You don’t have to be quite dead yet, but Forbes’ Top 10 of top-earning musicians is full with acts that started a long time ago – think 1980’s.

A lot of that income comes from touring, merchandising sales, product endorsements and sales of their catalogs, although that last ingredient has taken a nose-dive the past decade.

Here are the rock bands and solo artists that added most to their bottom line between June 2009 and June 2010: Read the rest of this entry »

It was to be expected that all the fuss about Tiger Woods’ “transgressions” would have a financial fall-out somehow. Consultancy firm Accenture has severed their 6-year ties with the golf star, and Gilette will limit Woods’ marketing presence. The public image of Mr. Perfect has been tarnished, and endorsement deals based on this images have been, and probably will be, pulled.

I find the whole public mud-slinging a far from elegant feature of the American society, which has become all celebrity-crazed and media-horny. Read the rest of this entry »

Online tickets sales for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s Giants Stadium concerts in East Rutherford, New Jersey (NJ) for  September 30, October 2 and October 3 started at 10 a.m. EST today. The fact that people are searching all over the Internet to find these tickets is not just because The Boss Bruce Springsteen still rocks, but of course also because of the location of this particular concert. Read the rest of this entry »

Cleveland Caveliers star LeBron James has been chosen as the 2008-09 NBA Most Valuable Player presented by Kia Motors. He appeared on his first Sports Illustrated cover at 17, and now “King James” has been voted the league’s Most Valuable Player by sportswriters and broadcasters – the youngest MVP ever. Read the rest of this entry »

Do you Twitter (Tweet)? I do, although I can’t say that I am a veteran quite yet ;o)

Nielsen Online reported today that Twitter enjoyed a doubling in its user base last month, March 2009. And April will be even wilder, I suspect, with all the attention (read: hype) that celebrities like Ashton Kutcher*, Mrs. Kutcher (Demi Moore) and Oprah brought to the medium. Will the success last, though? Read the rest of this entry »

You know him – the Simon Cowell of professional kitchens. Yeh… the one from the reality TV show Hell’s Kitchen. Ramsay (not Ramsey) and tableware manufacturer Royal Doulton have partnered to bring a line of dinnerware into everybody’s kitchen. But without the shouting. Read the rest of this entry »

Larry King Interviewed Singing Sensation SUSAN BOYLE and Celebrity Apprentice and Britain’s Got Talent Judge Piers Morgan Monday 20th April 2009 CNN International

Some interesting excerpts:

MORGAN: But what’s astounding is the speed and the breadth of her success.  I mean, I’ve been getting calls today from China, from Russia, from Australia.  All around America, all around Europe.  Susan Boyle has gone from total obscurity in the space of five days to global superstar and that’s just extraordinary.

MORGAN: Well, I spoke to Simon Cowell who also judges “Britain’s Got Talent” last night and he’s in Hollywood and I think it’s fair to say his eyes have been going “kaching” ever since Susan’s performance because Simon is a businessman and he knows his music and he knows he’s got somebody with an extraordinary voice and this global phenomenon going on around her and I think that within a year, whatever happens to Susan on the show, whether she wins or not, I think we’re going to see a number one album around the world.

And even though she said in the interview she was not going to change her looks - she did! Today her new Susan Boyle’s look is all over the Internet. No Hollywood Make-Over yet, but that may be next…

BOYLE:  Why should I?  Why should I change?  Particularly my identity.

Here is a clip showing part of the interview:

And now the transcript of the whole interview: Read the rest of this entry »