The 50th Law hits The New York Times Best Seller's List

Congrats to Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent, his book, "The 50th Law" hit the number 8 spot on the New York Times Best Seller's List for the second week in a row. Is there any chance that this book can replace the Scarface/Tony Montana paraphernalia that's so well loved?! Just asking.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/bestseller/besthardadvice.html?_r=1&ref=bestseller

Not So Fast Mr. President

The debate of extending children's schools hours, summer breaks, etc. is an old one. But before we start proposing extensions let's fix the bureaucracy. Then start decreasing the size of the class rooms, reevaluating the content of education, start compensating teachers based on performance and finally offering vouchers. It's a shame that so many good private/religious schools have closed down for lack on enrollment when so many public school children could have filled those seats. On the other hand: Parents/Guardians wake up, speak up! http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2009/09/28/2009-09-28_president_obama_wants_to_keep_kids_in_school_longer_extended_days_weekend_hours_.html

World's Most Expensive Cars

Play lotto, invest, start/build your business, marry rich or simply enjoy :-)... http://www.nydailynews.com/money/galleries/worlds_most_expensive_cars/worlds_most_expensive_cars.html#ph0

Reality TV...Virgin Style

The CW Network is currently filming reality series "Fly Girls" based on the lives of five attractive flight attendants of Virgin America Airlines. They all reside in LA together and the show will feature their day to day responsibilities working the friendly skies, layovers between LA, NY and South Beach accompanied by handsome strangers of course and glimpse into their personal lives. The show is slated to air in 2010. Milk it Branson!

Dannon To Pay $35 Million Dollars in Consumer Settlement Case

Dannon has settled a $35 Million Dollar class action lawsuit stating that the company used false advertising for product lines Activia & DanActive. It was accused of touting health benefits that didn't exist. Part of the settlement indicates that words such as immunity will be removed and instead of using the phrase "a positive effect on your digestive tract's immune system" it will be reworded to say the yogurt will "interact with your digestive tract's immune system." Well doesn't anything you put in your body interact with your digestive tract?! Just asking...Refunds of up to $100.00 will be given to customers who have purchased the products. The settlement is awaiting approval by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. To read more:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-yogurt-settlement19-2009sep19,0,3094231.story
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/18/big-settlement-in-false-ad-suit-against-dannon/

Dell Has Been Served: $4 Million Dollar Payout

Dell has been ordered to pay a $4 million dollar lawsuit to New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo in a consumer fraud case. Dell was engaged in fraud, false advertising, deceptive business practices and abusive debt collection practices. Dell engaged in bait and switch advertising with respect to its “no interest” financing promotions, misled consumers to believe they had qualified for promotional financing, failed to adequately disclose the terms of its “next day” service contracts and failed to provide consumers with warranty service and promised rebates. Surprise, surprise. Never was a fan of their computers.
If you are a New York resident and purchased a Dell computer you may be entitled to receive a settlement. For more information visit:
http://www.oag.state.ny.us/media_center/2009/sep/sep15a_09.html
http://www.nyagdell.com/

Make A Wish for Stone Cold Creamery Ice Cream!

The Make A Wish Foundation and Stone Cold Creamery have joined forces to raise money and are doing it in the yummiest way possible. The 8th Annual world's largest ice cream social is on Thursday, September 24 from 5-8pm. For more info visit http://www.coldstonecreamery.com/promos/makeawish/

The Wizard of Oz: A Free Live Concert Event

To Commemorate the 70th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz, Netflix is sponsoring a movie screening and a free live concert featuring artists such as Jennifer Hudson belting out tunes from the soundtrack. The event is free and is taking place on Tuesday, September 29th @ 7:30 PM at the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. Netflix.com is also streaming the movie for free on October 3rd @ 9 AM for 24 hours. For more info please visit http://www.netflix.com/wizardofoz/index.html

Great American Dine Out 2009

Help end childhood hunger just by dining out! During this week, participating restaurants will donate a portion of sales to support Share Our Strength's efforts to end childhood hunger in America. Come on...do it for the kids! Copy & Paste:
http://www.opentable.com/promo.aspx?m=8&ref=4501&pid=307

Delicious Training by Nike featuring Serena Williams

Hot! Check Serena serving it up with "Ladies First" by Queen Latifa playing in the background.


