Is it fair to ask if jail is another career move for Paris Hilton?   Thus far, the infamous publicity attracting part time actress has built a decent media personality career on nothing more than being Paris Hilton, pretty rich celebrity, and has thus managed to appear in some television shows and several... read more

A few months ago, I wrote a piece here about the continuing intrigue of the television show, American Idol. In it, I mentioned that a young man was shown refusing to acknowledge to Ryan Seacrest that the judges preferred him over his sister, who also auditioned. It was kind and chivalrous-in this day... read more

Feature length movie companies eventually left the two reel companies in the financial dust and even absorbed what was left of many of them meaning that the new companies which are in essence the forebears of what are now called Paramount, Fox, Universal and Warners, plus a few others including one that... read more

An abbreviated review of the history of movie business in comparison and as a parallel paradigm to some competing information technologies can provide insight into the transition that major media are now undergoing.   We can start with Thomas Edison, the inventor of and an investor in motion pictures,... read more

Sometimes I think a few of the networks who produce reality TV consider us pretty gullible. Do they really expect us to believe that what we’re seeing is unrehearsed? Hah! Yet, on the other hand, just because I don’t believe this is reality does not mean I don’t find some of it rather interesting… Actually,... read more

If you have read some of my most recent articles, you will easily figure out that I am focusing on stocks and to a lesser extent the national economy.  In an effort to try to stay up to the minute, although I do not usually write nearly that fast, I have set Google, Yahoo and New York Times alerts for... read more

For those who want perspective and insight on the stock market, an example of how profitable a good internet web site can be, MySpace, the most notable of News Corporation’s, NWS-A, internet subsidiaries, is making financial news again because there are negotiations with eBay, EBAY, to enable sales... read more

OK, I’m the first to admit that any actor has to be pretty bad for me to notice, although I’ve seen a few who don’t seem to deserve their high salary demands. In my opinion, the majority of professional thespians are all pretty much equal, except for those I consider the uppermost crème de la... read more

Here it is, season six, and still over 35 million viewers a night tuned in to the American Idol TV shows this week. How can we continue to be fascinated, when it invariably seems to follow a pattern? There is always an array of really young performers who are outstanding, several hard luck stories,... read more

Alost everyone who is into music knows the internet has wrought great changes in the music marketplace, from forcing long standing retailers like Sam Goody and Tower Records to close to exponentially expanding the quantity and quality of choices available to afficionados.   The fact music has gone online... read more