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Reminder for Entourage fans to set your Tivos!
On July - 10 - 2009
SNL opener: Tim Geithner talks about the stress tests ($BAC, $C, $GS, $JPM, $WFC, $MS)
On May - 11 - 2009
Saturday Night Live’s opening skit: Tim Geithner on the stress tests. It’s pretty amusing..
Tags: Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Politics, Saturday Night Live, Stress Tests, Tim Geithner, Wells Fargo
Must watch from The Apprentice: The boardroom, and Joan and Melissa Rivers’ meltdowns / tirades
On April - 28 - 2009
Boy, did Joan and Melissa Rivers embarrass / humiliate themselves with their insult filled, venom spewing, expletive deleted laden rants after the whiny Melissa was fired on this week's Apprentice. But it was sure entertaining! Jim Cramer was guest judge:
The shit hits the fan in part 2 below:
Tags: Bad behavior, Donald Trump, Embarrassing, Meltdowns, Videos
Reality TV dream dashed for now: Indicted Blagojevich won’t be eating bugs in the Costa Rican jungle; What he has to say about it
On April - 23 - 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
If you're not seeing the Blagojevich video, sorry 'bout that. Some sort of Typepad glitch is causing a previously posted CNN video to show instead of the MSNBC one we posted. We have to keep it up while our blog host looks into it….
Tags: Politics
Life after CNBC: Dylan Ratigan could land at ABC; “he was pissed off he didn’t get Conan O’Brien’s slot since he really wants to do a talk show”
On March - 30 - 2009
Page Six still believes that former CNBC 'Fast Money' host Dylan Ratigan could very well end up at ABC after his six month noncompete expires….
Tags: CNBC, Revolving Door
Obama’s “Special Olympics” foot-in-mouth remark on Leno is met with a challenge
On March - 20 - 2009
TMZ reports that Special Olympics "bowling phenom" Kolan McConiughey has challenged Barack Obama to a match after the foot-in-mouth remarkthe Prez made on Leno, prompting a fast before-airing apology. They also suggest that George Bush would have been skewered if he had made a similar remark…
Tags: Barack Obama, Humor, Politics
Obama on Leno: He’s still supporting Tim Geithner: “He is a smart guy and he’s a calm and steady guy. I don’t think people fully appreciate the plate that was handed him.”
On March - 20 - 2009
From the Wall Street Journal transcript: Leno asks how Tim Geithner is holding up under all of the heat…
Tags: Barack Obama, Economy, Politics
Obama on Leno: On the 90% bonus tax legislation
On March - 20 - 2009
From the Wall Street Journal transcript: Leno asking Obama about yesterday's vote to impose a 90% tax on TARP recipients:
Tags: Barack Obama, Bonuses, Compensation, Economy, Politics
Video: Obama on Leno – 3/19/09
On March - 20 - 2009
Tags: AIG, Barack Obama, Bonuses, Compensation, Economy, Politics
SNL does the Sarah Palin / Joe Biden debate
On October - 6 - 2008
Queen Latifah is Gwen Ifill in SNL’s hilarious take on the much anticipated vice presidential debate.
Tags: Politics
Must see SNL Opener: Sarah Palin and Hillary
On September - 14 - 2008
If you didn’t see this weekend’s Saturday Night Live opening skit, it was a riot. You have to watch it. Sarah Palin’s separated at birth twin, Tina Fey, came back to her old SNL stomping grounds to play Sarah. Here’s the video.
Tags: Politics
Ed McMahon home buyer flakes out and it’s back on the market
On September - 2 - 2008
So much for happy endings. At least so far. The deal that Ed
McMahon made to sell his house has collapsed, with the buyer pulling out.
Turns out that the guy who outbid Donald Trump never ponied up any cash for escrow. So The Donald may be
stepping back in. Or not…
So that leaves Ed with no place to live if the house does go into foreclosure … which again leads to the doorstep of Donald Trump. Trump has said he’d step in again and buy the house and lease it back to Ed for life. Our sources say Donald has offered a low ball offer already, but that’s it.
We’re told Trump has had discussions with Ed’s realtor, Alex Davis, since the deal fell apart last Thursday. Will Donald save the day or is this a publicity stunt? We know the stumbling block with Trump is price — he hasn’t offered what Ed wants/needs to get the monkeys off his back.
