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the father of boy bands on the run (er, maybe walk)

Lou Pearlman, the sleezy, overweight creepy looking father of boy bands (N'Sync and Backstreet Boys) is on the run (probably more of a fast walk) from the Feds.

Have you seen the hilarious skit of him on SNL, played by John Stewart where he creates a Boy Band out of people who he seemed to be left over like "Lobster Arms boy" and "old man." ? Instead of creating an odd squad of tween-loving crooners, he decided to swindle some old people and run off with it to Germany.

Earlier this week it was reported that Lou had swindled some $350 million from investors (mainly elderly) and $150 million from various banks for some pyramid scheme. After he cashed out, he was no where to be found. Read more...

And now he is said to be traced to Germany after trying to wire himself $250,000 dollars.

From the Orlando Sentinel:
Orlando entrepreneur Lou Pearlman may be trying to tap into $250,000 that authorities think was recently transferred from one of his companies to a German bank, according to court documents.

To keep the money out of Pearlman's hands, an administrator for Louis J. Pearlman Enterprises Inc. is asking a bankruptcy judge to freeze the funds.

A source called Friday with a tip about the wire transfer, said Mike Markham, attorney for administrator Jerry McHale.

"We were told the money was on its way to Germany, and we were fearful Mr. Pearlman was going to be waiting for it on the other end," Markham said. He would not disclose who provided the tip.

Pearlman left the country just as his business empire collapsed under lawsuits and criminal probes. He was reportedly in Germany on Feb. 2, but his location since is unknown.

Court documents say the money may be headed to an account that may be controlled by Pearlman or a company he did business with called German Invest- und Finanzberatung. That German company denied holding any money for Pearlman in interviews with a Sentinel reporter earlier this year.

In a related move Wednesday, McHale filed for bankruptcy on behalf of Louis J. Pearlman Enterprises and Trans Continental Studios Inc.
[source: Orlando Sentinel]

Lou giving tips on how to be successful in the boy band business:

give me...4 beers? i gotta get my drink on

take it to the limit

Ad Age is reporting that NIKE decided to take a stand for woman's sports, race in response to the Imus outrage -

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Now Nike has entered the Don Imus fray, hoping a new ad will spark continued conversation about race in America.

The sports-apparel giant took out a full-page ad in the Sunday, April 15 edition of The New York Times, followed by banner ads on several websites that indirectly thank Mr. Imus for bringing the issues of race relations and sexism to the forefront.The Ad says:
"Thank you, ignorance.
Thank you for starting the conversation.
Thank you for making an entire nation listen to the Rutger's (sic) team story. And for making us wonder what other great stories we've missed.
Thank you for reminding us to think before we speak.
Thank you for showing us how strong and poised 18 and 20-year-old women can be.
Thank you for reminding us that another basketball tournament goes on in March.
Thank you for showing us that sport includes more than the time spent on the court.
Thank you for unintentionally moving women's sport forward.
And thank you for making all of us realize that we still have a long way to go.
Next season starts 11.16.07."

This is by far the best stand I have seen anyone take on the matter. Some others decided to go the "because I am this, I can talk about them" cultural stand, but I'm not buying it anymore and I think most of America has woken up.

from MTV News:

Admittedly, Snoop and some of his peers have called women "b----es" and "ho's" in their lyrics, but as the Dogg put it Tuesday afternoon (April 10), there is no parallel to what Imus said.

"It's a completely different scenario," said Snoop, barking over the phone from a hotel room in L.A. "[Rappers] are not talking about no collegiate basketball girls who have made it to the next level in education and sports. We're talking about ho's that's in the 'hood that ain't doing sh--, that's trying to get a n---a for his money. These are two separate things. First of all, we ain't no old-ass white men that sit up on MSNBC [which announced Wednesday it would drop its simulcast of Imus' radio show] going hard on black girls. We are rappers that have these songs coming from our minds and our souls that are relevant to what we feel. I will not let them mutha----as say we in the same league as him."