PREDICTIONS 04.03.08

A major trend in celebrity culture in the next three years will be the rejection of celebrity peer groups. America’s most famous actors and models will refuse to associate with other celebrities, and instead find peer groups consisting of interesting but fairly anonymous people. George Clooney, as an example, will count many scientists among his friends, and Brad Pitt will spend almost all his time with architects.
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By the end of 2008, 20 percent of home owners in the United States will be facing foreclosure and bankruptcy, threatening this country with a greater financial crisis than was even experienced during the Great Depression. Once budding new condominium developments will become inexpensive apartments, expensive residential neighborhoods will convert into slums, and urban blight will once again define the American city.