This campaign hits the bullseye. Finally the advertising agencies on Madison Avenue are taking notice. Delicious training is sic and can identify with a wide array of women everywhere. Slogans like "shop it like its hot" is hot. The website also features Kerri Hilson who "Rocks it tomboy chic" and WNBA ballette Candice Wiggins who's phrase is "The girl is hungry" with a hoodie on looking a little scary actually lol (joking). Check it: http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikewomen/en_US/

For The Afternoon Sweet Tooth

Go ahead and break the glass! Treat yourself to a nice afternoon pick me up for a good cause. Cupcakes for a Cause is promoting cupcake week from September 21-27th. Buy yummy cupcakes from participating bakeries and a portion of the proceeds will benefit CancerCare for Kids. On a diet? You can send an e-cupcake through 1-800-flowers.com. To locate a list of bakeries, please log onto www.cupcakesforacause.org. And because I love making it a little easier for my foxie moxies--all Whole Foods & Zaro's are participating. Enjoy :-)

The Moxiest Question of the Day

Can we all get over the VMA's this week?! No really. We all know its great entertainment, great shock value and Viacom is thanking the media Gods for the 9 million viewers that tuned in-certainly more after the Kanye/Taylor Controversy (*ahem* great plug for LVMH via Hennessy) among other misnomers but let's lay this one to rest. Thank you.

8K First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit

For those fortunate enough to have purchased a home in '09, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 authorizes a tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. If you find that you qualify, make sure to communicate this to your tax preparer or Accountant when filing your 2009 taxes. Also, I had no idea that in anticipation of receiving the credit you may use it in the homebuying process. For more info visit http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=206291,00.html

The Worst Customer Service Ever

As I was watching the Real Housewives Of Atlanta, I remembered to post this video showing housewife Sheree in a screaming match, so close to blows, with event planner/producer Anthony Shorter. Sheree asks rhetorically "what happened to customer service?" I must say I was astounded at how a professional (*ahem* a self proclaimed executive according to Mr. Shorter) could behave in such a deplorable manner. This has got to be one of the WORST customer service interactions caught on camera. Apparently, Anthony planned the event gratis. The cost of services for a party of this caliber would've garnered him $60,000.00. This fact still doesn't excuse his behavior, he should've known what he was in for. After the incident he refused to apologize to Sheree and only apologized to Sheree's mother for the insults. SMH.

MTV Video Music Awards 2009

Janet Jackson will be performing a tribute in honor of her late brother Michael. Don't miss it!

In Commemoration of 9/11

P.Diddy The Brand That Just Keeps Giving

Resurrection of Autotune? Sean "P.Diddy" Combs has released a video for song Angels by new group Dirty Money comprised of him, Dawn of now defunct girl group Danity Kane and songwriter Keelena. The song is hot (albeit Kanyeish) but the video is too nostalgic not because of Biggie but Dawn and Keelena remind me of former Bad Boy group Total. I guess he's going for street cred but the video's gritty scene is more Puffy than Diddy. Nope I don't care that Hype Williams directed it...Enjoy.

A Sparkling Sweepstake Indeed

The Sparkling Life presented by Pellegrino is offering a yummy sweepstakes offer: Fabio Viviani of Bravo's Top Chef fame will prepare a dinner for you and 9 of your friends in the comfort of your home. For more info: http://www.thesparklinglife.com/sweepstakes/default.aspx
While you're there check out the site they offer some good ideas for entertaining and a coupon for sparkling water. Good luck!

Absolut-ely Loose Off The Goose

The Wall Street Journal reported the declining sales of Absolut Vodka. The dismal sales are being attributed to the recession and the availability of lower cost vodkas such as Skyy & Svedka who have gained market share. Absolut comes in second to Smirnoff who remains #1 in the US. Grey Goose, owned by Bacardi, comes in at #3. If you really want to restore growth do what all the big boys do and acquire the competition or just keep reminding us we're paying more for all natural ingredients and no sugar added as a great reason for consumers to remain loyal lushes. I mean the thought of Purity + Vodka go hand and hand so why not?
On that note, have a fabulous and safe Labor(less) Day weekend!

Pfizer fined a record $2.3 billion dollars...

Ca-ching...Pfizer has entered an agreement with the Department of Justice to pay a record fine in the amount of $2.3 billion dollars. Pfizer was found guilty of misbranding anti-inflammatory drug Bextra which was pulled from shelves by the FDA in 2005. Pfizer promoted the sale of Bextra for several uses and dosages that the FDA specifically declined to approve due to safety concerns. Aside from Baxtra, three other drugs were mentioned in the settlement Geodon, Zyvox, and Lyrica. According to the release on The Department of Justice website, $1 billion will go to Medicare and Medicaid and get this at least $102 million will go to six whistleblowers for assisting with the recovery wth?! The $2.3 billion will resolve civil and criminal complaints held against the company. Wow. For more information visit:
http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2009/September/09-aag-900.html

Travis Barker Caddy Giveaway

State Farm is sponsoring the giveaway of a hot 1966 Coupe de Ville Convertible owned by Blink 182 drummist Travis Barker. To enter or for more info, copy & paste:
http://statefarmphotos.com/182/sweeps/index.cfm?action=main.lang&id1=&id2=

Whitney Houston Graces Cover of Ebony

Whitney Houston is gracing the cover of Ebony for their October issue and is looking absolutely fabulous doing so. The magazine hits newstands on September 8th. Come on back Whit, come on back...