Robert Benmosche, the new CEO of insurance giant AIG, is most likely going to get his $7 million bonus and $3.5 million incentive program. This is not sitting well with shareholders and government officials and I’m sure not going to be welcomed news to taxpayers.
AIG has received $180 billion in taxpayers money over the last year. The company was bailed out or it faced financial ruin, but it has no qualms about handing over millions to one person. If you didn’t believe it before you certainly know it now. The root of their downfall almost was and still may be: GREED.
It’s being reported that Kenneth Feinberg, nicknamed “pay czar,” who was appointed by the Obama administration to oversee the compensation of top executives at companies which have received federal bailout assistance will approve the AIG compensation deal.
Mr. Benmosche wants what the board offered him or he will leave. So let him! I’m positive that you can find an executive with just as much, if not more experience than greedy Benmosche. Someone who wants to see the taxpayers money put to good use and actually start to turn this economy and AIG around.
The Obama administration needs to finish what they started. They handed out all this money, now see it through. They should put in place reasonable compensation packages to all executives, current and future. By reasonable, I mean by taxpayers standards. If they don’t want them, they can leave.
It’s their greed that got us in trouble to begin with. Let them go. There are enough people out of work and/or retired to choose from that can and will do the job effectively.
Only a few weeks after Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord) re-signs with the show comes news that Erika Slezak (Victoria Banks) has too renewed her contract with One Life to Live.
The message Slezak wrote to her fans on her Official Website states, “I am very happy to be remaining with One Life to Live for the next few years – and am looking forward to good stories and lots of fun.”
VH1 has cancelled two shows due to the participation of the late Ryan Jenkins.
Jenkins was charged with the murder of his ex-wife, Jasmine Fiore, and was recently found dead in a Canadian hotel. He hung himself.
Jenkins was a contestant on ‘Megan Wants A Millionaire’ and he appeared in episodes for ‘I Love Money 3′, so VH1 has decided to cancel both shows.
Since producers of the shows now admit that had they been aware of Jenkins prior criminal record he would not have been allowed to participate in either show. Aren’t they supposed to do background checks? Maybe now it will become more of a priority.
The Michael Jackson movie everyone has been talking about has a release date. The movie is titled This Is It for what would’ve been Jackson’s final concert tour in London.
It’s being given an unusual release for a limited two week run on October 28, 2009 and the studio is putting the tickets up for sale on September 27, over a month before the film is actually released.
I guess it’s fitting that the director of the film is Kenny Ortega. The choreographer/director had worked closely with Jackson before becoming director of what was to be the upcoming This Is It concerts.
The filmmakers confirm that This Is It will not contain sequences shot in 3-D, as previously reported.
I can’t stand Nadya Suleman, you know Octo-Mom. I think she needs to seek help for a mental illness, that is the only explanation I can possibly give. She’s sick in the head.
Last night I caught a glimpse of the Octo-Mom special on TV. I was not planning on watching it, that is why I would not promote it, but caught it in a channel surf.
The two minutes I caught was a paparazzi following Nadya to her car asking her if when the kids are older she would do a reality show. Her answer was no because that would be exploiting her kids. Umm Hellloooo!!!! According to UsMagazine.com Suleman admits that her children received a six figure account as payment.
She recently told Us Weekly that she screwed up her life, her kids’ lives and it was a mistake having so many kids without a father figure. You think!
Suleman also berates Kate Gosselin, a fellow Octo-Mom, for being an attention seeker. I guess just because you’re on television and create a website asking for money that doesn’t mean you are seeking attention.
So because she was making money for the children’s future that makes it okay to exploit them. Yes Nadya, what you are doing is considered exploitation. Look it up, here I’ll even help you: exploitation.
Today the man convicted of killing 270 people in the 1988 explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland was set free on compassionate grounds, allowing him to die at home in Libya from prostate cancer.
Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill claimed because Abdel Basset al-Megrahi’s condition has deteriorated he was bound by Scottish values to release him. That decision should not have been left up to him, every country that had citizens on that plane should have had a say.
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi was one of two men indicted in 1991. The other suspect was Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah. Al Amin Khalifa Fhimah, was found not guilty and freed.
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, a former Libyan intelligence officer, was convicted on Janurary 31, 2001 for his part in the December 21, 1988 bombing of Flight 103. It took them 13 years to convict him and since his conviction in 2001 he has only served eight years of his life sentence.
So what if he is dying. So what if he wants to spend what little time he has left with his family in Libya. He should not be given the benefit of any compassion. He should not be shown any mercy since he showed no mercy to the 270 people who died as a result of that explosion. As of today no one is being punished for murdering all those people. Justice has failed.
