► A while back I reported that Hollywood was going to reboot / rehash / re-imagine /regurgitate the classic 2000 movie, "American Psycho" that launched Christian Bale's career as a leading man. Well, according to the book's author, Bret Easton Ellis, the studio can't seem to find an actor willing to step-in the Gucci loafers to play the role of Patrick Bateman. "A couple of high profile actors, whom I can't name, have turned it down", says Bret Easton Ellis.  Rumors are swirling the 2 actors were Jacob Elordi and Austin Butler.   Read More   Christian Bale on the set of American Psycho. Photo: Eric Robert / Daily Beast Comment : Wait a sec: Austin Butler? The dweeb who stayed in Elvis character long after filming ended and kept using the phony Elvis accent for almost a year because "he couldn't shake it". Ha, ha, ha! Maybe its a good thing he turned it down. We don't need this over hyped walking bottle of Zzquil re-interpreting a...

  ► I'm not into trends these days. Frankly, most of them suck. In the era I grew up, we had kick ass trends that included big glam rock hair, acid washed jeans, leg warmers, and mullets. When I heard of "danglecore" I thought it was planking's idiotic cousin. I visualized people dangling off  buildings, or highway overpasses, grain silos, or parking ramps. NOPE!  Danglecore refers to people dangling cutesy charms and stuffed animals on their backpacks, purses, jeans, coats, etc. Anywhere you can dangle an overpriced or bedazzled knick knack. The trend got its start with Labubus....which is this decade's Beanie Babies. Even fashion houses and the rich are fawning over danglecore. Fendi is selling $1,000 charm in the shape of bowl of fettuccine; Bottega Veneta a $650 leather kitty; and Gucci a $850 charm.   Read More Comment : Pfft...motorcyclists and the dive bar leather crowd have been doing danglecore for decades with wallet chains. So have janitors with 80 ke...

  Photo: MuckRuck; LinkedIn logo. There are many who may remember the early days of the professional network site known as LinkedIn. It was started back in 2003 as a place where professionals could network with like-minded individuals without the noise, drama,  and oversharing BS that plague other platforms (ex: Facebook). It was also a place to network with recruiters and job hunt as the platform allows companies to post openings. When I was surfing the internet the other day, I ran across an article by Business Insider on how weird LinkedIn has become, which prompted me to write this commentary. I was one of the early adopters of LinkedIn (joined around 2005) and I’ve seen firsthand how it’s changed. Here’s an example of a LinkedIn post that was included in the article. This is a typical of what you expect to find on the site nowadays.   "Take one post from Peter Rota, an SEO specialist from Massachusetts. "I have a secret," he wrote to his thousands of followe...