Avatar has been declared the “future of movies” and it may be - though perhaps not quite in the way Hollywood thinks. Barely a month after launch it has generated more than $2bn in ticket sales, becoming the top-grossing film of all time. Its popularity is almost entirely down to the amazing...
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on 02-03-2010
Filed under: Media, Business, Entertainment
In the wake of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. airliner, situations like the following were bound to happen. From Nancy Dillon of the New York Daily News on Monday:
Funny lady. Jewelry mogul. Red carpet mercenary. But a terrorist?
Can we talk?
Rivers, 76, was deemed a danger to national...
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on 01-06-2010
Filed under: U.S. Government, Entertainment, Terrorism, Signs Of The Time, Homeland Security, Humor, Public Safety, terrorist threat, Continental Airlines, terrorist, Joan Rivers
Closer to home, a Chicago-based bank is pursuing a more low-key approach when it comes to entertaining. From Reuters today:
Northern Trust, the U.S. financial services company that drew lawmakers’ ire in February for throwing a lavish party after receiving bailout funds, will cut its 2010 entertainment...
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Economics
on 12-31-2009
Filed under: Bailout, Entertainment, Financial Sector, Financial Services, entertainment budget, Northern Trust Co., Northern Trust
While I found the following Chinese television segment about Tiger Woods quite entertaining (is that a grin on Tiger’s face as he speeds away from his spouse?), I couldn’t help but wonder if this is what Americans will someday be watching on their TV sets if the predictions of Warren Buffett, Marc Faber...
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Economics
on 12-03-2009
Filed under: Global economy, Media, Entertainment, Sports, Asia, China, Crash Prophets, Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Warren Buffett, Humor, Hegemony, Tiger Woods, George Soros