on Jun 21st, 2009Actress Susan Sarandon Strolls Through West Village New York
Susan Sarandon carries a large bag in addition to her purse as she walks through the West Village.
on Sep 3rd, 2008When Growing the Next Generation of Consumers Turns Wrinkly
Small business owners always dream about the future when one day a guy with suitcases full of money will ring his doorbell and offer to buy his company for a nifty profit. The buyer usually has one thing on his mind: future revenue based on a loyal following. The older the business, though, the more likely it is that the business owner will need to cultivate a whole new generation of loyalists or risk going out of business like a well running dry (and not because T. Boone Pickens siphoned off the remains of the aquifer!).
For those who love the beach, read with tanning pleasure about a beach club that stills bring joy with only a faint crackle of possible extinction.
A Cabana Culture Eases Into the Sunset
on May 17th, 2008Sue Bourne Video Chronicles Her Mother’s Battle With Alzheimer’s Disease
We are living in the age of technology that consumes enormous energy and will probably leave future generations swearing at us on their deathbeds. Lack of fresh water, air pollution, plastic water bottles…it’s all bad. The rise of Alzheimer’s disease is also a bad thing. While there’s no cure, there is the fact that the journey of dealing with it can be chronicled on videotape….which never forgets!
on Apr 28th, 2008George Clooney Wants Your Opinion on Whether He Should Keep His Grey Hair
Women dye their hair for most of their life. Baby Boomer men, on the other hand, are just reaching the egotistical age when they realize the game is running short of time and the genes are starting to show their weak hand in the game of longevity. George Clooney was recently asked if he would dye his grey hair. What do you think? Sexy or scary old?
on Apr 27th, 2008Searching for Distinguished Grey Haired Caucasion Men
Forget dreaming about that acting career that never materialized after high school or college. A New York casting agency, Grant Wilfrey, needs grey-haired men for Julie and Julia starring Amy Adams and Meryl Streep. C’mon, baby, show us your chops!!
Searching for Distinguished Grey haired caucasion men, must be 5′10 or shorter age 40-60 yrs old, for possible featured extra work on new Meryl Streep film “Julie and Julia.” This will shoot sometime in May. Must be ok with hair trimming and working around herbal smoke on set. Please email a recent snapshot of yourself to jandj@gwcnyc.com.
on Apr 22nd, 2008Paul Fruchbom Sells Columbia Studios Winter’s Discontent
Hollywood studios are desperately making movies that might appeal to Baby Boomers because they have finally figured out that Baby Boomers grew up on watching movies, not the internet. Case in point: Columbia Studios just picked up writer Paul Fruchbom’s story, “Winter’s Discontent.”
The plot: “Herb Winter’s wife dies after 50 years of marriage, prompting the long-faithful but sexually frustrated widower to move into a retirement community with his best buddy so the two can start living the swinging single life.”
Now this is a movie we just might shell out ten bucks for…but just make sure it has a 60’s sexual liberation mentality. Forget censoring out the good parts. John Holmes lives, baby!
on Apr 22nd, 2008How to Make Money Hollywood Noir Style
Living in Hollywood may cause you to watch a few too many film noir movies such that you become obsessed with constructing your real life into a pot boiler that ends, as usual, badly. A desperate older woman recruited homeless men, fed them, AND took out insurance policies on them. Then she had them offed so she could collect the insurance money. She was caught in the scam. Oh well, so much for The Big Idea…Donnie Deutsch should do a spin off idea on crooks and their big ideas!
Elderly woman convicted of killing homeless men to cash in on insurance in Los Angeles
on Apr 21st, 2008Shine An Aging Light on Rolling Stones
The key to living longer is simple: love what you do. It really is that simple. If the mind and body are in sync, amazing things happen. Somehow the will to execute that which needs to be done is found and by golly things get done. Just ask the Rolling Stones. The drugs haven’t killed them yet, so the genes must be looking out for them.
on Apr 20th, 2008Power Plate Vibrates Your Joints So You Can Boogie into Old Age Gracefully
Falling in old age usually means bad things happen shortly after. Research shows that breaking a hip portends the end for some. How can you prevent that inevitable end from coming before its time? Hint: think Beach Boys! Good vibrations, man! Check out the “Power Plate” that exercises your joints to give you a better leg on growing older gracefully.
Good vibrations may help elderly
on Apr 20th, 2008Domaine de la Romanée-Conti Fetches Half Mil From Chinese Billionaire
If you thought all the money being sent China’s way has gone to waste, take heed…a Chinese billionaire recently spent $500,000 to buy 27 bottles of coveted Romanee-Conti pinot noir…and he intends to drink that damn stuff instead of merely holding it for a few more years and selling it off to some noveau rich sucker. It sure is comforting to know hard-earned American money is going to such a worthy experience!
Record $500,000 paid for 27 bottles of red wine
on Apr 20th, 2008The Happiest People On the Planet Are Senior Citizens
Feeling chipper today? Well, a new study by Yang Yang, a sociologist, suggests that senior citizens are pretty darn happy as they grow older. Here’s the happiness factor: “the odds of being happy increased 5 percent with every 10 years of age.” So hang, man, the bend in the road ahead is the garden of eden after all. Atheists accepted.
