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Monday, September 26, 2011

Michael Bloomberg Is America's Wealthiest Media Mogul

Bill Gates tops the list as the nation's richest person; other people include Warren Buffett, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Ted Turner and Mark Cuban.

Bill Gates, with $59 billion, is by far the richest person in America, and Warren Buffett is second with $39 billion, according to the annual list from Forbes magazine.

The first media mogul on the list released Wednesday is Michael Bloomberg, who is No. 12 with $19.5 billion.

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Others from media cracking the list of the 400 richest Americans include Cox Enterprises major shareholder Anne Cox Chambers ($12 billion), News Corp’s. Rupert Murdoch ($7.4 billion), Dish and EchoStar founder Charles Ergen ($6.4 billion), DreamWorks cofounder David Geffen ($5.5 billion) and Liberty Media’s John Malone ($4.5 billion).

Viacom’s Sumner Redstone is 80th on the list with $4.1 billion, and a little further down is George Lucas ($3.2 billion), Steven Spielberg ($3 billion), Oprah Winfrey ($2.7 billion) and HDNet’s Mark Cuban ($2.3 billion).

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Ted Turner, who lost billions during the AOL Time Warner debacle, is No. 212 on the list with $2 billion, just behind and ahead of several heirs of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst.

Several new-media pioneers, which Forbes categorizes as tech moguls, placed much higher than traditional media executives. Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, for example, all placed in the Top 20.

Avatar and Titanic director James Cameron did not make the list, nor did anyone who is primarily known as an actor.

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

Hollywood's Biggest Real Estate Deals of the Week: Michael Bay, Jennifer Aniston

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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

George Michael Reveals Split From Longtime Partner on Opening Night of Tour

The singer also honors Amy Winehouse as he kicks off his "Symphonica" tour at the Prague State Opera House.

George Michael revealed Monday that he has split from his longtime partner, Kenny Goss, during the opening night of his Symphonica tour.

The singer told the crowd at the Prague State Opera House that "Kenny and I haven't been together for two and a half years," the Associated Press reported.

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The breakup came partly because of the fallout related to Goss' struggle with alcohol addiction.

During his performance, Michael decided a new song titled "Where I Hope You Are" to Goss.

"My love life has been a lot more turbulent than I've let on," Michael said. "This man has brought me a lot of joy and a lot of pain."

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Michael had previously denied rumors that he and Goss had split but said Monday: "It's time to be honest."

During opening night of his tour, Michael also honored singer Amy Winehouse, who died last month. He said she is the only British artist to have left him in awe during his 30-year musical career.

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Michael Bolton, Dave Mason Set Second Annual Celebrity Golf Classic to Benefit Charity

The Sept. 10 event will benefit the Michael Bolton Charities for children and women at risk as well as three other organizations.

Singer-songwriter Michael Bolton and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Dave Mason are set to host their second annual Celebrity Golf Classic to benefit the Michael Bolton Charities for children and women at risk on Sept. 10 at the Ojai (Calif.) Valley Inn and Spa.

The daylong event includes a golf tournament along with an awards reception, silent auction and dinner, including an awards presentation, live auction and performances by Bolton and Mason.

In addition, Orianthi (Michael Jackson's This Is It), singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem and singer-songwriter Gary Wright ("Dream Weaver") will make special appearances at the dinner, which will be emceed by John O'Hurley.

The Michael Bolton Charities Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Del R. Bryant, president and CEO of BMI Inc.

The Michael Bolton Charities, founded in 1993, is based in Bolton's home state of Connecticut. It has handed out a total of $6 million in grants to various organizations that support children and women at risk of poverty, abuse, neglect, homelessness and domestic violence.

A portion of the proceeds from the Sept. 10 event also will go to ?Santa Barbara Community Food Bank, Yoga Blue and Work Vessels for Vets. For more information, visit michaelboltoncharities.com or call (203) 483-6463.

Bolton recently released his 21st studio album, titled Gems -- The Duets Collection, which includes collaborations with Rascal Flatts, Seal, Goodrem, late vocalist Eva Cassidy and composer-producer A.R. Rahman.

Mason is primarily known for his work with Traffic but also worked with Jimi Hendrix, Jackson, the Rolling Stones, Eric Claption, George Harrison and Fleetwood Mac, among others.

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The Eat Sheet: Thomas Keller and Michael Voltaggio Do Affordable Eats

Celebrity chef Keller debuts Bouchon Bakery in Beverly Hills, while the Top Chef winner slings sandwiches.

Renowned French Laundry chef Thomas Keller is set to open Bouchon Bakery on August 16 in Beverly Hills. The fourth outpost of his original Parisian-style pastry-and-baguette shop in the Napa Valley town of Yountville, the bakery is situated just below his Bouchon Bistro and next to Bar Bouchon, across from the Montage Beverly Hills Hotel.

