Daily Archives: December 22, 2008

THE ART OF GIFTING…

With Christmas just days away, I had a great conversation with a friend of mine who was feeling the stress of the holidays – particularly because she was receiving far more gifts than she could afford to reciprocate.
And that struck me as odd. Putting all spiritual or religious beliefs about the holidays aside – In [...]

JAMIE FOXX GETS ‘REAL’ REAL WITH ANGELA YEE…

An this Ladies & Gents, is why you don’t do your boss – escpecially if your boss is JAMIE FOXX…

SEX SLAVERY: AMERICA’S $9.5 BILLION (SECRET) INDUSTRY

 

When FBI and immigration agents arrested a 28-year-old Guatemalan woman three months ago in Los Angeles, they announced that they had shut down one of the most elaborate sex trafficking rings in the country. It was also the family business.
The woman, Maribel Rodriguez Vasquez, was the sixth member of her family to be rounded up [...]

THE BOX-OFFICE ROUND UP: SEVEN POUNDS BREAKS WILL’S STREAK

 

The weather did it.
That was the spin from Hollywood as one high-profile film (see Jim Carrey’s Yes Man) after another (see Will Smith’s Seven Pounds) landed with a thud at the weekend box office.
“I’m of the philosophy any real moviegoer would walk through a blizzard to see the movie they wanted to see,” Exhibitor Relations’ Jeff Bock said today.
Certainly the weather, which was nasty, especially in the [...]

TODAY’S WISDOM: IMAGINE

IS MIKE JACKSON BROKE BALLIN’?

Despite his longtime home, Neverland Ranch being sld at foreclosure auction, the former King of Pop MICHAEL JACKSON has managed to rent this ginormous Humbly Hills home for a staggering $100,000 a month. The home boasts seven bedrooms, thirteen baths and a wine cellar – retail price? $38 million. Hmmm, yet Mike’s Jersey storage space [...]