Those awful ads that feature Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld, and reveal how out of touch with consumers Microsoft is, are supposedly canceled. While Microsoft is adamant that Seinfeld has not been dropped because of the backlash to the ads from consumers, it is all a little too coincidental don’t you think?
The next set of ads are set to counter Apple’s very successful ‘I’m a PC’ advertising campaign. Taking a swipe at Apple, the Microsoft campaign will use an engineer who resembles the “PC” character in Apple’s ads. In addition to television ads, Microsoft will extend the campaign into print ads and outdoor ads. The next phase of its high-profile Windows Vista advertising campaign, will feature other personalities, including author Deepak Chopra, actress Eva Longoria and musician Pharrell Williams. Much is riding on the $300 million campaign: Vista is the latest version of Windows, Microsoft’s largest revenue and profit generator, yet it was dogged by early technical problems and lackluster reviews.
Even so for the fifteenth time in a row, Bill Gates has been named the #1 richest person in our country. The Microsoft CEO is worth $57 million, coming out on top for the 27th edition of the Forbes 400. Warren Buffet, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, came in at number two with a net worth of $50 billion.
Cookbook author Jessica Seinfeld, and her husband, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, are being sued by the author of another kitchen how-to, for copyright infringement and defamation. The defamation accustation actually is focused on Jerry who called Missy Chase Lapine a “wacko” during an interview in a late night talk show, after similarities emerged between his wife and the author’s cook books.
"There are three things people think they know about Jessica Seinfeld, the semipublic wife of the popular comedian," 
Jerry Seinfeld turned his wife’s recent cookbook controversy into a comedy bit Monday night, telling David Letterman he and Jessica Seinfeld are paying no mind to the “wackos.”
Looking sweet as honey (or, in Renee Zellweger's case, a bit more like she's bitten into something sour), stars dressed in bee black and yellow turned out for the premiere of the new DreamWorks animated movie in Westwood Sunday night. With all the buzz about Seinfeld's first animation appearance, will this movie live up to it's expectations, or will it bee just so-so?
Ray Liotta joined the swarm...
But Jeri Ryan broke away from the pack with this blue mini-dress!
Bee Movie star Jerry Seinfeld says that studying Scientology made him a better performer — and not because it gave him some good material. The 53-year-old comedian tells Parade magazine that a teacher in high school turned him onto the religion almost 30 years ago. “It was interesting. Believe it or not…it’s extremely intellectual and clinical in its approach to problem-solving, which really appealed to me.” Though Seinfeld has not continued with Scientology, he tells Parade that it helped him get his start in comedy. “In my early years of stand-up, it was very helpful. I took a couple of courses. One of them was in communication, and I learned some things about communication that really got my act going.”
, which has recipes that teach you how to trick your kids to eat vegetables by pureeing them up and putting them in baked goods and other kid favorites like chicken nuggets. The book became a best seller this week, and to thank Oprah, Mrs. Seinfeld sent her 21 pairs of some of the most expensive shoes available, mostly red-soled Christian Louboutins, with a note that “there are no words.”
, in which the recipes are a lot more palatable for children by some accounts. Many people expressed dismay that Jessica Seinfeld would publish a book so similar to The Sneaky Chef without providing an acknowledgment of their efforts or inspiration.