via guestofaguest.com: Rachelle’s been in L.A. for a few days and today her Reading List gets a little something extra courtesy of Hollywood (and CBS!) before she heads back to NYC. Continuing his media tour, Charlie Sheen drops in for a special guest commentary with his closing thoughts on all of today’s interesting news items. Enjoy, you gnarly gnarlingtons. MORE>>
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As you may have heard, Ferrari has introduced a new car, the FF, which comes with four-wheel drive, room for four and 15.9 cubic feet of trunk space, the most in its category. The FF, which will set you back $359,000, is being targeted to “wealthy families” whose head of household would like to be in a two-seater but has a wife, kids and all their stuff to consider. But this is just as good, says Fabio Barone Ferrari owner and chairman of the Passione Rossa owners’ club. “You can finally drive a real Ferrari, with its extreme performance, to take your family skiing.” With the FF, Ferrari is “widening its offer to niches it didn’t cover before,” said AT Kearney analyst Marco Santino. “It may be a winning strategy if they are bringing something really new to the market.” True but it seems us that Ferrari could be going after hell of a lot more niches than just wealthy family men and does itself a disservice by not considering the other individuals who would happily shell out for this thing.
Just off the top of our heads, those people include:
* Charlie Sheen, who will now be able squire more than one of ‘the goddesses‘ around town at a time
* Anyone receiving their bonuses in bag after bag of unmarked Benjamins
* Jeffrey Gundlach, in case he has to move offices again and doesn’t want to leave anything behind
* Jeffrey Epstein, for when he picks up chicks at the playground, and needs a big trunk to stash all their bikes
* Alan Greenspan, whose favorite pastime is driving up and down the Merritt on a Friday night, picking up hitchhikers 3 at a time and telling them about his legacy.
And surely there are more.
Ferrari Targets Families in Fast Lane With $359,000 Four-Seat FF Supercar [Bloomberg]
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Say what you will but this is helpful advice for not just people in Chuck’s circles but those in business as well, perhaps getting unfairly beat up in the press. Goldman? Use this. [Slate]
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Are you following the wild adventures of Charlie Sheen? Well here’s the latest: he’s currently holed up in the Bahamas with two floozies and today called into “The Alex Jones Radio Show” to unleash the cray cray, covering such topics as Apocalypse Now, Chuck Lorre, his new tattoo, Vatican assassins, a comparison of himself to an F-18 pilot, and he had this to say about Thomas Jefferson: “he was a pussy.” The nonsensical tirade was like a coked-out tour through the batshit dimension of crazy that probably only Charlie Sheen is privy to, but we’d like to shed a little light on his thoughts about Alcoholics Anonymous. Ready? Okay, here we go… Read the full story
If there’s one thing Jim Cramer taught Lenny Dysktra, it’s the value of a good endorsement for a good pal. Several years back Cramer spoke highly of Nails’ investing skills, telling HBO that the former ballplayer didn’t just have a knack for money managing but that he was “one of the greats” in this business. In the ensuing years, Dykstra got thrown out of his house, caught defecating on the floor, had his private planes repossessed, lived in a car and was accused of bouncing a check to a stripper but now he’s doing great, possibly thanks to Jim. In an effort to pay it forward, Dykstra is doing the same for his best bud, Charlie Sheen. Nails told reporters over the weekend that Sheen is “perfect,” among other things.
Lenny Dykstra, who has weathered the storms of scandal himself over the years, but is quick to heap praise on his friend, insisted in an exclusive interview with RadarOnline.com that “Charlie is a rock star, he’s perfect, and he’s a f**king genius.”
Dykstra was a guest at Sheen’s major league baseball gathering at his million dollar mansion in Los Angeles last Friday. The Two And A Half Men star had an impressive guest list that included SF Giants pitcher Brian “The Beard” Wilson, Kenny Lofton, Todd Zeile, and Eddie Murray. The athletes all joined Sheen for a private screening of his classic baseball flick Major League.
“I went to his house for the party and it was great!” Dykstra told RadarOnline.com, going on to share that “Charlie is sober and is doing really good.”
In related news, Dykstra also told Radar that he and Chuck are hanging out again this week, when they go house hunting in Beverly Hills for Nails’ new pad.
Charlie Sheen Is A Rock Star [Radar via Deadspin
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Hint: his profession prior to money managing made him uniquely qualified to offer commentary on the flick of choice, Major League.
Charlie says he assembled a crew [that included SF Giants pitcher Brian "The Beard" Wilson, Kenny Lofton, Todd Zeile, Eddie Murray, Lenny Dykstra and others] to screen his classic flick, “Major League” … and he even brought in the writer and director, David S. Ward, to give an introduction in Charlie’s private theater.
During the party, Charlie let some of the guys try on Babe Ruth’s 1927 World Series ring … which Sheen purchased at an auction more than a decade ago. Charlie called it, “The ultimate VIP baseball excursion.”
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$$$ Galleon Prosecutors May Play Wiretaps at Trial [WSJ]
$$$ Madoff Prison Meeting Never Happened, Picard Says [Bloomberg]
$$$ Charlie Sheen offers Lindsay Lohan advice, telling her not to give in to ‘impulses [NYP]‘
$$$ SEC urged to revise whistleblower plan [WSJ]
$$$ SEC CFTC and IRS Make Case for Hundreds of Hires in 2012 [FINS]
$$$ Kyle Bass: Investing in Short Term Credit, with Small Equity Bets [Benzinga]
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Hint: he’s had more than 900 “on the money calls,” been endorsed as “one of the greats” in this business, shares in Chuck’s love of hookers, and his sleepovers at Sheen’s may have had something to do with the fact that he was throw out of his house.
Troubled actor Charlie Sheen called into the Dan Patrick Show today to discuss his life currently (he’s “clean across the board,”) what he told the UCLA Bruins baseball team (“stay away from the crack…unless you can manage it socially”), and whether he thinks he’s more valuable to CBS than star first baseman Albert Pujols is to the St. Louis Cardinals.
Sheen also said he donated $10,000 to the UCLA baseball team. He described the nervousness he felt taking batting practice in front of major leaguers Milton Bradley, Coco Crisp, Mike Stanton, and Chase Utley (“Holy crap, I gotta hit in front of these guys.”). Also, Lenny Dykstra is a frequent guest at his house.
In related news, we seem to have embarrassingly missed Nails’ 48th birthday, which was last Thursday. Make it up to him with an extra generous gift today.
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Our fair city's food trucks will become subject to the health and sanitation letter grade system of restaurants and be required to explain to customers why they received anything below an A [KABC]
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The pop culture world is a strange and scary place these days. Pregnant teens get MTV shows, America loves “Glee”, and Charlie Sheen is still alive. But all that's nothing compared to halfway around the planet where Paris Hilton poses for Terry Richardson on this month's cover of Turkish [...]
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