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NY POST 04/16

--Which divorced billionaire has his publicist double as a matchmaker? He has his rep seek out and then screen his dates to make sure everything's kosher.

--WHICH soon-to-be divorced billionaire is having a rough time
splitting from his wife? He was recently seen leaving his
psychiatrist's office in tears.

--WHICH celebutard has a secret madam past? Not only is she not as rich as she wants people to think, but when she first popped up on the radar, she was making money on the side by offering to fill
billionaires' boats with girls who would have sex for cash.

BoiFromTroy The April edition of Instinct Magazine has a good article on the “gay dollar” and how we should spend it. I’d link to it but it is not online so you’ll have to pick it up for yourself. Their bottom line? We should pay attention to things like the Human Rights Campaign’s Workplace Equality Index.

Instinct highlights five particularly bad companies in the HRC survey, some which you’d expect and others which were a surprise:

• Exxon Mobil Corp., Score: 0
• Bayer Corp., Score: 15
• Cracker Barrel, Score: 15
• H.J. Heinz, Score: 15
• Nestle Purina Pet Care Co., Score: 15

Duck Out - Aflac Duck Gets Dumped

New CMO Plans to Clip the Aflac Duck's Wings

SIRIUS and XM to Combine in $13 Billion Merger of Equals

Mel Karmazin to Serve as Chief Executive Officer and Gary Parsons to Serve as Chairman of Combined Company...

WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XM Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: XMSR) and SIRIUS Satellite Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, under which the companies will be combined in a tax-free, all-stock merger of equals with a combined enterprise value of approximately $13 billion, which includes net debt of approximately $1.6 billion.

FROM Queerty HX Media Fires Entire Sales Staff!

Rosie Blasts Back at Trump on her Blog....

And the celeb-battle continues.... Rosie has shot abck at Trump again, after he took some verbal shots at her, after she called him out on the View.... Does all that make sense...

Either way in the next round.... Rosie has hit her blog with the following...

• O'Donnell reproduced a lengthy article from the online encyclopedia site Wikipedia about Trump's finances

• As for Trump's threats.... that he's considering sending some of his friends to go steal O'Donnell's companion, Kelli Carpenter, away from "nice fat little Rosie," the View cohost also writes, "i will let u know if the donald sues me/or if kelli leaves me for one of his pals/dont u find him charming."

I'm sure there is a lot more to this public fued than we know,,,, 

One note... Rosie is VERY close to Martha Stewart, who got the bump from Trump over The Apprentice mess..... I'm sure Rosie and The Donald... have a ton of skeltons in the closet on why they are close buddies....

FOR MORE CLICK IT: Rosie Shoots Back at Trump

Madonna has signed a deal with H&M to produce a second line of clothing with the retail company. The line will go on sale in March.

Courting the gay consumer...

Interesting read...

Marketers tailor ads to brand-savvy gay customers, says Fortune's Marc Gunther.

Ivana Trump Drunk Dials?!?!?!?!

Can you tell the difference?!?!?!!?!?

Ivana Trump's friends are freakin about her hard partying, and were shocked when she had to be carried out of Barbara Davis' Carousel Ball Saturday night in Beverly Hills.

"Ivana is really out of control," said a West Coast pal. "She's drinking and partying more than ever, and we are all really concerned."

One red carpet spy said, "She had a friend hold one arm and had his daughter hold her other arm because she was wobbling so much . . . Finally, someone heard he friend say, 'You can't stay here like this, you must go home."

Sources say Donald Trump's first wife, Ivana sought treatment for her drinking earlier this year..... although others are quoted as saying, "More recently, she has taken to calling friends late at night and leaving rambling, incoherent voice mails."

Gay Games Souvenirs To Be Sold To Public To Help Close $200,000 Loss

(CBS) CHICAGO The Gay Games received a warm welcome and were considered a success in Chicago last summer, but in the end, they suffered a $200,000 budget shortfall.

• To close that gap, organizers are selling souvenirs from the games....
  The Chicago Tribune reported that items such as signs from the opening and closing ceremonies are being sold, amoungst other things....

• If the ganes were a success.....I WONDER WHERE ALL THE CASH WENT????

• Officials predicted the games would pump more than $50 million into the local economy.

What We're Reading - The Intellectual Devotional

The Intellectual Devotional: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, And Roam Confidently With the Cultured Class.

Millions of Americans keep bedside books of prayer and meditative reflection collections of daily passages to stimulate spiritual thought and advancement.

• The Intellectual Devotional is a collection of 365 short lessons that will inspire and invigorate the reader every day of the year.

• Each daily digest of wisdom is drawn from one of seven fields of knowledge: history, literature, philosophy, mathematics and science, religion, fine arts, and music.

• The Intellectual Devotional is a great way to awaken in the morning or to revitalize ones mind before retiring in the evening.

Really cool... check it out this weekend...The Intellectual Devotional ON AMAZON

Apple Goes to the Movies...Bye Bye Blockbuster

lNo reason to hit the video/DVD store anymore....Apple is expected to announce today the opening of the iTunes Movie Store. 

• The cost of downloads will be in the $14.99 each range.  Studios reportedly on board include Disney and Lionsgate Films. 

• There's more news anticipated from the press conference held by Steve Jobs today at 10am PT, and one guess is a wide screen video ipod to accommodate the new movies.

A NEW WEEK - A NEW YOU!!!

SMILE IT'S WEDNESDAY!!!!

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

Wal-Mart Comes OUT and They Want Your $$$

Wal-Mart launches gay-friendly initiative

• Retailer Wal-Mart has teamed up with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce in an effort to advance diversity within the store's associate, supplier, and customer bases.

• As part of the arrangement, Dee Breazeale, a vice president at Wal-Mart Stores Inc., will serve on the gay and lesbian chamber's Corporate Advisory Council, which works to educate corporate America on the benefits of workplace diversity.

• Wal-Mart has also agreed to sponsor some of the chamber's programs, including two of its conferences.

Next Time You Go To Wal-Mart Think About This...

• Civil rights leader Andrew Young, who was hired to help Wal-Mart Stores improve its public image, is stepping down from his position, due to criticism for remarks seen as racially offensive.

Young was quoted in an interview with the weekly Los Angeles Sentinel as saying:

• "Well, I think they should; they ran the `mom and pop' stores out of my neighborhood," the paper quoted Young as saying.

• "But you see, those are the people who have been overcharging us, selling us stale bread and bad meat and wilted vegetables. And they sold out and moved to Florida. I think they've ripped off our communities enough. First it was Jews, then it was Koreans and now it's Arabs; very few black people own these stores."

Andrew Young steps down from Wal-Mart

Nice image man....lol

The GAP, Not Going Back to School....

WOW.. how sad.. I used to work The GAP every back to school and x-mas season... I still can fold a cotton t-shirt, pretty much blindfolded and with one hand...I can...It's like a party trick...lol

Gap profit plunges; pares full-year forecast