Attention, Kanye: Kim Kardashian Would Like a $1 Million 'Push Present'

Kim Kardashian has been quite vocal about how she loathes being pregnant, so it’s not surprising she’d request a huge reward for enduring months of agony while carrying her and Kanye West’s spawn. Her second child with West is due around Christmas, so the reality star has announced the one item on her push present…
“Just 158 families...contributed $176 million in the first phase of the campaign...Not since before Watergate have so few people and businesses provided so much early money in a campaign, most of it through channels legalized by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision five years ago.” The New York Times’ story…
Study: Rich Old People Really Know How to Party
A study published in the BMJ on Thursday found that wealthy, educated, high-functioning baby boomers aren’t so far behind college students when it comes to drinking their faces off.
Rich People Now Think Designer Logo Bags Are Declassé
Remember the early 2000s, when a designer logo handbag was the ultimate status symbol, to the point that not-rich people were either saving paychecks to cop them and/or trawling Canal Street for the best knockoffs? That era is over. These days, rich people think the logo bag is gauche, and would prefer to floss their…
Nelson Mandela's Former Villa Is Available to Rent for $5,741 a Night
Enterprising capitalists have basically turned one of Nelson Mandela’s old homes into an Airbnb. The Nelson Mandela Centre for Reconciliation is now open to the public. For a price.
Billionaire's Ex Is Gonna Need at Least a Million Smackeroos a Month
Welcome back to Lifestyles of the Rich and At Each Other's Throats. Previously, a billionaire oilman's ex returned a $975 million lump-sum settlement delivered in the form of a personal check (before changing her mind because take the money and run, girl). Now another billionaire and his ex are fighting over whether…
Too Rich or Lazy to Function? 'Fitness Concierge' Service Will Help
New from the perpetually robust New York Times Wealth Gap/Are You Kidding Me section, we have a sweet little story about a company that offers services like "booking your workout classes for you" ($350 per month; a bargain!) and "coming to your house at 5 AM and making you get dressed for your workout" ($100 per…
Oprah's 'Favorite Things' Will Run You $13,054
Oprah, who future civilizations will look back upon and assume was our queen, has released her annual "Favorite Things" list. Long gone are the days when we witnessed the unveiling of this rich lady fantasy on-air as a lucky studio audience of women had controlled brain aneurisms. Now, we must be content with clicking…
Rich People Work Out to Lose Weight, Poor People Take Diet Pills
The relationship between poverty and weight is a vital yet often downplayed aspect of the "obesity epidemic." Poor people have less nutritious food in their neighborhood stores (if they have stores at all), less money to buy it, less time to cook it, and less access to preventive medical care. But the fact that…
