Shame on You Hillary for Insulting Us.

I think we all were surprised by Hillary Clinton's dramatic exaggeration of here trip to Bosnia in '96. Frank Rich of the NY Times sums it up pretty well. Clinton was regaling audiences with her story for the past month, over three different speaking events. As Rich cites, this was part of here prepared speeches that were approved and vetted by her and the staff.


Finally her camp acknowledged their screw up. So when she snapped back at the press when she finally admitted the error one week later - she described that she "misspoke, that its was due to lack of sleep.." I don't know about others but I was quite insulted. Not only did she make her statement of explanation in a bitchy, how dare you question me tone, but there was no residue forgiveness or contriteness in her words nor demeanor. Whatsoever.
Cold, cold, cold.

And you wonder why people want fresh blood inside the beltway. And why her poll quotient is dropping. Hillary Clinton is a calculating liar. This last piece of wholesome bullshit follows her disingenuous spins on her NRA negotiation contribution and support for NAFTA. Just like George W., she thinks we are clueless sheep that lack cognitive faculties and any ounce of memory.

JRR Tolkien family sues New Line - 0$ for "Lords Trilogy!"

First Peter Jackson, director of the $6billion revenue Lord of the Rings Trilogy had to sue Time Warner's New Line film division to get his payments due to him. Now, the JRR Tolkien trust has to sue them again to get a scant payment of $150mm from the creative hollywood accountants over at Columbus Circle headquarters in NYC.

What was New Line management thinking, that they could avoid paying the family with shady balance sheet sleights of hand? Maybe they thought th3 humongous $62k upfront payment to the family would silence them. Woohoo.

And, then again, maybe our entertainment industry should dial down the greed quotient right Tom? Scient-graduate, high school drop out..

Dealbreaker.com's Fictitious Muffie Funny

I checked out the launch of Dealbreaker today; the new finance gossip blog by Gawker founder Elizabeth Spiers. So far so good. It holds promise as a jossip rag for the shadowy and discreet Wall Street community. But the introduction of Muffie Benson-Perella as the blog's new gossip columnist was quite right on. This supposed blue-blood twit is, seemingly a work of ficition. But the intro post by Muffie clearly fooled many readers and a firestorm of indignant readers posted their thoughts! Very fun and creative.

Apple Turns 30!

It's been thirty years since the founding of Apple. Talk about turn around from PC victim to media innovator. Wired News has a great gallery on the Villians and Heros of apple over the past years.

Say Goodbye to Brit.

Ooof...what is Britney thinking these days. From marrying dicey guy Federline to driving with her kid on her lap in LA. Then smoking and leaving a gas depot's restroom with no shoes on. Have we no esteem for one's rep?

And such a good start from The Disney Channel and all.

Parkers vs.Cruise

Well, it looks like testosterone control freak Tom Cruise is now banging heads with the Parker brothers, creaters of South Park. Looks like South Park offended TC with the a Scientology bashing episode on the show. Not only did they stop there, they did a take of a Tom like character toiling around in the "closet!"

The supposed episode repeat in question was suddenly canceled. Seems Viacom may have been pressured to kill it as its other studio arm, Paramount plans to release M3, Cruise's much anticpated 3rd sequal to the Mission Impossible franchise. Maybe TC threatened to pull his flick this summer.

iPodders lose their Sense

We all realize the change happeing with today's youth - Gen Y and younger. This digitally tethered generation are losing more patience with simple etiquette and engaging life.

Stuck at a red light on 36th street, I observed an attractive twentysomething in front of me nodding to the grooves of her earplugs. Then to my surprise she begins to cross the street and is confronted with a whale of honking horns. The light was green! I grabbed her by the shoulder and pulled her back. She frowned at me and cursed. Upon pointing above at the light above her I exclaimed, "iPod or death!" She squirmed and bolted the other way with R&B blarng from her skull.

Zucker Promoted Again?

I find this baffling. Jeff Zucker got promoted again. This time to CEO of the NBC Television Group. Is he that much of a genius? Didn't he just get promoted within the last 2 years to the big cheese of NBC Entertainment. I have to say I think he has it very easy.

Consider that NBC has been trailing the other neworks all of this year. Joey and Martha Stewart were grandiose dissappointments among other programs. Heck, in a bad year for ratings and revenue, just promote this Zuckster to CEO.

Carl Ain't No Icon

Carl Icahn, the pit bullseems to have picked up the habits of Mr. Rove. Nasty criticism and public denounciations of Richard Parsons of Time warner have been getting louder. It seems he senses his daunting challenge in stealing some board seats so now he turns to whining. Mr. Case should just stay out of it period.

I think Mr. Parsons has done an admirable job at steering TW straight after its knuckle head merger with AOL.

Is TW more valuable broken up than whole? Some say no. Even if TW is spun into four different media entities, do you really think Disney or News Corp will not try to gobble up Time Inc. or Time Entertainment?

Xmas Gift: White House Ouija Board

This exciting new board game from Milton Bradley, combines the mystery of the paranormal with the suspense of Bush White House. Made of 100% woven Indonesian cardboard and packaged in a unique Bush collectible box.

White House Ouija Board: Simulate George W.'s divine decision making skills: Special sale at $15.99.

Finalesode: Survivor Guatemala

CBS is having another good run of its Survivor reality series. Buzz quotient is getting up there as the last episode will determine who survives.

I bet much of the male audience is privately rooting for Danni Boatwright, the KS sports radio talk show host.

But in regards to the argument of evolution: Is a "survivor" such as Danni, a product of intelligent design or Darwin's evolution? Well maybe it's Rodeo MDs Cosmetic Surgery, Inc.

Can Kongster Deliver $110m First Night?

Peter Jackson, epitome of the scifi/horror fans you see at conventions, is about to pull off another Hollywood feat with the buzz surrounding KING KONG. Universal brass gave him plenty of rope to do it his way, but word is that the talented Mr. Jackson may have done it.

The Kiwi leveraged his NZ team and landscape to deliver a very possible $110 million dollar opening for NBC's Universal. GE sure could use it after losing Dreamworks to Paramount and a not so robust NBC schedule.

On a side note, one of my chldhood best friend's grandmother was Fay Wray. The original blonde bombshell in the B classic original. He inherited a few mill from her at the age of 30..then began taking surfing seriously..

Cuts Hit the Fan at the Time Inc.

Well, maybe those days of $250k+ comp packages with fat country club expense accounts are finally over for the ad sales executives at the venerable Time, Inc. Social selling is feeling the pinch of Internet clicks as print reps have more of a difficult time justifying their high rates in the flood of performance based models.

Who got the axe at Time?

Heavyweights such as Jack Haire, exec VP in charge of corporate ad sales; Richard Atkinson, exec VP in charge of the news and information group; Eileen Naughton, president, Time magazine; David Kieselstein, president, the parenting group.

Maybe we'll see them at the next DIY Web 3.0 conference

Ouch!