We all know by now that Kourtney Kardashian (Keeping Up With The Kardashians & Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami) is pregnant with her on-again boyfriend, Scott Disick’s, child. What we didn’t know what that she considered not keeping the baby and wasn’t thinking about adoption. She speaks openly and as far as I can tell honestly about how difficult the decision was for her.
Kourtney took everyone’s opinions into consideration, but says ultimately the decision was hers and hers alone. She confesses that all the reasons she had for not keeping the baby were selfish and that she wasn’t in a position where she couldn’t support the baby. After researching abortion online, speaking to a doctor and crying she made her decision and says she is very happy with it.
I have to say that when I read the title of the article I passed judgments and was ready to blast her, but after reading I changed my mind and think that the article was a very good idea. Maybe it can help others who find themselves having to make that difficult choice. I also commend her for having the courage to put herself out there, especially on such a touchy subject. Good for you Kourtney!
This season’s cast is the biggest the show has had. Donny Osmond appeared live on ABC’s Good Morning America to announce a cast that includes himself.
Here’s the full cast:
Donny Osmond: Singer
Mya: R&B Singer and Actress
Michael Irvin: Former NFL Wide-Receiver
Melissa Joan Hart: Actress (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Kelly Osbourne: Singer
Debi Mazar: Actress (Entourage)
Chuck Liddell: Light Heavyweight Champion
Natalie Coughlin: Olympic Gold Medalist in Swimming
Joanna Krupa: Swimsuit Model
Aaron Carter: Singer
Tom DeLay: Former House Majority Leader
Kathy Ireland: Model
Ashley Hamilton: Actor, Son of former ‘Dancing’ contestant George Hamilton; previously married to Shannen Doherty and Angie Evehart.
Mark Dacascos: Actor, host of ‘Iron Chef America’
Louie Vito: Pro snowboarder
Macy Gray: Grammy-winning singer
What did I tell you, the Michael Jackson rumors just keep on coming.
Claire Elisabeth Fields Cruise has filed guardianship petitions for each of Michael Jackson’s kids and just wait until you hear why…
TMZ has a video of the woman holding a press conference. During the conference she states she is the biological mother of all three of his children, then names the three supposed biological fathers. Her wild claims include that she was married to Jackson and that Connor Cruise, the adopted son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, was in fact Michael Jackson’s biological son. When asked why he would give his son up for adoption, she answered that he did not want his own child because of the color of his skin.
After filming only half of the movie The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in the starring role of Tony, Heath Ledger, unexpectedly passed away.
The role was recast with Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell portraying transformations of the character as he travels through a dream world.
For a glimpse of director Terry Gilliam’s film The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus please view the trailer below. The film has a US release date of December 25.
The publishing world is crossing their fingers hoping that Dan Brown’s sequel to the blockbuster hit The Da Vinci Code is a success when it’s released to the public.
The publication date for The Lost Symbol has been set for September 15, 2009.
Well, if it is a hit like the last one was we will definitely see it in theaters within a year or two.
It’s starting! More people are starting to come out of the woodwork making all sorts of claims. You knew it was going to happen and will continue for years to come. I’m thinking of making a category dedicated to it.
A British tabloid is reporting that Mark Lester, a close friend of Michael Jackson’s and godfather of his three children, is claiming to be the father of at least one of his children. Lester claims he donated his sperm to Jackson while he was married to Debbie Rowe and believes Paris is his daughter.
Mr. Lester is claiming to come forward only because he is no longer allowed contact with the children. So this is his way of ensuring he will remain in contact with the children.
Why just Paris? Why would Michael use two different fathers for his children with Rowe? Why should anyone believe him? Apparently another of Jackson’s friends Uri Geller is saying it is possible. OK So that makes it true!
The “Cash For Clunkers” program was a success, because it increased sales for the auto industry, but the program was running out of money. The initial $1 billion had all but run out in just 10 days. So what do they do? What every other industry is doing, asking for more money and that’s just what they’re getting.
The Senate voted to keep the program alive, which gives consumers up to $4,500 in federal subsidies if they trade in their cars for new, more energy-efficient models.
The only problem I have with this program is that you are walking into a car dealership and yes, you will automatically get $4,500 for the car you trade-in, but who’s to say they aren’t ripping you off for the car you’re buying. So you are helping an industry that is keeping consumers in debt.
