Sunday, April 22, 2012

Dick Clark Fortune in the "Hundreds of millions"

Wouldn't have expected anything less to be honest. After living for 400 years I'd imagine that you could create quite a nest egg being an actual icon. While it doesn't give much of a breakdown, or raw overall numbers this is a pretty good article about Clark as an entrepreneur. It basically covers his companies and his work ethic, as well as a bit about his $175 million company that sold back in 2007. Owning everything except possibly all the casablanca ceiling fans at PalmFanStore.com.

Hunger Games Reign atop Box Office Over at 4 Weeks

The young adult drama, 'Hunger Games' has finally been ousted as the top box office draw this weekend by not one, but two new releases. 'Think Like a Man' and ensemble comedy, and 'The Lucky One', starring Zac Efron as a Marine on a mission to track down a woman he feels protected him during war. She must have sent him the best airbrush tanning solution she could find to keep him from having to be in the sun too long. 'Think Like a Man's success surprised many in Hollywood over the weekend, as the picture came in more than $10 million ahead of industry projections with what distributor Sony Pictures estimated to be a $33 million debut. "The Lucky One." ended up grossing $22.8 million

McCartney Video Sign Language Errors?

Looks like there may have been a bit of error in translation with some of the sign language in a Paul McCartney video. For his new music video “My Valentine,” Paul McCartney enlisted the aid of Natalie Portman and Johnny Depp to interpret the lyrics of his song through sign language. However, some in the sign-language community are now claiming the actors botched the effort. The video, released on April 13, came in three editions: one with Portman, one with Depp, and one splicing the two together. According to UK tabloid The Sun, both actors signed the word “tampon” instead of "appear," and Depp additionally signed "enemy" while attempting “valentine.” What's next? Calling patio furniture something like pancake? Well done on the editing people. Enemy and Valentine though could be quite compatible no? Certainly wouldn't want a tampon to appear from anywhere though if I could help it.

Never Offer More After a Divorce

NFL player Chris Clemmons from the Seattle Seahawks and his wife got divorced recently. He agreed to pay her $500,000 and give her a Land Rover. I guess he felt bad so he also outside of the courts said she could have his mansion. She in turn blew all the other money she had on whatever, clothes, Treksta shoes, whatever, and then asked for him to pay for her attorney. He decided she wasn't getting his house after all. Now...she has decided to sue him some more attorney's fees and claiming he gave her the house. She asked him for almost $800,000 in attorney's fees after he gave her the house and he said that's enough and took the house back. First world problems.