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Big Bucks For Apprentice

Contributed - Feb 17, 2005 / 4:23 pm | Story: 7192

How much would you pay to have your product featured on "The Apprentice"? How about $2 million? That's what the LA Times says companies are shelling out to get product placement on the show --as much as they'd pay for a single Super Bowl ad. And essentially, it's a better deal, since the companies get more time on-screen and a way to position their products to show them off in their best light.
Out of Sick Bay: MICHAEL JACKSON. Michael's PR guy told reporters "He's still not feeling well, but he's going to continue his recovery at home." Michael left the hospital late yesterday and managed to do it without the media following.
Columbia Pictures is negotiating to finance a flick called Tonight, He Comes, starring Will Smith as a superhero who crash-lands in Sheepshead Bay, N.Y., and causes chaos as he romances a local housewife in an attempt to revitalize himself.
A much-loved guitar belonging to Jimi Hendrix has been sold for £100,000 at an auction in London. The 1965 Fender Stratocaster was one of a number of guitars included in the sale dedicated to the rock legend.
Canadian Prime Minister PAUL MARTIN says he will personally attempt to persuade BONO that U2 should perform in Ottawa on their upcoming Vertigo world tour. U2 has not scheduled a tour stop in Ottawa, and since the city has a high concentration of U2 fans, an online petition has been started to persuade the band to add it to their agenda. Martin, who's been friends with Bono since 1998, is now promising that he'll tell the singer about the petition the next time he talks to him.

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