[Paul Atreides]

Not to mention yachts, pickup trucks, busses, private jets, snowmobiles, Sea-Doos, etc. Are Arianna and Norman going to ask Hollywood to give up their favorite toys? I guarantee you that the average A-list actor blows more money on gas and oil in a year than the average SUV-owner family does in a lifetime.

[jsraggmann]

Paul: Maybe the average A-list actor just blows. Why would anyone watch their stupid movies or give a rats-ass what they say or think?

[kcvl]

Norman Lear's summer home, where poet Robert Frost once lived, is no remote retreat. The multi-building estate on a hillside in southern Vermont includes offices, a gym, a screening room, as well as spacious living quarters decorated in an American flag theme. Phone lines blink and intercoms buzz as Lear's business interests track him down.

Sitting comfortably in the expansive living room, wearing his trademark white sailor's cap as groundskeepers busily prepare for the weekend birthday celebration