Not wishing to speak to ill of the very recently deceased, if you are underwriting ticket sales for Michael Jackson, you must be either very rich or have a memory problem.  Michael skipped countless performance commitments in the past, so such a situation must have not have been a million miles from AEG Live’s mind, although perhaps not in such tragic circumstances.  AEG Live are the company behind Michael’s huge UK concerts at the O2 Arena.  Looks like they might be out of pocket to the tune of 300 million.  Read more after the jump.

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It has been widely reported in the last hour or so that Michael Jackson, one of the most significant and controversial figures in popular music history has died of a heart attack at his home.

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God I’m in a foul mood.  I’m 110% pissed off.  That means I could see a puppy, cheer up by 10% and still be completely miserable.  Anyway it’s a good job I’ve got some tat in the crosshairs.  It’s been a while since I found a fantastic drink who sold out.  Belvedere have “collaborated” with some French graffiti artist Andre to produce, well, I don’t know.  But it’s got shocking pink on it, and the only thing I can think of is the re-branding task that occurs in each year of the Apprentice, where they have to shoot some half-baked ad.  You’ll see what I mean after the jump.

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Boy, the snarky comment bank is totally dry today.  I mean this motorhome thing is certainly something I’d laugh at if I saw it, but there is a mini coming out of that thing.  As with any time I’m bombarded with large amounts of detail, I clam up, freak out and then cop out by just showing you a shed load of photos rather than dig through the crud to find interesting quotes.  See them after the jump.

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Well it was either this or some gold plated phone, and as this is infotainment (or entercation) for you fools, I thought you could learn that a bit of iconic sculpture has gone for a frankly stupid amount of money.  See, learning can be fun!  The Thinker, by French master Rodin has been sold at auction in Paris for over 3 million euros.  Bet he wishes he made more now.  Read more after the jump.

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I was going to blog about Goldman Sach’s record bonuses this afternoon, but a cursory glance at twitter informs me that OMG PEREZ GT PWNED BY WILL.I.AM LOLZORS.  Because Perez is a little bitch and arguably deserves a good belting, I’m going to blog about this instead.  In short, it’s reported that Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas approached Perez at some awards ceremony in Toronto to voice (politely by all accounts) disapproval of Hilton’s slagging off of his bandmate and uber-milf Fergie.  Instead of taking it like a man (no pun intended), Perez reportedy called Will a “faggot” and then alleges that he was assaulted by the rapper.  Gay Rights aren’t quite as much of an issue now, eh Perez?  Read more after the jump.

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To non-American people, SUV means 4×4, not Super Ugly Vehicle, as perhaps it should be known in this case.  It’s called the Spyker D8 Peking-to-Paris and the first example is on Jameslist right now for a little under $300,000.  Spyker have been around for donkey’s years, usually making fairly ugly looking cars, and this one commemorates Spyker’s involvement in the 1907 Peking-to-Paris race.   Read more after the jump.

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I’m semi serious when I question why there haven’t been more ridiculous luxury bejewelled USB devices.  Maybe there have, perhaps they came out before Scumbag Millionaire launched and I started “caring” about these things.  The next question is, am I going to say two particular words that a number of people would think to rather smugly offer up when confronted with the amazing news that LV have a designer 4GB USB key.  Am I really?  Yes.  Geek Chic.  I’ll say it again.  Geek Chic.  Because it rhymes baby, and it simultaneously deals with the traditionally divergent characterisations of being geeky and interested in technology, and being chic and caring about people think of you.  Geddit?!  Read more after the jump.

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Eugh,  I’m suffering from a crippling hangover this morning, so I’ll keep it brief.  Presumably the pitch of this rather sad product went like this “Hey, anyone who doesn’t like this idea is probably gay.”  And that’s how the Manwall was conceived.  Read more after the jump.

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Just a warning, today is going to be a slow day.  This message is brought to you by the cretins at Virgin Media (why I outta…).  So sorry, ok, blame Branson for this, and his shitty provision of internets.  I don’t usually blog about celebrity house sales, as they are as frequent, and often as drab as you would expect them to be.  But this one stands out because it’s Sienna Miller’s (and she’s a fox), it’s surprisingly tasteful, and it’s dirtbag cheap.  It’s on the market for £995,000.  WTF?  Under a million for this?  I’ll happily be the last of many gentlemen callers to this swanky shag pad.  Read more after the jump.

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