The original ARTHUR was wonderful...fresh, funny, and well-acted.  John Gielgud as "Hopson" was the epitome of a proper British butler with a killer sense of humor.  An acting icon in the UK, yet largely unknown to US audiences, he won the Oscar that year, and deserved it.   Russell Brand is a joke - a no-talent hack...more

As a single working woman in the 80's, I bought my house with a 15-yr. mortgage.  I thought it was all the money in the world back then, and I worried that I bit off more than I could hew with a 15-yr. mortgage vs a 30-yr mortgage.  But then, I reasoned I'd probably be dead in 15 years anyway, so it would be someone el...more

These "stars" with their colossal egos think they have no shelf life.  WRONG!    How prophetic that the movie is called "The Last Stand."  Let's be real...he was NEVER an actor:  he was an action figure who got screen time, was lucky enough to marry "up," and showed no remorse at all for his boneheaded decisions pos...more

If the rest of the world is "laughing at us", it is because of buffoons like Rush Lamebrain and Donald No-brains!  If Romney won't release his tax returns, why should Obama release his academic records?  Personally, I am more concerned about the leader of the free world raping the hard-working taxpayers in our countr...more

Many people don't know it, but Gere was offered the role of Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's '87 movie WALL STREET - and turned it down!  As everyone knows, the role ultimately went to Michael Douglas - who won the Oscar for "Best Actor" for the role.    I think Gere would have been terrific in the role:  different fr...more

I've been in marketing my entire career, which is 25+ years and counting.  One of the FIRST EXERCISES I utilized - with very successful results - is use of focus groups:  that is, using a group of actual customers to review and offer their opinions on any changes being contemplated by "senior management" for their vali...more

I have $20,000 in a CD, which I opened 3 years ago because the interest rate on it was a whopping 2.15 percent (unheard of in this lousy, seemingly endless depression this country is in:  I remember when interest rates were at an AVERAGE of 5%!  Those days are clearly over!).  I didn't touch it - no additions or withdr...more

Bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT!

As my sainte father used to say,"In today's corporate America, you fail upward.  Sad.but true:  run a corporation into the ground, and you get promoted.   We are SO DOOMED in this country...