Ed McMahon’s Home for Sale … Again
- ABCNews
Tags: Credit Crunch, Donald Trump
Ed McMahon won’t get kicked out of his house — Donald Trump is buying it
On August - 15 - 2008
There’s a happy ending for former Johnny Carson sidekick and Star Search host Ed McMahon, who has for months been facing foreclosure of his Beverly Hills home. He had defaulted on his $4.8 million loan from Countrywide, and has been unable to work because of a neck injury he sustained 18 months ago. Donald Trump is buying the property and will become his landlord, leasing it back to McMahon. And no doubt McMahon will now be worked into an upcoming episode of "The Apprentice".
"I don’t know the man, but I grew
up watching him on TV," Trump said in an exclusive interview with The
Times.Trump said he stepped in because
helping McMahon "would be an honor." His plan is to buy the home from
the lender and lease it back to McMahon."When I was at the Wharton
School of Business," Trump said, "I’d watch him every night. How could
this happen?"
Donald Trump to buy Ed McMahon’s house – Los Angeles Times
Tags: Credit Crunch, Donald Trump
“Wall Street Warriors” needs new warriors
On May - 14 - 2008
Calling all publicity hungry hedge funders / traders: Wall Street Warriors, the series shown on HDTV network MOJO-HD wants you. (That’s the show that chronicled publicity ho & bar mitzvah money hedge fund wannabe / flame out Timmy Sykes, among others). It seems that now that we’re in a credit crunch no one wants to be filmed — they’re having trouble rounding up warm bodies to fill up the screen for next season’s. They had an open casting call on Tuesday, but we bet if you really, really want to be on the show, the producers would still be happy to talk to you….
Tags: Hedge funds
Can the new Fox Business Network outfox CNBC? Attracting Erin Burnett might help…
On October - 8 - 2007
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Fox Business Network boss Roger Ailes. The new network debuts on October 15. He was asked a whole range of questions, from what the new network will look like, how they’ll counter CNBC’s huge 90 million home advantage and who from CNBC he might like to hire. On the latter, he says that CNBC is overworking Erin Burnett…and at the rate they’re going, she’s gonna age. At least he hopes so, cuz when she says "I need water", sounds like he’ll be ready…..
WSJ: The Fox Business Network launches on Oct. 15 after two years of speculation and, to use your word, "disinformation." I want to know what will viewers see.
Mr. Ailes: So do I. We’re working on it… . We think economic news is probably broader than what CNBC has been presenting. We intend to cover the markets and cover Wall Street as effectively as they do, maybe more, and add additional value. Beyond that, there’s no sense in me talking about it because this is a launch, and it’s a competitive launch….I will call a lot of audibles at the line once the play starts. I will not stand around the sidelines with a gamebook and a set of plays that I’ll stick to. I’ll change many things in the first year, I’m sure.
Tags: CNBC, Erin Burnett, Fox Business Network, Maria Bartiromo
New Fox Business Channel vs CNBC: “Main Street” vs “Wall Street”, “innovations and successes” vs “failures and scandals”
On September - 19 - 2007
Is Rupert Murdoch going all Pollyanna on us? No financial schadenfreude at the new Fox Business Network? He compared and contrasted his new channel to CNBC at a recent Goldman Sachs investor conference and frankly, it sounds pretty bland and boring:
Rupert Murdoch, chief executive of the
media conglomerate News Corp., said Tuesday that a business news channel being
launched by Fox next month would be less confrontational and more
consumer-focused than its rival CNBC."CNBC is a financial channel for Wall
Street," Mr. Murdoch told an investor conference in New York sponsored by
Goldman Sachs. "We’re for Main Street.""They dwell too much on failures or
scandals," Mr. Murdoch said. "We want to put a lot on innovations and
successes, people who are making money."
(That’s the network’s new logo above, with a little fun-with-Photoshop addition)
Fox Business Channel Seeks Consumer Focus, Murdoch Says – Wall Street Journal
Tags: CNBC, Fox Business Network
Five anchors named at the new Fox Business Network
On September - 13 - 2007
Fox Business Network, debuting on October 15, named 5 anchors: David Asman, Cheryl Casone, Rebecca Gomez, Dagen McDowell and Stuart Varney. All five currently have roles at the main Fox News channel where Asman and Varney both host shows. Asman fronts "Forbes on Fox" while Varney appears on "Your World with Neil Cavuto" and also acts as a substitue host. Casone, Gomez and McDowell are Fox News business correspondents.
