Rob Lowe is an actor with a long line of credits stretching back to early ‘80s, most notably in the movies CLASS, THE OUTSIDERS, and ST. ELMO’S FIRE, which launched him to stardom. Throughout that decade, he was known as much for his hard-partying ways and prolific dating life as he was for his acting [...]
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It’s a tough time for the music business. Sales are down, largely a result of digital music sharing, the devaluation of music in its digital form, and the return to “singles” as the dominant format (as opposed to albums). But a few artists manage to thrive even in this challenging climate, including Cordozar Calvin Broadus and [...]
Read More →As the regular readers of YII (and subscribers to the Mogul Mindset eBlasts) know, YII is a HUGE fan of “Survivor” and other reality shows. Reality shows are chock full of life lessons one can apply to all aspects of life, especially one’s career. After all, what is your office but an isolated oasis where you [...]
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Say what you will… She’s sometimes abrasive, sometimes obscene, and sometimes downright mean, but comedienne Kathy Griffin has made a well-above-D list entertainment career out of billing herself as stuck on the D-list. But what does Kathy Griffith have to teach us about being successful in entertainment? As luck would have it, not only do [...]
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Swimming With Sharks is a revenge fantasy about an abused assistant kidnapping and torturing his successful studio executive boss. It’s honestly not a very good movie and has some serious misogynist undertones (and overtones, at the end), but since the title has become synonymous with braving some of the more challenging industry environments, it seemed remiss [...]
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TOOTSIE is a movie about an actor, Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), who can’t get hired so he dresses up in drag and auditions for a soap opera as a woman. The woman, Dorothy Michaels, gets hired to play the part and creates a sensation as a strong female character on daytime TV, thus potentially trapping Michael in his life [...]
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You may have gotten a copy of the below audio file emailed to you: http://www.wwtdd.com/post.phtml?pk=18481 Or you might’ve seen a story about it on any number of media outlets, including “The Today Show” and “The View.” Christian Bale had an extended tirade on the set of a movie directed at a cinematographer who was walking around checking the [...]
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I love Madonna. I love all the Madonnas. The tough little Michigan girl transplanted to New York who wore black eyeliner, countless rubber bangle bracelets, leather, lace, and sometimes a big, puffy white wedding dress. The sultry, ballad-singing, wanna-be-taken-seriously singer/actress who was briefly married to Sean Penn. The heathen rabble-rouser whose “Like a Prayer” was [...]
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