Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter

Another Loss for Baby Boomers: Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary Dies

That's what aging is about: Losing people.  Today we Baby Boomers lost Mary Travers.  She was part of the musical group Peter, Paul & Mary, as in "Blowin' in the Wind." 

Her death was from cancer.  She was 72 and residing here in Connecticut.

Sweet Jesus: Can Madonna work-out enough to keep him?

The tragedy of being Madonna is that she can't stop being Madonna.  The non-Madonna can just age and focus on staying alive and employed.

The tough role of Madonna is made all the more horrific, at least in terms of that grueling daily work-out, by the addition of Sweet Jesus in her life.  To hold onto this boy-man she has to put in plenty of sweat equity.

Madonna Got Old

There is all sorts of opining why Madonna got brutally turned down in trying to adopt a second child from Africa.  But don't the photos tell all: Madonna got old.  Her age diminishes her aura as a performer as well as a global celebrity and marketing machine.  A Madonna who was in her prime would have pulled in all the African officials who would have wanted to piggyback on her fame in photo-ops and have her in debt to them in the international Favor Bank.

Now, the influence and power of Madonna 1.0 have been replaced by the aging human being with kids Madonna 2.0.  Few want to be around aging or kids.

Family Biz - Lourdes, sources report, makes a buck selling Mum's autograph

Making a buck marketing something, anything seems to be the family biz in the Madonna household. 

Sources say, reports GLOBE's January 12, 2009 edition, that Madonna's daughter Lourdes was making $10 to $15 a pop selling Mum's autograph at school.  How the enterprising daughter built inventory was to get Madonna's signature by claiming it was needed as a permission thing for school.

Madonna got suspicious and annoyed.  She approached the powers-that-be at her daughter's pricey LA school Le Lycee Francais.  She confronted them about their supposed need for so many signatures.  The principal, says GLOBE, "looked puzzled and asked what she [Madonna] was talking about."

At school the caper earned Lourdes points among her classmates for cleverness.  What kid doesn't enjoy seeing a parent duped.  

Madoff - The Musical: "I'm so special"

No question the Bernard Madoff Caper is going to become a musical.  The theme song for how so many at such high levels were conned will be: "I'm so special."

That theme touches on mankind's primal need to feel and act superior to others.  And it has been that compulsion which has brought down most, if not all, of us.  That's why the musical will be a smash. 

Here is my e-book [free] on how my specialness cleaned me out of my once-successful communications boutique, nest egg, and ability to reason Download Geezerguts.

Thanks to that Madoff-like blow, I now view myself as simply a worker among workers. 

Pigments & Chips

The lead paint public nuisance litigation has been going on forever, or around a decade.  Along the way some six defense trial attorneys have become world famous.  They got to argue this landmark litigation - right up there with some of the Supremes' best - because they're charismatic, just sexy enough to throw off electricity but not alienate male jurors, and true showmen.  Yesterday, I suggested to one - Don Scott who represents NL Industries - that he should form a rock band.  I have given this further thought.  In fact, I now see it as a six-man group.  Call it Pigments & Chips.

Lisa Marie - Dead Wringer for Fat Elvis

The cover of the March 24th GLOBE has a close-up photo of Lisa Marie.  Those droopy eyes, seductive lips and girth make her a dead wringer for Fat Elvis.  Inside the GLOBE, the story by reporter Lynn Allison notes that Lisa Marie explains any extra pounds as the result of pregnancy.  The baby is not due until the fall.  And it's not her middle section that's bulked up but her face, shoulders and upper torso.  At 5'3'', she could weigh in, some conjecture, at 200 pounds.  It sure looks like that according to the photos.

AP Already Has on File Britney's Obit - Will Fame Claim Another Blonde

Last year the gods of fame took blonde Anna Nicole.  This year, AP figures they will take Britney Spears. As US reports, AP has already written and has on file the former pop star's obituary.

The Britney Trainwreck - Beyond the Gawker Stage & Now We Just Look Away

When Britney Spears was carted off in restraints, clearly that was the tipping point in her relationship with her fans and celeb watchers.  The train wreck that she is no longer is something to enjoy gawking at.  From here on in, we will just look away.  That's bad news for any former star hoping to launch a comeback or even make a buck trading on any vestige of fame.

The World Didn't Let Liza Heal

That big voice might be going silent.  In the December 31st issue of GLOBE, Jim Nelson and Tony Brenna describe Liza' most recent downward spiral this way:

"Showbiz legend Liza Minnelli collapsed during a concert in Sweden and now pals fear the troubled 61-year-old legend is facing her final days."