The Benefactor

Mark Cuban hasn't blogged since the airing of the first episode of the Benefactor, a show where he gives $1 million to whomever he decides he likes the best.

Perhaps this is because the show has gotten nearly universally panned.

I didn't see the show, but critics were scathing in their reviews. And apparently ABC accidentally revealed the final four contestants right after the credits rolled. Kinda takes away the drama, doesn't it?

Being rich and having options

Kirk Kerkorian has bought and sold MGM three times.

Instead, Kerkorian has treated the famous studio as he has every other property he's owned -- as a business asset he buys low with the intention of building, but will sell high at the right price.

So Kerkorian put MGM on the market, and Sony snatched it for $2.9 billion. Kerkorian's team paid $1.3 billion for the studio in 1996; his cut alone from the Sony sale is worth more than $1.7 billion.

I also like details like this:

(His first marriage lasted 10 years; his second, to a Vegas showgirl, lasted 29 and produced two children, Tracy and Linda, whose names he combined to create his company name -- Tracinda. His charity is called the Lincy Foundation.)