Archive for July 13, 2010

Manhattan Adult Entertainment: The Morning Fix: Warner Bros.’ big bet on ‘Inception.’ Stars are falling! Hugh …

RIP George Steinbrenner. The controversial New York Yankees owner died Tuesday morning at the age of 80. Steinbrenner not only was famous for is willingness to spend whatever it took to make the Yankees winners, but he also changed the business of sports and media. Steinbrenner and the Yankees created the YES Network, a cable channel that carried the team’s games and dramatically increased the value of the franchise. Furthermore, Steinbrenner was one of the first owners to become a legitimate television personality. He became famous for his hilarious Miller Lite ads with Billy Martin and later was lampooned by the NBC comedy “Seinfeld.” An obituary from the New York Times.
Now he wants to be private? Hugh Hefner wants a little privacy. The mogul who revolutionized magazine publishing is looking to take Playboy Enterprises, parent of Playboy, private. The company, which has struggled for years to adjust to a world where there is no shortage of adult entertainment and there are no longer enough people re …

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Manhattan Strip Clubs: Police: Conn. priest stole $1M for male escorts

Police: Conn. priest stole $1M for male escorts
The Associated Press
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 | 12:31 a.m.
The Rev. Kevin J. Gray was a popular priest who appeared to live humbly, forgoing a car and walking to Mass from another parish where he lived so that a Catholic charity could use his space at the rectory. Parishioners thought he had cancer and admired how he helped immigrants in his largely poor parish in Connecticut.
But after a routine audit of the church’s finances turned up discrepancies, authorities began a criminal investigation that they say unraveled a secret double life of male escorts, strip bars and lavish spending on the finest restaurants, luxury hotels and expensive clothing, financed with money stolen from the parish.
“About a million,” Gray told authorities without hesitation when asked how much he took from the church account, according to his arrest affidavit.

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