like "21 Grams, " "The Usual Suspects, " and "Traffic, " for which he won an Oscar.
Being hidden away down a side street probably helped 1960s throwback Flash Flash survive intact through the decades when aloof minimalism dictated restaurant design, and resembling an orbiting tortilleria from Kubrick's 2001 wasn't a bankable look.
At 58, half-forgotten and in financial gloom, he has turned into a bankable star again complete with a Swiss chalet-inspired dressing room with a fireplace (never mind that Bombay is muggy most of the year).
Even if he were committed to such a worthy investment, much of it would be made towards the end of what would be his second term (should he be reelected) or later - hardly a bankable proposition.
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This indicates to us that many traders have a bankable hunch that Beazer calls are worth scooping up at the reduced premium offered by the current degree of scandal, and that volatility plays and bull interest are still alive and well in the early '08 series.
It's easy to believe, given the difficulties of making any movie that's halfway decent, let alone a labor of love. (The filmmaker also refused to make it without Ron Perlman, despite pressures to cast a more bankable star.) Among Mr. del Toro's colleagues in this elegant enterprise are the production designer Stephen Scott and the editor Peter Amundson.
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