Senior citizens are the happiest
on Mar 23rd, 2008Mimi Weddell Stars in Hats Off
Mimi Weddell started acting at the age of 65 after her husband died so please, no more of your lame excuses about how you’re too old to do something that you’ve always dreamed about doing but never had the courage to try. In fact, why not audition for this print ad!
Synopsis: Hats Off, a feature-length documentary, profiles the beauty and eccentricities of an extraordinary woman, 93-year-old actress Mimi Weddell. With the style and grace of Katharine Hepburn, the smoky wit and wisdom of Dorothy Parker, and her own personal philosophy, “rise above it,” Mimi is truly an iconic American original, rising above the mundane and difficult confines of her own daily life to reach for the stars and fulfill her dreams.
on Mar 23rd, 2008Casting Call!! 60-70 Year-Old Wanted Gray Hair Wrinkly Hands!
Gyro International is an integrated agency (advertising/marketing), seeking to hire an older female individual to model for a photoshoot being held next week at Central Park for a print ad. You have to be around the 60-70 year old range for this shoot and you must have gray hair and wrinkly hands.
The shoot will not be more than 2 hours long and the pay is $150 for your time (but we will pay more if it goes over 2 hours). We’re looking to get shots of hands and the back of the head. Your hair must not pass the shoulder length.
We need responses ASAP! If you fit the criteria, please email or call 1-212-627-9965. Thanks!
reception.ny@gyrointernational.com
on Mar 22nd, 2008Pierre Gonnard Portraits Comme Ca C’est La Vie
© Pierre Gonnard
Everyone pretty much has an image in their mind of how they appear to the world. Whether that image lives up to another person’s perception of that image is where life can become a cruelty of misinterpretation. Pierre Gonnard takes portraits of people that leave one with the impression that the subjects are somehow being used as metaphors for the weight of life. Take a look for yourself….if the photo looks a little like a canvas, don’t be scared.
on Mar 19th, 2008Tribeca Grand Hotel Ad Sexes Up Your Sleeping Desire
It takes more than a comfy bed and down pillow to entice a weary traveler to your hotel these days. Aside from a decent location, today’s market demands a certain wink-wink sensibility that makes sleeping a sexual turn-on rather than a chore for the overworked. The Tribeca Grand Hotel knows just how to fan the embers inside your achy loins and proves it by peddling their hotel with this provocative print ad. Gee, I wonder what DVD titles are available from the in-house library. Debbie does Pastis, perhaps?
on Mar 18th, 2008Elderly U.S. Immigration Facilitated By Family Already Living Here
Those living near the Mexican border know first hand that an imaginary line separating one country from another doesn’t mean a whole hell of lot in terms of restricting the flow of non-US citizens into this country. If you can find a way into this country, legal or otherwise, then anything goes because the enforcement of immigration laws is like a kid holding a popsicle up to the sun: pointless.
Those sons and daughters who have foreign parents, though, face a dilemma: aging parents need a final resting place. It’s pretty hard to look after your parents if they’re thousands of miles away. So they are brought to this country only to suffer, apparently, a sense of bewilderment and depression.
Funny, after 8 years of the incompetent Bush Administration, that’s EXACTLY what a fair portion of the electorate is feeling as well. Welcome to the U.S.! Home of the ripped off and Land of the pathological CEOs who couldn’t run a business based on following the rules even if you paid them millions of dollars.
Elderly Immigrants Flow into California
on Mar 17th, 2008Four Semi-Retired Baby Boomers Hit Vegas Sold For $1 Million
Hollywood is starting to figure out that Baby Boomers grew up going to the movies, whereas kids today grew up on the internet. So like, duh, doesn’t it make sense to make movies that appeal to Baby Boomers who love getting out of the house since nobody really cooks anymore anyway. CBS Films just bought a pitch from Dan Fogelman about four semi-retired Baby Boomers who hit Las Vegas. What happens in Vegas is unclear. What are the odds of seeing this movie? For me, zilch.
on Mar 17th, 2008Pssst! Want to Live to 90 Then Read About the Magic 5 Steps to Longevity
Psssst! Wanna live longer? Here’s the magic formula: abstain “from smoking, weight management, blood pressure control, regular exercise and avoiding diabetes.” That’s it. So stop going to Dunkin Donuts, quit having that “social” cigarette, avoid screaming at every driver who cuts you off, play tennis instead of golf, and step on the scale to see how much work lies ahead of you. Oh, and vote for a Democrat, because after the Bush administration, the hope of our country surviving depends on it.
Gentlemen, 5 Easy Steps to Living Long and Well
on Mar 15th, 2008Most Popular New York Times Searches
Reality check: nice to see Eliot Spitzer’s concubines sucking up searches 3, 6, and 7…spring is here, my friends.
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on Mar 15th, 2008The Daily Life of an Older New Yorker
Every day life is filled with mundane tasks like visiting the post office to mail a package. Here’s a candid shot of a New Yorker walking around Gramercy Park en route to her postal destination. One moment out of a gazillion, but isn’t it fun to stop time and study the details!