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A Daily Dose of Pop Culture - 01/21/10

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I have to be quite honest, and just like the rest of the US, and well practically the world, I enjoy taking my daily dose of pop culture. The most interesting thing is that while going to college I always enjoyed reading about what were the latest trends in fashion, entertainment, movies and/or business, to name a few. The coolest thing of all is that back then it king of was my guilty pleasure, and I mean now it is part of my job!! (how cool is that, seriously?)

As a Planner you should have it at least once a day. You need to know what is going on with the world!

Top 10 Interest things happening RIGHT NOW!! -- how aware are you??
  1. Conan vs. Leno - though this is about to come to an end by EOW, well, you need to watch their show to see how they are bashing each other!
  2. Leno vs. Letterman - in with the old, and out with the new... whaaaat?!
  3. Helping Haiti - everyone wants to help, and that is great, no wrong there, the coolest thing is leveraging social media and texts to do so.
  4. Avatar surpassing Titanic in the near future - expected to surpass $1.6B in the next few days. The following are pretty obvious, James Cameron knows cinema, he knows what consumers want to see, and most importantly, he knows and understands culture!
  5. Heidi Montag/Pratt 10 surgeries in 1 day! - the best thing is that she claims to only have had one surgery, her thinking, well I was only there one day....
  6. Toyota recalling 2.3MM vehicles - wow, trouble in paradise! It seems that for some of their cars the accelerator is getting stuck, that is right, you read right. As a matter of fact, there was an accident and they (Toyota) is getting blamed (4 people were killed).
  7. Starbucks has upped prices - WOW! And you thought they were expensive before... the good thing is that they are ONLY planning on adding it to their most purchased drinks.
  8. Census - campaigns reminding you to be part of the census are joining the air waves; particularly those aiming at minorities
  9. Obama - everything he does! Healthcare, war, economic deficit...
  10. The Apple Mediapad - iPhone technologies, and all others for that matter, move aside, the Mac Daddy of tables is here!
Thoughts????!


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