If you can't wait until Tuesday for a brownie-like Chocolate Bouchon (pictured below) or a Pain Au Raisin, get on the list for the friends and family preview happening over the two days before the grand opening.

Meanwhile, tattooed Top Chef Season 6 winner Michael Voltaggio surprised foodies with the launch of a new sandwich shop, Ink: Sack (the name, we admit, sounds a little off.) two days ago. Food bloggers — invited to preview the décor of his long-awaited restaurant Ink, on Melrose Avenue — were afterwards taken next door to see his new sandwich space … which he announced would open in 48 hours.

The chef, known for his virtuoso experiments in molecular gastronomy, passed out much less complicated fare to the small crowd. The fare includes the C.L.T. sandwich (chicken liver mousse, curried chicken skin, lettuce and tomato) and a beef tongue Reuben. Most of the items on the menu are priced between $4 and $6.

Don’t expect such prices two doors down when Ink (which counts Michael Ovitz as an investor) opens. The restaurant is expected to debut in September after major delays due to permit red tape. “I feel like a jack-in-the-box that somebody’s been cranking and cranking, and finally the top just broke,” Voltaggio told Grub Street LA on Tuesday. Apparently, all of his permits have now passed muster.

Bouchon Bakery: 235 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, 310-271-9910

Ink Sack: 8360 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

Michael Crichton

Showing quotations 1 to 4 of 4 total Historically, the claim of consensus has been the first refuge of scoundrels; it is a way to avoid debate by claiming that the matter is already settled. Michael Crichton, Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003The belief that there are other life forms in the universe is a matter of faith. There is not a single shred of evidence for any other life forms, and in forty years of searching, none has been discovered. There is absolutely no evidentiary reason to maintain this belief. Michael Crichton, Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003Whenever you hear the consensus of scientists agrees on something or other, reach for your wallet, because you're being had. Michael Crichton, Caltech Michelin Lecture, January 17, 2003I am certain there is too much certainty in the world. Michael Crichton, State of Fear

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'Project Runway's' Michael Kors Picks Up Marriage License

The designer will marry his longtime partner Lance LePere in New York.

Project Runway judge Michael Kors and his partner Lance LePere picked up a marriage license in NYC on Wednesday.

"Lance and I are very excited to finally be able to have the opportunity to marry in our home state after many years together," the designer says in a statement to UsMagazine.com. New York legalized same sex marriage in June.

Don't expect a big wedding blowout.

"We have no plans for a major party," Kors says. "But we will be getting married privately."

Season 9 of Project Runway premiered last month.

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Friday, August 5, 2011

Michael McClary

Showing quotations 1 to 1 of 1 total Irrigation of the land with seawater desalinated by fusion power is ancient. It's called 'rain'. Michael McClary

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Michael Jackson

And I remember going to the record studio and there was a park across the street and I'd see all the children playing and I would cry because it would make me sad that I would have to work instead.
Michael Jackson

Because I think every child star suffers through this period because you're not the cute and charming child that you were. You start to grow, and they want to keep you little forever.
Michael Jackson

Because I wanted to have a place that I could create everything that I that I never had as a child. So, you see rides. You see animals. There's a movie theater.
Michael Jackson

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.
Michael Jackson

Before I would hurt a child, I would slit my wrists.
Michael Jackson

But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
Michael Jackson

Children show me in their playful smiles the divine in everyone. This simple goodness shines straight from their hearts and only asks to be lived.
Michael Jackson

Elizabeth Taylor is gorgeous, beautiful, and she still is today, I'm crazy about her.
Michael Jackson

Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child.
Michael Jackson

Everything that I love is behind those gates. We have elephants, and giraffes, and crocodiles, and every kind of tigers and lions. And - and we have bus loads of kids, who don't get to see those things. They come up sick children, and enjoy it.
Michael Jackson

I have a skin disorder that destroys the pigmentation of my skin, it's something that I cannot help, OK?
Michael Jackson

I just wish I could understand my father.
Michael Jackson

I love my family very much. I wish I could see them a little more often than I do. But we understand because we're a show business family and we all work.
Michael Jackson

I rememeber one time we were getting ready to go to South America and everything was packed up and in the car ready to go and I hid and I was crying because I really did not want to go, I wanted to play. I did not want to go.
Michael Jackson

I was a veteran, before I was a teenager.
Michael Jackson

I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.
Michael Jackson

I'm a black American, I am proud of my race. I am proud of who I am. I have a lot of pride and dignity.
Michael Jackson

I'm happy to be alive, I'm happy to be who I am.
Michael Jackson

I'm just like anyone. I cut and I bleed. And I embarass easily.
Michael Jackson

I'm never pleased with anything, I'm a perfectionist, it's part of who I am.
Michael Jackson

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