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Scary Places: The Knickerbocker Hotel

Not long ago, I blogged about the Roosevelt Hollywood, a hotel reportedly haunted by the likes of Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Cliff among others. But, the Roosevelt Hollywood isn’t the only haunted hotel in town. The Knickerbocker Hotel was built in 1925 as a luxury apartment building. It later became a hotel, with its Renaissance Revival Bar a favorite among the Hollywood crowd. Over the years, the Knickerbocker saw its share of fame, but also its share of scandal. Famed director D.W. Griffith died of a stroke in the hotel in 1948. Once a Hollywood big wig, Griffith had been … Continue reading →

Dead Celebs Still Profiting

Well, maybe not so much the dead celebs as their descendents, but it is definitely profitable today to be a dead celebrity. Do you remember seeing Fred Astaire dance with the vacuum cleaner? Apparently, it is really the rock-n-roll legends that are pulling in the big dough. Elvis Presley may be spinning in his grave to hear that he is no longer the top earning dead celebrity, according to a Forbes.com list. He has been surpassed by another King – Grunge King Kurt Cobain. This just seems so wrong because Elvis had a much longer career. But according to Forbes, … Continue reading →

How to Get the Guy

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So I was watching television the other morning and I saw an ad for a television show that made me do a double take. I may have mentioned here in the last few months that I am really not the demographic that reality television is trying to target. In fact, I really dislike reality television in general as exploitive, borderline abusive and just downright voyeuristic. That being said, I’m likely going to have to watch at least one episode of this new show just because it features wait for it: love coaches. That’s right – did you ever see the … Continue reading →