According to court papers released on Thursday, here is what Britney Spears does with her $737K monthly income (with some editorializing by yours truly):
$49,267 on mortgages for two homes. Shouldn't her payments be lower?
$16,000 on clothes: All this for sweat suits, bad wigs, and no underwear.
$102,000 on entertainment, gifts and vacation: Too easy, remember what Whitney said.
$4,758 on dining out: She must be sneaking to Spago and Mr.Chow's.
$15,000 a month in child support: Legitimate, but sad.
$20,000 in spousal support, which will end on November 15: more money, more money, more money.
$500 to charity.
Grand total: $207,525
But what does she do with the other $529,475? Scarily enough, they say she doesn't invest or save--again, too easy to take a potshot at.
I honestly don't know what I'd do with this much money and I am not sure I will ever be in the position to handle this much—at least not in one month. But off the top of my head, I'd pay for my home in full, give more to charity, create a nest egg for myself, and set up college funds for my unborn children--I like to be prepared. And so I don't seem all Mary Morals, I would also eat at really fabulous restaurants once a month and buy really fabulous clothes using one-tenth of Brit Brit's budget--it's called the look for less. I only wish I could make that much without lifting a finger, save for the one that opens the door to my Mini Cooper.
So what would you do with $737,000 a month?
Philip Roth's newest novel, "Exit Ghost" is the ninth--and, it seems, last--to feature Roth's favorite character and alter-ego, the famous American-Jewish novelist Nathan Zuckerman. We'd first encountered Zuckerman nearly 30 years ago in 1979's "The Ghost Writer," a novel that, more than any other of the Zuckerman books, sets the stage for "Exit Ghost." The two serve as explicit bookends, a call-and-response, to the life of Nathan Zuckerman, as documented by Philip Roth.
If "The Ghost Writer" was the portrait of a young writer--with his whole life ahead of him--encountering his literary idol, "Exit Ghost" is, as the name implies, the story of a writer in his twilight, who must defend that literary idol's legacy. As only Roth can, the novel provides one of the most detailed, insightful, and unstinting looks at aging that I've read, an unsentimental portrayal of a once-viral, always brilliant man slowly losing physical, and then mental, capacities.
Kudos to NBC for next week's Green Week, seven days of green-themed programs. No, they're not pre-empting our cherished shows for news and documentary reporting on the environment--they're weaving this theme into everything on the NBC schedule. That means you can still watch "Heroes" and Jay Leno, but you'll be doing it greenly. Personally, I'm mostly looking forward to Al Gore's cameo on "30 Rock" next Thursday. Find out more here.
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