Banksy Rocks L.A.

When Angelina Jolie spends, people listen.

The art world is abuzz over the Los Angeles Banksy art exhibit, Barely Legal, has drawn numerous celebrity buying types. Jolie purchased $400,000 worth of art, including this painting of a family enjoying a picnic amidst starving Africans, from the well known guerilla artist.

Banksy has gained notoriety with graffiti art placed on building worldwide.

Recently, he punk'd Paris Hilton's recently released CD and posted the the results on YouTube. He's painted a live elephant and placed a Guatanomo figure in Disneyland.

His marriage of conflicting imagery offends the stuffed shirt status quo by making people look at our world's loss of innocence due to progress. Also, much of his work shows the human devastation wrought by corporations and governments.

Banksy has a website where you can view more of his work. Stuffed shirts need not apply.

Profitable Dead Celebrities

Whoever thought that a dead celebrity could make more money dead than alive?

Elvis Presley and John Lennon continue to rake in mega bucks due to the effective management of their estates. In the case of Presley, who was well known for spendthrift ways, you might find him making less if he were alive today. Who knows?

Anyway, for your perusal, the Top 10 Profitable Dead Celebrities.

A side note...Profitable Dead Celebrities...sounds like a band name.

Celebrities Revitalized

As Friday begins to wind down and revelers begin to wind up, I thought I'd leave you with this photo gallery of famous women and their...revitalization.

I, for one, am amazed. Must be from good living, huh?

Boy George Cleans Up In New York City

Former 80's diva, Boy George O'Dowd has started performing his court ordered community service. He's sweeping streets.

The media, never one to avoid rubbing a celeb's nose into the doo doo of life, swarmed the one time celeb with cameras and questions. George's response? A big leave me alone.

The community service was devised as a way to humble BG, and I'm sure he'll see the (lime) light.

Screeech Back In The News

Dustin Diamond, who played Screeech says a woman broke into his hotel room, grabbed hotel video games, and tried to escape. Do I see another fundraising T-shirt in his future?

Bob Dylan On My Space; No Way!

Our favorite Hibbing, MN troubador, Bob Dylan, now has his own My Space account. Look at some those friends he's added, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Denver, and Sly and the Family Stone. I doubt that Vaughan or Denver will be making any blog posts though.

I'm getting quite a few chuckles while reading the "friend" comments. I'm thinking a handful of people have lost touch with reality and don't realize this is simply an unhip record company hawking product.

I can hear the conversation, "Hey dudes, Bob Dylan added me as a friend!"