New Photos! Madoffs at Play
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Exactly how did the Madoffs spend Kevin Bacon's money? VIEW NEW PHOTOS of Bernie, Ruth and the boys: Glorious vacations, beach houses-and the best living Ponzi can buy you.
I Need Steve Jobs' Liver
Linda Alcorace is a writer and Adjunct Professor of English at Santa Monica College. Her work has also appeared in The Los Angeles Times and The Copley Press.
Steve Jobs opened Wednesday's Apple event by acknowledging the generosity of the organ donor who gave him the new liver that saved his life. But Linda Alcorace has been waiting for a new liver for seven years, so why did the billionaire CEO get one first?
Will This Be the Last Dance for Woz?
Bruno Tonioli has been a popular judge on all seasons of Strictly Come Dancing, the UK version of Dancing with the Stars, as well as a guest judge on the Australian version. He is a top choreographer and has worked on countless films, plays, music videos, commercials, concerts, trade shows and television series with such music icons as Elton John, Michael Jackson, Freddie Mercury, Tina Turner and Paul McCartney.
Lil' Kim delivered, Belinda Carlisle turned the competition upside down, and Gilles Marini may have a secret weapon, but Dancing With the Stars' outrageous judge, Bruno Tonioli, says billionaire Steve Wozniak, aka Wall-E, could take his final bow.
As in 1929, when bankers and businessmen start losing billions, they start taking their own lives. And money troubles can encourage deep, dark depression in everyone.
Chrysler Ad Prompts Mark Cuban Takedown
Benjamin Sarlin is a reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously covered New York City politics for The New York Sun and has worked for talkingpointsmemo.com.
The Big 3 automaker just got a bailout from the American taxpayers. So why, billionaire Mark Cuban-and others-are asking, is it splashing out on full page newspaper ads?
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jeffrey Koterba is an acclaimed syndicated political cartoonist. Since joining the Omaha World-Herald in 1989, he has been a finalist for Editorial Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society and has placed second in the National Headliner Awards. His work is distributed through King Features Syndicate to 400 newspapers nationwide, and has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, and the Washington Post, among others.
Leslie H. Gelb, a former New York Times columnist and senior government official, is author of Power Rules: How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy (HarperCollins 2009), a book that shows how to think about and use power in the 21st century. He is president emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Lloyd Grove is editor at large for The Daily Beast. He is also a frequent contributor to New York magazine and was a contributing editor for Condé Nast Portfolio. He wrote a gossip column for the New York Daily News from 2003 to 2006. Prior to that, he wrote the Reliable Source column for the Washington Post, where he spent 23 years covering politics, the media, and other subjects.
Jacob Bernstein is a senior reporter at The Daily Beast. Previously, he was a features writer at WWD and W Magazine. He has also written for New York magazine, Paper, and The Huffington Post.
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