The Price of Fame

    By Ron Dicker

    | 2:00PM 9/15/2011
    The Price of Fame enjoys a clever poop pun as much as anyone, but have the LeBron James-backed Sheets Energy Strips committed a foul in their ad campaign? Posters featuring people asserting that they "Take a Sheet" on the job are popping up in several major cities. Vulgar or brilliant: You tell us.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 2:00PM 9/14/2011
    Erin Brockovich -- the real one, not the movie version -- wants us to put down the bottle and turn on the tap. Bottled water is no safer and less regulated than tap water and way more expensive, she explained at the Toronto International Film Festival, where she's appearing in the new documentary Last Call at the Oasis.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 9:00AM 9/13/2011
    Jason Statham made his fortune as a top movie action hero several head-butts ago: His pictures have made well over $1 billion. But the British actor keenly remembers when being a well-paid tough guy meant selling jewelry and perfume out of a briefcase on the street.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 1:00AM 9/13/2011
    A Swiss labor rights group has released a video calling out George Clooney for endorsing a Nestle coffee company that reportedly exploits workers toiling under "slave-like conditions" in Nicaragua. The Oscar-winning actor has a great reputation as a human rights activist, so we'll see how this plays out.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 7:00AM 9/01/2011
    Jackson Hurst's gorgeous mug is one of his biggest assets in managing his show business career, but for years, management and assets were his career: The sexy star of Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva once was a rising star at Citigroup before he ditched the world of finance to follow his dreams.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 11:30AM 8/24/2011
    CSI: NY actor and author Hill Harper dispenses can't-buy-happiness philosophy in his new book The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place. It's a guide that doesn't promise to get you rich quick, but to quickly help your life get richer.

    By Ron Dicker

    | 8:00AM 8/23/2011
    Five years ago, "Fright Night" star Christopher Mintz-Plasse was making $6.50 an hour at a home appliance store in the San Fernando Valley. Now thanks to his role as the iconic geek McLovin from the 2007 comedy "Superbad," he's making the kind of dough that could buy a home appliance store.