Buy Stars, Sell Movies

I was just recently directed to the Hollywood Stock Exchange, which is pretty much what it sounds like. No real money trades hands, but you get to buy up stars and movies and earn or lose play money depending on the success or failure of your properties.

For example, yesterday I made just over $8,000 on Terminator 4, and lost $2,500 on Aaron Eckhart. It's an interesting premise, and has been well executed by the people in charge of the site.

As a liberal arts student with next to no understanding of the real stock market, I can't really compare the fiction to the fact, but that doesn't make the Hollywood Stock Exchange any less fun. And that's really what matters with a time waster like this one. You get to predict whether a movie will be successful or not and place play money bets on it.

You think the new Indiana Jones is over-rated? Short it, and earn money when it bombs. Think Brad Pitt sucks? Bet against him. Waiting for Tom Cruise's career to make a come back? Buy him up. You can finally put (play)money where your mouth is, and see how right (or wrong) you really are when it comes to movies.

I feel like there's more to say, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. It's a simple premise and it's a fun way to kill time. That's it. That's all.

Oh, and if you do decide to sign up, tell them imceachern sent you.