Do you find yourself wondering who else has been in your position? Who else has suffered through overwhelming amounts of debt and been left needing protection from foreclosure, a solution to credit card debt, and a hiding place from the repo man? You may be surprised to see the celebrity names in the news this year for bankruptcy—and even more surprised to hear about the big companies who also needed to wipe their slate clean with bankruptcy. Continue reading

As I was reading the news this morning, I started noticing some famous names tied to bankruptcy. Actor Stephen Baldwin, baseball star Lenny Dykstra, and actress Kim Basinger have all filed for bankruptcy protection recently. We often think of bankruptcy as excluding the famous and successful celebrities—but that isn’t true. Who else has filed bankruptcy?

Cyndi Lauper filed for bankruptcy after her first attempt to get into… Continue reading