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Economic ‘Green Shoots’ in the spring kept moviegoers at the Box office for that old timey recession solution, escapism. But now that Oscar season is in full swing, and the FICRY reality has set-in, movie patrons may be opting for cheaper entertainment, like sitting around their computers.
During the summer season, the bread and butter for [...]

In the closeted world of satin and sequins that is Parisian haute couture, there is uncertainty about the future. Even Christian Lacroix, the incarnation of frivolity and joie de vivre in high fashion, showed his final collection, but only thanks to the benevolence of embroiderers, feather suppliers and shoe makers working for free.
The house that [...]

Michael Moore has released a new film and it’s just like the last film. Well, not exactly. As the New York Times details in an article about his recent Toronto Film Fest appearance coupled with an interview, this time, Moore is going even bigger by addressing the systemic failure of the American dream. Instead of [...]

Amidst all the frenzy over cost-cuttings and business-foundering, another industry that has been emblematic of the recent boom takes a hit. And who better to act as its arbiter than one of the most celebrated chefs of the last decade, the over-stretched and overexposed reality-show starring Gordon Ramsay? As reported today in the Wall Street [...]

Truly the FICRY has no mercy if we can’t even rely on professional athletics to distract us from our financial worries. Soccer, known globally as football, is feeling the heat of the crisis. While individual teams have struggled with the recession, entire leagues are now at risk of going under faster than Didier Drogba goes [...]

When you’re starting a blog people always tell you to “find your niche” and fame and fortune will follow. If you want to make it in the highly fickle and judgmental online world and become a bonafide internet celebrity (which would still only make you a D-list celebrity), you’ve got to do something that’s never [...]

Those who were unsure of whether or not the financial climate would have a profound effect on the cultural zeitgeist around the world need look no further: straight from the BBC comes a report that 5,000 new words have been officially added to the ever-changing German language, many of them having to do with the [...]

If you’ve found yourself a bit dazed and confused lately with all the new financial terminology that now, unfortunately, has become a normal part of your daily life, you’re not alone. It took me months, and I mean months, to know my toxic assets and liabilities from my mortgage backed securities, but a couple of [...]

AIG painted The Saint Regis red for free on the taxpayers tab. Internet tabloid gawker reports that The St. Regis Monarch Beach is part of an elaborate scam to skim bailout funds and facilitate indulgences for banking elites courtesy of the tax-payers. When AIG executives celebrated the successful procurement of government cash at the luxury [...]

After declaring bankrupcty over two months ago, Christian Lacroix has shown the final couture collection of his career. The collapse of the house of Lacroix indicates a shift in demand that may spell doom for the haute couture industry. Jezebel reports that since its founding in 1987, the Christian Lacroix brand has never been profitable. [...]