Tim Rice, who co-wrote "Jesus Christ Superstar," with Andrew Lloyd Webber, said last night he'd still like to make changes. "Not to the songs, they're fine. But all the stuff in between. The words." It's too late, and anyway, "Jesus Christ Superstar" was revived on Broadway last night to cheers and [...]

pubblicato il: 23/03/2012 - 07:53

Every studio has a story like "John Carter." Remember "Heaven's Gate"? "Ishtar"? "Evan Almighty"? "The Postman"? "Waterworld"? And those are just the high points. Yesterday, Disney announced they're going to take a bath on "John Carter" to the tune of $200 million. I'm surprised it's not more, frankly. The budget [...]

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 05:35

"Mad Men" is back, and I'm elated. A two hour opening episode set on June 1, 1966 brought back everyone except Betty Draper--actress January Jones was on maternity leave. Its central kicker involved race. A bunch of young associates at Young & Rubicam dropped water "balloons" on black civil rights [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 05:31

Now that the maker of lean beef products has suspended operations at three plants, will the public forget the “pink slime” controversy? The private company, Beef Products Inc., based in Dakota Dunes, S.D., certainly hopes so. It is taking its case to the public, which has been bombarded in recent [...]

pubblicato il: 27/03/2012 - 16:27

It would be hard for any film to live up to the hype that's preceded this weekend's release of The Hunger Games. The frenzy reached fever pitch by opening day Friday, with expectations so high they seemed impossible to meet. Well, scratch that concern. After scoring a sensational $19.7 million [...]

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 09:27

A few months ago, I wrote -- okay, ranted -- about my decision to quit playing Words With Friends over what I see as its fatal flaw: the way it rewards random guessing over knowledge and skill. My breakup letter touched a nerve, and I heard from lots of other folks who think the insanely popular Zynga game ought to fix this glitch. Well, sorry, [...]

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 18:57

Several blue-chip stocks that rode the bull move in 2009 through 2012 should continue to perform superbly and do even better in this current bull, if restrained, move.

pubblicato il: 13/03/2012 - 13:39

A percent sign. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) On March 1st PIMCO launched an ETF version of the world’s biggest mutual fund, The PIMCO Total Return Fund. The ETF trades under the symbol TRXT, and can be purchased for around $100 per share. There has been a fair amount of negative press surrounding the launch, which [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 01:44

Guest post written by Auren Hoffman Auren Hoffman is founder and CEO of Rapleaf and venture partner at Founders Fund. You can follow him on his blog (Summation), on Twitter (@auren), and Facebook (aurenh). Auren Hoffman: Just say no. It has been conventional wisdom for the last 50 years that if you are [...]

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 21:11

  Apple Shareholders: Take The Dividend Money And Run This morning Apple announced a $2.65 quarterly dividend and  $10 billion share buyback plan.  Unlike my colleagues William Baldwin and Tom Post, I applaud the maneuver.  I don't own a lot of stocks, but my Apple stock has been a home run and [...]

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 18:38