The President had this to say, “Cash for clunkers has been a proven success,” Obama said in a written statement issued shortly after the vote. “The initial transactions are generating a more than 50 percent increase in fuel economy; they are generating $700 to $1000 in annual savings for consumers in reduced gas costs alone, and they are getting the oldest, dirtiest and most air polluting trucks and SUV’s off the road for good.”
Seriously, it’s been 10 days, how could he possibly know that. This program was created for one reason, to give the auto industry a boost and that is what it did. Why give it more money? So consumers continue to pay for cars they can’t afford. Let’s see they already spent $1 billion, so what’s another $2 billion dollars, that’s how much more they are planning to give.
I’m telling you this Obama gives out billions like candy. I wish he’d give me some, but I’m not rich or poor and that’s the only people he gives it to.
It’s been confirmed by cast and websites such as Daytime Confidential. ABC soap opera All My Children is moving to Los Angeles after 39 years of being filmed in New York. The show is set to move to CA in December, begin filming in Los Angeles on January 4th and airing in HD in February. The new facility is reportedly twice as big as its current studio, complete with two stages which will allow for permanent sets.
Another ABC soap is also getting an upgrade toward streamlined production modules and facility improvements. One Life to Livewill now move into All My Children’s former New York studio which is 30% larger than it’s current space.
I have to say I am a little disappointed. I remember when I was nine years old I visited the original All My Children studios in NYC as a guest of Susan Lucci. It was the first time I had ever visited a television studio. I was able to explore the sets and meet the cast. It was such a wonderful experience.
I’m from NY and there are so few TV shows actually taped here, I’d hate to lose the ones we do have. What about the cast?
According to setside sources, all contract players will be offered the chance to relocate. Brian Frons, President of ABC Daytime told the cast everyone who is on contract will be moved, unless they don’t want to go. I am curious to see who will go and who will stay. You have to think about the actors who have a families rooted in NY.
Also, with AMC veterans such as Jill Larson, Lee Meriwether and Jennifer Bassey on recurring status, this could mean the end for their beloved characters.
John Hughes has died at 59 of a heart attack. He reportedly suffered the heart attack while taking a morning walk in NYC.
He will be remembered for writing and directing popular ’80s films as “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Sixteen Candles” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Through those movies he helped launch the careers of many of the famous 1980’s Rat Pack, especially Molly Ringwald.
Diane Schuler is the 36 year old who drove her minivan with five children inside toward oncoming traffic on July 26, 2009 on the Taconic State Parkway. Her actions caused the minivan to hit an SUV killing the three men inside resulting in a fiery crash which also killed Schuler and four of the children. The only one in the car to survive was Schuler’s son.
Everyone wondered how this could happen. We know she made a call to her brother that she didn’t feel good and she felt disoriented, so why didn’t she pull over? Now we know why. The woman driving who was known for being caring and a good mother and aunt was drunk and high on marijuana.
How could you be drunk and high and no one around you knew? How on Earth could you consider yourself a good mother and aunt and put these children lives in danger? How could her brother allow her to take his children with her? How could he not know she was under the influence?
Diane Schuler’s brother Warren Hance’s three young daughters died in the crash.
This was a tragic accident, but it could have been prevented. The lives of three men and four children were lost, because no one paid attention. I could tell if someone around me has had a little too much to drink. This woman was drunk and high. No one is that good at hiding an addiction. Her family is grieving, but they should also feel guilt. Warren Hance will feel both everyday for the rest of his life knowing he could have prevented the death of his daughters.
This is an unforgiving reason for a terrible tragedy.
Trust me. Listen to me. I can fix this. I’m looking out for your best interest. That’s what we hear from lawmakers promising us the world, but really just looking for our vote. We all know most of those promises are always broken. After all to the candidates they are just words. However, we did start to trust them a little bit and hope they can change our daily lives for the better. They were making someones life better, their own.
Now it’s become sort of a joke, hearing about all the corruption in the government. These people are using the positions we gave them to get rich and powerful, while we suffer.
Everyday it’s something different, two NJ Mayors and an Assemblyman arrested for money-laundering, among other things, former Rep. William Jefferson was convicted of taking bribes and federal agents found $90,000 in his freezer and really what politician isn’t having an extramarital affair these days.
A word to all those who seek re-election or running for the first time, we always find out. Do not think that we can be fooled for long, because there are eyes everywhere. Do not seek a position of power for your own selfish needs. If you are lucky enough to become the next Governor, Senator, Mayor or President, then do your job and stop worrying about screwing around (I mean that figuratively and literally). If you are elected follow through on your promises. Try making us all proud not sorry.
