GM Exec Gets Really Rosie

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General Motors marketing chief Phil Guarascio recently found himself on the receiving end of some good-natured teasing from talk-show host Rosie O’Donnell.
O’Donnell, who is working with GM on the Concept:Cure project to raise funds for breast cancer research, participated in a live press conference last week via teleconferencing. Squinting to see Guarascio and Joe Boxer Apparel chairman Nicholas Graham, the comedian gasped, “Oh my, it’s Tony Bennett and Billy Idol!”
Guarascio laughed off the wisecrack, made during a press conference at the Detroit auto show, as the latest batch of vehicles customized by fashion designers were unveiled.

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