Lady Gaga's Alejandro Video - First Glimpse

I'm sure I'll like it in it's entirety but at this point it looks like and updated version of Madonna's Vogue.
What do you all think?

NYTimes Article: Payback Time: Padded Pensions Add to New York Fiscal Woes

By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH and AMY SCHOENFELD

In Yonkers, more than 100 retired police officers and firefighters are collecting pensions greater than their pay when they were working. One of the youngest, Hugo Tassone, retired at 44 with a base pay of about $74,000 a year. His pension is now $101,333 a year.

Errors, misunderstandings and wishful thinking are piling hidden costs onto New York's pension system.

For more on this travesty read the full story at the link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/business/economy/21pension.html?emc=eta1

Again we thank Christine for this contribution!

MSNBC story: Parents go overboard to help college kid get job

By Eve Tahmincioglu

Some apply for positions for adult child, stick nose in salary negotiations.

With job prospects for new college graduates at historic lows, some parents are using their contacts, connections and job-hunting savvy to help their children get hired. But sometimes in their desire to help, parents can go too far.

It’s no surprise that parents want their children to land well after college. The average student loan debt for graduating college seniors in 2008 was $23,186, according to the National Postsecondary Student Aid Study.

You can read more about this in the full article at the link below;

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37218735/ns/business-careers//from/ET

Thanking Christine for forwarding this one to us!

Britney Spears beats Ashton Kutcher to become Twitter Queen

Pop princess Britney Spears has surpassed him with 4,948,848 followers to his 4,943,297. "This is really amazing! I love you all! I better get busy writing 4,947,608 thank you notes! U guys make me sooo happy!" she tweeted excitedly on Monday.

As for Kutcher, he says, "I don't care." Ouch!

Spears later tweeted, "WOW!!!!! #1 on Twitter! Thank you! Tweet me some questions this morning! xoxo -Brit."

Last April, the 31-year-old actor challenged CNN and its founder, Ted Turner, to a race to a million followers, and promised to "ding-dong-ditch" (ring doorbell, run away) the billionaire's house if he beat the news network. He reached 1 million about 30 minutes before CNN passed the mark.

Tammy Lynn Michaels blogs about her split from Melissa Etheridge

Tammy Lynn Michaels has taken to her blog to address her breakup with Melissa Etheridge – and ask her ex to stop saying the split was mutual.

“Things can be a long time coming to one and smash the hell out of another,” she wrote on Thursday.

While she did not use Melissa’s name in the blog post, which was written in poetry stanzas, the subject was clear.

“I’d rather hear 10,000 fans screaming my name in worship than hear my wife harp on meabout my family intimacy issues too, you know?” she wrote. “You evolved, you needed to be happy- but really… you withdrew your hands from family and intimacy to pluck those [guitar] strings more.”

Tammy didn’t stop there, adding that her ex’s latest disc was their breakup album.

“I heard ‘Fearless [Love]’ and I got sick,” she wrote. “‘That’s your break up song with me,’ I said to you. You got so angry with me, remember? And stomped off.”

The revelations were apparently instigated by an interview given by Melissa, in which the star said she wouldn’t censor Tammy’s blogging.

“Thank you for telling an interviewer that you WON’T censor me on my blog,” Tammy wrote. “I did not go anywhere, honey. And you and I both know it. Please stop telling the press it was mutual.”

Melissa said on “Oprah” in April that the separation had been “as mutual as those things can be.”

The emotional blog concluded with the actress admitting she still had feelings for Melissa.

“I still love that damn woman so much, I’m still trying to stop,” she concluded. “I had a dream last where honey and I were fighting and going to get a divorce, and I woke up sobbing…. then I realized. Oh. It’s true.”

The pair announced their split in April. The former couple wed with a commitment ceremony in 2003, welcoming twins Johnnie Rose and Miller in 2006.

Melissa has two children, Bailey, 13, and Beckett, 11, from a previous relationship.

Legend of The Seeker - Cancelled!

The outlook had been bleak since last March, when many of Tribune Station Group’s markets dropped the syndicated series, which had been developed from Terry Goodkind’s fantasy novels by Hercules/Xena producers Sam Raimi and Robert Tapert. ABC Studios, which produces it, kept shopping it around. But, I’m told, they found no takers. So, after two action-packed seasons, Legend is history. I have to admit I would have enjoyed a third season because I really did feel the show had good actors and storylines. I liked how it ended this past weekend. It summed up the "stone of tears" storyline and the rift was sealed between the worlds of the living and the dead so all is right with the world. If you have to go out go with a smile!

Duchess Fergie's – Caught on Camera in a Scandal

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Sarah Ferguson, the Duchess of York, has apologized and says she is "devastated" after being caught on video accepting money in exchange for a promise of business access to her ex-husband, Prince Andrew, who is a British trade representative.

"If you want to meet him in your business, look after me and he'll look after you … you'll get it back tenfold," Ferguson, 50, is seen saying while accepting a $40,000 cash down payment from an undercover News of the World reporter.

"That opens up everything you would ever wish for," she says. "And I can open any door you want. And I will for you."

In the video, Ferguson falsely claims Prince Andrew, 50, knew of the deal, and advised her to demand more than $700,000. "He knows that he's had to underwrite me up to now because I've got no money," she says on the video.

In fact, Andrew reportedly knew nothing of Ferguson's secret dealings, which will be a royal pain for him as he seeks to maintain his credibility as a British ambassador.

Ferguson has now apologized and says she is "devastated" by the sting operation, according to the Times of London.

"I very deeply regret the situation and the embarrassment caused," she said. "It is true that my financial situation is under stress. However, that is no excuse for a serious lapse in judgment, and I am very sorry that this has happened. I can confirm that the Duke of York was not aware or involved in any of the discussions that occurred."

Scotland Yard has been quoted as saying Ferguson did nothing illegal.