Archive for January, 2008
« Previous EntriesET Reverses Decision to Air Heath Ledger Drug Video
Thursday, January 31st, 2008It has taken international outrage from many quarters to force ET to not air the Heath Ledger drug video. One can only imagine the pain and trauma this incident has caused the family of Heath Legder, who have not yet buried him.
Apparently bowing to pressure from celebrities and Hollywood publicists, “Entertainment Tonight” and “The […]
Heath Ledger Drug Video: Invasion of Celebrity Privacy Reaches New Low
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008It’s like something out of some futuristic novel warning of present day trends gone extreme and shocking. According to Page Six.
Entertainment Tonight and The Insider have purchased exclusive rights to tragic video footage of Heath Ledger allegedly snorting cocaine at a party two years ago.
The footage, which PageSix.com hears was bought for $200,000, was […]
Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and the Tell Tale Text Messages
Thursday, January 24th, 2008No doubt, the last thing Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expected was for thousands of sexually charged text messages he exchanged with chief of staff Christine Beatty to surface under the Freedom of Information Act. The case raises a multitude of issues as the Detroit Free Press reports.
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his […]
Social Networking and Online Privacy: “all the walls come down”
Friday, January 18th, 2008As Janet Kornblum writes in USA Today, more and more business professionals are confronting the repercussions of TMI - “too much information” — online.
Just after her honeymoon last March, Wadooah Wali took the de rigueur next step these days: She changed her status on the networking websites Facebook and MySpace from “in a relationship” to […]
Real ID Produces a Real Showdown
Saturday, January 12th, 2008Real ID pits states against the federal government.
The federal government issued national standards on Friday that states would have to meet in order for driver’s licenses they issue to qualify as identification at airports and federal buildings, setting the stage for a confrontation with states that have voted not to cooperate.
Under a measure known as […]