Network Names Anchors – New York Post
Tags: CNBC, Fox Business Network, Rupert Murdoch
Hips don’t lie: “Dancing with the Stars” latest cast includes: Mark Cuban
On August - 30 - 2007
Can Mark Cuban dance? We’re all gonna find out on this season’s "Dancing With the Stars". The latest cast was announced yesterday and it included the always outspoken billionaire / Dallas Mavericks owner, even after his having undergone recent hip replacement surgery. Rumor has it he taught disco dancing in college though, so maybe he really can dance. According to the Dallas Morning News:
He’s our first billionaire!" is how
the show’s host, Tom Bergeron, preferred to put it.Hey, Tom: Don’t be fooled by the hip
replacement. Cuban isn’t simply Warren Buffett with an attitude.You TV types have no idea what you’ve
gotten yourself into this time. On American Idol, they occasionally toss Simon
Cowell a no-talent schlub he can eviscerate, just to keep his teeth sharp.If that’s what they intended in Cuban’s
case, they need to know that the intended sacrifice will bite back.
Tags: Entertainment, Mark Cuban
Did you catch VH-1’s “The Fabulous Life of Billion Dollar Wall Street Ballers”?
On August - 4 - 2007
If you didn’t catch the show on Thursday evening, you really should catch one of the upcoming reruns. It was a fun watch. Some pictures from the show are below; we’ll have lots more later….
Tags: Art, Culture, Greenwich, Jeffrey Epstein, John Devaney, Paul Tudor Jones, SAC Capital
How do ridiculously wealthy Wall Street BSDs spend their cash? Find out on VH-1’s ‘The Fabulous Life: Billion Dollar Wall Street Ballers’
On July - 31 - 2007
What do billionaire Wall Street BSDs blow their ill-gotten gains on? VH-1 aims to tell you, if you don’t already know. Over the weekend we saw a promo for an upcoming VH-1 show: "The Fabulous Life: Billion Dollar Wall Street Ballers". It’ll air on Thursday at 11am EDT and again that night at 9PM EDT with additional reruns on the VH-1 schedule. According to VH-1’s teaser/promo, the show features ESL / Sears’ Eddie Lampert, and naturally SAC Capital’s Steve Cohen. It also mentions the millions raised by the Robin Hood Foundation, so we’d guess that Paul Tudor Jones is probably in there too. Surprisingly also featured are accused perv / billionaire Jeffrey Epstein as well as besieged-by-subprime-debt John Devaney (Maybe parting with his "Positive Carry" yacht might not be such a big deal after all — VH-1 says he has 10!).
Think stars are having all of the fun?
Think again. These days nobody’s making more and spending more than the
buttoned-down badasses of Wall Street. From their sprawling estates and
tricked-out private yachts to exotic vacation homes and multi-million dollar art
collections– these guys are living larger than anyone else on the planet.
Welcome to The Fabulous Life of Billion Dollar Wall Street Ballers.
Tags: Art, Culture, Eddie Lampert, Jeffrey Epstein, John Devaney, SAC Capital
A Wall Street banker is part of the Cashmere Mafia: Darren Star’s new ‘Sex and the City’ style pilot
On April - 30 - 2007
Sex and the City had a lady lawyer as part of Carrie Bradshaw’s posse. The pilot for a new TV show called "Cashmere Mafia" by SATC creator Darren Star presents another fab four babes, including a Wall Street bank managing director….
Tags: investment banking
A “shocked” Carly Fiorina’s will be on “60 Minutes”
On October - 6 - 2006
Carly Fiorina’s gonna be on "60 Minutes" this Sunday, and according to the writeup in USA Today, she’s "shocked" by the HP pretexting scandal.
[Ms. Fiorina], who ran HP from 1999 to early 2005, tells 60 Minutes that she is stunned by "the depth and range of some of the (spying tactics HP used) … and shocked to hear that I might have been the subject of them."
The interview, which airs Sunday, is tied to next week’s release of Fiorina’s book, Tough Choices. The New York Times was able to buy a copy in advance and published the excerpts cited here.
Addendum: CNBC is reporting that Pattie Dunn is also appearing on "60 Minutes" this Sunday.
Fiorina tells ‘60 Minutes’ she’s ’shocked’ – USA Today
Tags: Hewlett Packard
