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...marriage of Darva Conger and Rick Rockwell on Fox's "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" That annulment was just finalized two weeks ago after it was discovered that Rockwell had a restraining order filed against him by a former girlfriend. (Darva's response to the whole fiasco: "Oops.") The execs at Fox vow to avoid further exploitative programming (this from the network of "When Animals Attack" and "World's Wildest Police Chases"). The "Multi-Millionaire" event proves that even careful background checks can miss something, and in the high-stress situations of "Survivor" and "Big Brother," even...
...economic downturn of the Chianti region in the ’70s is, thank heavens, a bygone era. Not so the deluge of so called supertuscans that resulted from the fiasco. Obiter dictum, the word “fiasco” alludes to another bygone era of Italy. One in which an opera singer’s wretched performance was greeted by a barrage of wine flasks or “fiasci” at the offending artist. Hence the fiasco. But I digress. The supertuscan promiscuously blends a veritable smorgasbord of internationally known grape varieties. The veneer...
...accounting fiasco broke a long winning streak. His company, founded more than 10 years ago, sells software that allows firms such as American Express and K Mart to mine the masses of sales and other data they collect to better target customers. MicroStrategy went public in 1998, and the stock took off after the creation of Strategy.com a unit that beams custom-tailored information to subscribers of clients like Ameritrade, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. This month, Saylor announced a $100 million charitable scheme to launch an "Internet university." He says these plans haven't been changed...
...would demolish their conspiracy theory. But late last year a wrongful-death suit that Pepper had filed on their behalf against Jowers came to trial in Memphis, providing a chance for a verdict that would shore up at least part of Pepper's tall tale. The proceeding was a fiasco. Jowers--who has changed his story so many times it ought to come with a version number like computer software--never took the stand in his own defense. Ballistics testimony was provided by Judge Joe Brown, the TV judge, who has no expertise in the field. The jury, some...
RUPERT MURDOCH Marry a Multi-Millionaire fiasco is gossip fodder for years. What next? When Divorces Go Wild...