Most Expensive Party Ever Thrown Attracts the Recession Proof

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America’s got Las Vegas, the Middle-East has Dubai- a dessert city built to attract the richest people in the world.  A place where residents can afford to hire chart topping singers (Akon), fly them out and then decide not to have them perform.  A place where the cheapest hotel room starts at like 2,000 dollars!

Dang, I can’t even afford to fill my gas tank half-way.

Well, Mary-Kate Olsen, Denzel Washington, Robert De Niro, and Charlize Theron were all out in Aladdin-ville attending the $20 million opening party for the Atlantis The Palm resort last night. 

The party had a guest list of 2,500 people- most of which are millionaires and celebrities.  The grand opening of the $1.5 billion dollar hotel/resort was featured with a wondrous firework show; seven times larger than the Beijing Olympics!

The Billionaire Boys Club getaway has an aquarium holding 65,000 fish, rare sharks, and a dolphinarium(WTF!) with over two dozen Bottlenose Dolphins.  Along with thousands of rooms, is a suite that goes for $25,000 a night!

Rub it in richies, rub it in!

Somali Pirates raid an Oil Tanker

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Yar know that pirates actually exist in the modern world?

I didn’t- the last time I saw a pirate was either the bumbling Depp wearing too much mascara or in “The Life Aquatic” when a bunch  of mustached Filipino’s robbed Zissou’s ship.

Well, this past Saturday real sea-criminals from Somali seized a massive oil tanker in the Indian Ocean.  American Navy officials are stunned by the size and range of attack which at 450 miles offshore and the tanker, stretching larger than three football fields and can carry 2 million barrels of oil, makes this the greatest pirate hijacking in modern history.

The pirates, “fundamentally changing the way they’re doing business,” Navy official said.

Ship was spotted yesterday, heading towards Somalia with a crew of 25 held hostage.

No one knows exactly how the pirates executed the raid, but officials suggest a cool image of high-speed inflatable rafts with heavy armed gunmen surrounding the boat on all sides who get close to the ship and toss ladders and ropes with hooks to swing onboard the vessel.

Sounds like an action movie that we’ve all seen!

Once pirates are on ship, the crew is powerless.

Officials state that the hijacked tanker does not have massive affects on the oil market, because the oil price has fell, but if the raid was taken earlier than gas prices could have jumped up nearly $5!

As for extra precautions, the U.S. and its allies are jacking up security throughout all the dangerous waters which has recently been successful in haul ting numerous other piracy attempts. 

Yet this Oil Tanker reflects innovative strategery in a post 9/11 world that demands security to think a lot more strategically.

DHL Packs Up and Leaves the US

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Add 9,500 Americans to the tragic list of the unemployed, because DHL is suspending all domestic mailing operations.  No more! The longtime mailing service cannot compete with UPS, FedEX and the USPS that are as prevalent in your town as Starbucks. 

But, don’t worry drug smugglers- DHL will continue its facilities worldwide. 

Seriously though, their domestic step out marks one of the many American corporations that have gone under this week.  Yesterday, Circuit City claimed bankruptcy and tomorrow? Who knows? Times are friggin rough. 

For the people who are employed- HOLD ON TO YOUR JOB.

Youtube and MGM collab!

The world’s largest online video sharing site, Youtube,  will feature full-length television shows and blockbuster films from Metro-Goldwyn Mayer’s.

Presumably, Youtube’s usage of MGM is to elevate advertising revenues.  The addition of professional videos can alleviate the economical drought that businesses are facing.

No stranger to the deal, Youtube picked up complete television shows from CBS last month.  Adding MGM to the arsenal, viewers will be able to watch the action film “Bullet Proof Monk” and the comedy hit “Legally blond” which will be free to watch. 

Free, but advertising will be streaming alongside the video.

ANNOYING!

Anyway, such partnerships with Youtube creates heavy competition with other online video sites owned by News Corp and NBC Universal.

Manny the Angeleno?

Kobe Bryant might have to share the LA spotlight with another baller- a baseball player!? Really?

Who follows baseball?

Anyway, last year, Manny Ramirez (former Redsock) joined the under 500 win percent Dodgers.  Stepping into the new batter’s box, Manny swung the Dodgers out of losing and directed them straight to the playoffs.

