I know the live blogs can be a bit hard to follow once they’re done, so I thought a simple recap post is in order! On episode 12.03 of America’s Next Top Model, the girls get makeovers and do their first photo shoot with Nigel Barker, where they have to “light up” their faces...

telegraph.co.uk Happy 50th, Barbie. The Telegraph reports that a 2.1 meter tall cake, the biggest Barbie cake in history, was displayed on the First Fleet Steps of the Botanic Gardens in Sydney, Australia. That should feed all her friends and coworkers, as she's been a pediatrician, Air Force jet pi...

Remember when PE firms backed out of signed deals in droves? They looked like jerks at the time, but in retrospect, they were probably smart to avoid the overpriced, highly leveraged deals they had aggressively pursued for the past three years. Taking into account the Dow’s record breaking drops l...

Family Guy – talk about a misnomer. The animated Fox television series crossed sexual, moral and religious boundaries on Sunday evening when it aired content inappropriate for its young target audience. The controversial material was not limited to one subject, or isolated in a single scene. Image...

by Mary E. Pearson Zoe's seventeen and she lives alone with her mom. But she doesn't think she can anymore. The story starts there. Mary E. Pearson has a great talent for creating characters that resonate strongly with me, even if on the surface I have nothing in common with them. Her writing is ver...

The Humane Society of the United States will honor photographer and America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker for his efforts against the Canadian seal hunt at the Genesis Awards on March 28th. The Genesis Awards honor news and entertainment media and professionals for their efforts in promo...

The secondary market may be stalled until year-end numbers are out, but that hasn’t dampened interest in the asset class. Aside from firms starting new secondary intermediary practices left and right, many of the largest legacy buyers are in the market with new funds. Notably, one (Landmark) is ra...

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Via the Student Lending Analytics blog, the Hill reported yesterday on the debate between lawmakers over President Obama's proposal to eliminate subsidies to private student loan companies and shift all student loans to the federal government's Direct Loan Program. According to the article, the prop...

A pint's not a pint, unless it's a pint, right? Häagen-Dazs will shrink its ice cream "pint" tub from 16 to 14 ounces, reports Advertising Age. Mini tub competitor Ben & Jerry's is very critical of the shrinkage, with this to say on their website: One of our competitors (think funny sounding Europe...