Forbes' Dead Celebrities 2009

This is a Spatagram favorite, Forbes' List ripped from the LA Times:



It's that time of year, when Forbes magazine releases its annual list of top-earning dead celebrities. You might think Michael Jackson would top the list, since his estate has opened the floodgates with music and a film, "This Is It," to satisfy consumer demand for all things MJ in the wake of his unexpected death in June.
But no, holding on to the No.1 spot is French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent. Laurent died of brain cancer at age 71 in June 2008. Boosted by the auction of much of his estate at Christie's in February, more than $350 million has been raked in during the last 12 months, Forbes reported.
Coming in No. 2 is the team of composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein, the duo responsible for such Broadway and movie musicals as "South Pacific," "The King and I," "The Sound of Music," "Carousel" and "Oklahoma!" Rodgers died in 1979 and Hammerstein in 1960, but they still combined to earn $235 million in the last year.
Then Jackson shows up at No. 3 with $90 million.
The rest of the list, according to Forbes:

4. Elvis Presley, $55 million.

5. J.R.R. Tolkien, $50 million.

6. Charles Schulz, $35 million.

7. John Lennon, $15 million.

8. Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), $15 million.

9. Albert Einstein, $10 million.

10. Michael Crichton, $9 million.

The full Forbes coverage is here.
-- Claire Noland

L.A. L.A. Land at it's finest.

You can't help but swing a broom to find a reveller in this town gussied up for the holiday of Halloween. It's a sight to behold. Lawns are done up in scare-scapes, people gas up their cars in costume. The thrift stores are doing a crazy business and gypsy Halloween stores have popped up in abandoned store fronts. This is social commentary on many levels. The City of Dreams, What's yours? has proven that it's definitely style over substance that counts on the 31st of October. The sun is going down as I type and I can feel the curtain start to rise. Sequins are flying, make-up is being reapplied, and taffeta is flowing. The costumes should be perfect, as there is an invisible competition all around that's palpable. It's the time to don the mask and let it out. It's the time to dance with the freaks and geeks. It's the only day of the year that hearing 'Boo' won't traumatize a person. Los Angeles loves it's Halloween like a prodigal child, when it comes home it gets a fresh robe and a place at the table. No harm or foul as to what took it away, it's here, be queer, get used to it.

I'm off to dance with The Tribe tonight. Let you know how this goes.

xoxo Gossip Girl.

(see my online Halloween Costume??)

(and last years Western Exterminator guy)

Jack says "Boo!"

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Jack says, "Boo!"

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Mobile blogging??? In my hands it's safer in Mobile, AL.

Silly ARod, Silly Jeter. Damn Yankees....

Are you shitting me?

Remember; It's not my intention to embarass you. It's to ridicule you.

Providing insight into what exactly people say and think sometimes don't every coincide. Actually there's a preponderance of speaking to a lack of thinking in Los Angeles. Without further ado.......

Surfbrah: It was ripping today

Surfbrah girlfriend: You didn't surf today?? Did you?? The swell's up from the storm. The bacteria in the water is 'out the door' (meaning a lot).

Surfbrah: I didn't see anything.

I shit you not.

Fins to the left.....

I love the beach. I love the water. This may just be why I live in So Cal, they both are so close. Last year I began learning to surf. I have the wax, have the board, have the swimming ability and coordination is coming. Have the instructor with the patience of a saint (K-dog) and an equal passion for the shore. Every time I have someone from out of town, I always take them to my fave beaches, and usually end up getting wet in the cold, fantastic Pacific. It's a beautiful coast and needs to be shared. The Pacific isn't always forgiving to the Spats, it has in fact dislocated a shoulder and turned my ankles a couple of times but I still limp/hobble back into get wet. I love me my beach, but recently there was a guest photographed at Sunset Beach near Gladstone's that I hope I never meet and know I have to share the water with.

So yeah, there he/she is. All flirty and animated for the fisherman, breaching the water and shaking it. Eight to ten feet of teethy, sharky joy. Not to be confused with any of the happy agents at CAA, this shark puts water down like Stoli and not vice versa. The water is warm this year so this sighting is highly unusual but with all the recent "sharkaphobia" that's been in the papers and told across the dunes the visit is freaky. I'm more apt now to swim in packs, not keep hamburgers in my pockets and to look both ways when crossing the wave. I have to share the road with bikers and now the water with sharks, "and to think they made that movie about that deadbeat, Gandhi". Name the quote for a prize.

It could be worse, in SoCal the shark sightings are few and far between compared to other places such as Hawaii and Australia. This picture is of a ten footer that was seen off the coast of Australia. The bites taken out of it suggest a 'super shark' guestimated at twenty feet plus. Australia holds fascination for me to visit, but maybe K-Dog and I will visit the beach with our books packed and leave the boards at home. Hawaii I have no interest in........

Dead man slumped on balcony mistaken for Halloween decoration

Dead man slumped on balcony mistaken for Halloween decoration

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Happy Friday, love to love you baby!

I don't know if this is true or not, but my buddy Matteo sent it to me, and I think it's a lovely way to start a weekend. A bit piggish but you know what, Miss Piggy and Wonder Woman were some of my earliest gay icon's. Now I've moved onto David Beckham and fresh pasta. My, how the mighty have fallen. Matteo is my source of inspiration for "Are You Shitting Me...."

This just keeps getting better......

Cheaper than Ed Hardy...

Can you believe that this idiot has Leviticus on his arm tattoo'd? I love the First Amendmant, don't be confused but to put the most mis-represented verse in the Bible out on public display is really audacious in Stupidity.

The bearer is a friend to the assailant of Jack Price. Jack was assaulted early Sat morning by two men shoutting slurs, and hospitalized. The thugs claim it wasn't a Hate Crime. Read the story here.

(photo Towleroad)

May those who love us, love us.
And for those who
don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if he can not turn their
hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we may know them by their limping.
May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you
live.

No Homo Video.

I couldn't post this video for some techno reason that's beyond this monkey's capabilities, follow the link and have a great laugh.

I found it tres amusing, and you know what I think matters immeasurably.





How's my spelling?

Sarah's pale-in....

It was just a matter of time. I can't wait. It's not that I'm big into Levi, I just like seeing the tables turned and men being as big a Ho as they can be.

Pain in the Alaska, Levi Johnston prolongs his 15 minutes of fame with 3hours a day in the gym six days a week. He is readying is Tripp making form for a spread (sort of speak) in Playgirl. Going Rogue has never been so fun.




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