Also,  he attracted 6 to 7,000 more fans to the stadium per night- generating an extra 7 million dollars a month for the Dodger ball club. 

All of which makes Manny the hottest non-lake show athlete in LA.

This week, the MLB’s most influential ball player must undergo a new contract that’s ringing major dollar signs.  Sources  predict that Manny will be the second highest paid player in baseball history; just under our beefcake A-rod.   

However, with a laundry list of franchises scouting the Dominican slugger, LA Dodgers have to really balance their options, which means cuttin’ contract length. They plan on paying Manny a fair price. Nevertheless, a price that will empty out the GM’s bank account.  Estimated proposal is a two year deal for 55 million dollars.  

$55 million- that’s a whole lotta’ money.  

Manny sure got presence…

Do you think he is worth it?

Paying Money to Run Away From the Pap’.

In the anything-could-happen high profile streets of New York, where Celebrity photographers camp outside of the Four Seasons or Plaza Hotel with the hopes to shoot the hottest movie stars, a new kind of paparazzi action is  occurring. The camera’s new targets are average Joes that are paying hundreds of dollars to experience what it is like to be famous.

Started by former commercial photographer Tania Cowher, Celeb4aday.com aims to provide the perfect gift for your lime-light seeking friends.  The New York based company offers three packages, where you will be escorted in a limo through the city and followed by paparazzi.  The limo will pull you up to some of the hottest restaurants in town and you’ll step out feeling like Miley Cyrus. Along with dinner reservations, publicist, and personal bodyguard, you’ll receive a high-gloss tabloid magazine cover- where your celebrity face is featured.

Celeb4aday.com owner claims the experience is priceless, because the simulation convinces the rest of the city that your not well, you.  By simply having the ensemble people will stop you on the street and want to hang out.  Allegedly one male purchaser was approached by two beautiful women asking if they could join him for dinner!  He confirmed the luck was in the cameras, the exuding fame image.  

And that’s just the catch-  anything could happen. Tania Cowher even states that she has gotten customers past the most exclusive velvet ropes without  advanced scheduling. 

Artificial ballin!

However, packages are not cheap.  Being followed for thirty minutes can cost up to $730 dollars with prices rising up to $3,000 dollars depending on how many camera men follow and how long you cruise in the limo.  

Is the attention from public crowds worth the price? 

Let us know…

Perez Hater Servin’ up Heat on Halloween

Get all the lawyers on the phone!

Determined Perezhilton.com hater, Liz Silver, who runs the anti-Perez blog (PerezRevenge.com), has ended her chase to sue the pants off Mario Lavandeira (Perez Hilton).  Her encounter with Perez occurred last friday, Halloween. NY post reports:

Liz silver, who accuses Lavanderia of plagiarism, says she tried and failed to serve the copyright infringement complaint “nine times at every one of his addresses” in Los Angeles.  Finally, she enlisted her friend Margie Rogers to crash Lavandeira’s Halloween party at Escape Friday night.  Silver told us, “at 12:30a.m. Perez showed up to the party dressed as a matador, and Margie put the papers right on his chest.  He gave her a mean, angry face but she just said, ‘You’ve been served, ‘and left.”  Lavanderia should know this trick well- he bragged on his site a few months ago about hunting Samantha Ronson down at a deejaying gig in LA to serve her with documents.  He did not return our e-mails. 

HBO’S Beverage Line

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TV’s most successful mob show may have had a disappointing ending, but are soon to provide a smooth aftertaste.

“The Sopranos”, the HBO series has set off on the most unpredictable by-product- a line of wines that will be found in U.S. stores this fall.  From various Italian wineries the line will feature a variety of wines ranging from Chianti, Pinot Grigio, and Pinot Noir that is priced up to anywhere between $11.00 and $30.00.

The New York Post reports that Mark Gonsalves, whose company funded the project, says, “Wine was the obvious next brand extension.”

Really?

Wine seems kind of random to me. 

How about a chain of ‘Bada-bing’ strip clubs? Or an affordable clothing line that makes fine Italian suits for gerthy men?

Wine just seems too classy for a New Jersey mob family, but hey, Paul Newman was capable of filling all the grocery aisles with anything between salsa and cat food.