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Sexy Spy Anna Chapman Thinking About Selling Her Story
Brian Moylan · 07/13/10 02:13PMAlba, McConaughey Offspring Already Slumming It With OK!
Regan · 07/11/08 06:00PMAh, the three trimesters of Hollywood child birth: 1. pretend to love pregnancy, 2. schedule a c-section in order to sidestep any labor or stretching of siren vag, and 3. whore out your newborn's picture to the highest bidder. It's such a magical time! And while there are critics, it's a natural response to choose to splash your baby's face across the tabloids, especially when you constantly publicly reminisce about the good ol' days when you could buy panty liners in private. And why participate in the Hollywood Baby Bonanza? It's not like the early publicity will morph your kid into some kind of poorly mannered fauxhawked skunk. However, it will get you paid.
abalk · 09/07/07 09:00AM
"News Corp. said Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch received compensation for the year ended June 30 valued at $32.1 million under the SEC new rules, according to its annual proxy. Peter Chernin, president and chief operating officer, received compensation valued at about $34 million.... Roger Ailes, head of News Corp.'s Fox News Channel and planned Fox Business Network, and Fox Television Stations, received compensation valued under the SEC rules at $10.9 million." So that's how it works at News Corp.: the more evil you are, the less money you take home? Weird. [WSJ]
This Iraq Stuff Is Finally Going to Work Itself Out
lneyfakh · 04/29/07 07:32PMUrban Dictionary defines "trashball" as "an innovative game composed of a trashcan and a ball-like object created from newspaper and duct-tape"—a game so innovative that it's not really clear how to play it, since "rules may vary depending on region." They may even play trashball in the region known as the Middle East, which UD defines as "A giant sandbox. People live in it" (author: "YayForSuicide").