Who’s getting the Jar Jar Binks Prize for 2009?
Published 10:55 pm Monday, July 19, 2010
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It’s a good six weeks before school starts, but retailers already hope that steep discounts will lure back-to-school shoppers to their stores.
Retailers expect the recession will curb back-to-school spending, but The Buzz thinks the key metric is this: Which ill-advised movie and TV show back-to-school merchandising tie-in will generate the most hazing and bullying incidents, thereby winning the Jar Jar Binks Prize for 2009?
Frugal food: Spending too much at the supermarket? Check out some tips from a mother of three who blogs about saving money on groceries.
Follow her advice when shopping at Whole Foods, and you’ll soon be calling the place “Dang Near Whole Paycheck.”
Hollywood ending? Drew Barrymore plays a reporter at a New York newspaper in a movie currently being shot at the Associated Press’ headquarters.
The picture’s story line involves Barrymore’s character’s struggles in maintaining a long-distance relationship with her boyfriend. Happily, things turn out OK when she’s laid off and forced to move back in with him.
