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It happened after “The Sopranos” was already a TV phenomenon following the airing of its third season. For the third season, Gandolfini’s salary was $5 million. For the fourth season his salary was doubled to $10 million per season. At some point after that, Gandolfini attempted to get even more money. Negotiations with the network deteriorated to the point where Gandolfini went so far as to sue HBO. Then HBO hit him back with a counter-suit in return....

He was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on June 24, 1950. Jan Kulczyk earned a law degree from Adam Mickiewicz University, in Poznan, as well as a degree in Foreign Trade from the University of Economics in Poznan. He also held a Ph.D in International Law. He launched Interkulpol, in the early 80s, then Kulczyk Tradex in the late 80s, followed by Kulczyk Holding in the early 90s. He spent much of his adult life as the Chairman of Kulczyk Holding....

Lee Jae Yong was born in Yongsan District, Seoul, South Korea in June 1968. He graduated from Seoul National University, Keio University, and Harvard Business School. Lee Jae Yong is considered to be his father’s successor and serves as the de facto head of Samsung. He has been called the Crown Prince of Samsung and speaks English, Korean, and Japanese. He is one of the wealthiest people in South Korea and was listed as the most powerful Korean by Forbes Magazine in 2014....

Only a year later, he founded Oryx Petroleum, an independent oil and gas production company with operations in Africa and the Middle East, and thus, got back to the oil game. Even though he was born to European parents, Gandur was raised in Egypt and has eventually become one of the world’s best private collections of Egyptian antiquities, as well as one of the few world-class collectors of post-War European art and ancient European artifacts....

Early Life and Education James Robert Jarmusch was born on January 22, 1953, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. His mother, of German and Irish descent, was a film and theater critic, while his father, of Czech and German ancestry, worked for the B.F. Goodrich Company. As a teenager, Jarmusch often skipped school to watch matinees at downtown Akron movie theaters, nurturing a deep appreciation for classic and international cinema. He studied journalism briefly at Northwestern University before transferring to Columbia University, where he earned a degree in English literature in 1975....

He has also had recurring roles on the TV series The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Silent Witness, Touching Evil, Servants, Trevor’s World of Sport, P.O.W., Vincent, The Bill, New Tricks, Personal Affairs, Hatfields & McCoys, and The Level. Joe Absolom has also starred in films including Long Time Dead, Extreme Ops, and I Spit on Your Grave 2. He won a TV Quick Award for Best Soap Actor in 1999 and a British Soap Award in 2000 for Best Actor for EastEnders....

He was selected for the Pro Bowl in 1975, made AP First Team All-Pro in 1983, was the PFW NFL Comeback Player of the Year in 1978, was NFL MVP in 1983, is a Super Bowl champion as well as a Super Bowl MVP, made the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team, was a two-time Jets MVP for the years 1972 and 1975, was a two-time NFL leader in rushing touch downs in 1983 and 1984, is part of the 10,000 Rushing Yards Club, is one of the 80 Greatest Redskins, and was a Redskins Ring of Fame inductee in 1990....

Although plagued with a few injuries early in his career, Zimmermann has pitched several immaculate innings while working with the Nationals. In 2013, he had his first career shutout with a one-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds, which was the second straight one-hitter by Nationals pitching in the series, marking the first occasion since 1917 when a Washington team achieved that streak, and the first time since 1900 that the Reds were on the receiving end of a shutout....

She is most widely recognized for her work in the “Three Colors” trilogy (1993–1994) and for her Oscar-winning performance in “The English Patient.” Binoche co-directed the 2007 documentary short “Laissez-les grandir ici!” and the 2010 short film “On bosse ici! On vit ici! On reste ici!,” and she published the 2008 book “Portraits in Eyes,” which features ink portraits of her film characters and the directors she has worked with....

She appeared on the show for the next ten years, winning multiple awards for her work, including two Logie Awards. In addition to her work on “Home and Away”, she has also appeared in such projects as “It Takes Two”, “Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities”, “Cops L.A.C.”, “Don’t Tell the Bride”, “Mr and Mrs Murder”, and “It’s a Date”. She has also hosted multiple television programs, and a radio show called the “Merrick & Rosso and Kate Ritchie Show”....

The KISS frontman has just listed his ultramodern Beverly Hills mansion for $13.99 million, and he’s making it clear that he has some very specific requirements for whoever takes it off his hands. Chief among them? No partying, no substances, and absolutely no disrespecting the house he calls a sanctuary. So, ironically, potential buyers shouldn’t plan to rock and roll and party every night at this house. Of course, when you’re worth $400 million, you can afford to be picky about who buys your house....

Yanhong is also on the Board of Directors for Education & Technology Group, Inc. He has four children and is married to Dongmin Ma, also known as Melissa. Yanhong participated in the National Higher Education Entrance Exam in China and scored the second highest among his peers in all of Yangquan. Following his graduation from the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Yanhong went on to work for IDD Information Services for whom he worked on computer developments for The Wall Street Journal....

Havlat later landed a six-year, $30 million contract with the Minnesota Wild in July 2009. Two years later, he was traded to the San Jose Sharks, though by June 2014, his contract was bought out by the team after he suffered from several injuries and shaky production throughout his tenure in California. On July 1, 2014, Havlat signed a one-year deal with the New Jersey Devils, and is currently a member of the team as of the fall of 2014....

Van Peebles was born in Chicago, Illinois in August 1932. His son is actor and director Mario Van Peebles. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University and served in the U.S. Air Force. Melvin drove cable cars in San Francisco and started writing about his experiences. His book The Big Heart was published in 1957. That same year he shot his first short film titled Pickup Men for Herrick. As an actor his first role was in the 1970 film Watermelon Man....

He has appeared in such film and television projects as “Goodbye, Columbus”, “Beacon Hill”, “Search for Tomorrow” (for which he also sang the theme song), “The Curse of Dracula”, “Bay City Blues”, “The Hidden”, “Love & War”, “Victor/Victoria”, “Lovely & Amazing”, and “The Proposal”. He is most widely recognized for his co-starring and recurring roles on such television shows as “The O.C.”, “N.C.I.S.”, “Army Wives”, “Damages”, and “All My Children”....

It was in 2004 when the death metal band Bring Me the Horizon was formed by Oliver Sykes (lead vocalist), Lee Malia (lead guitarist), Matt Nicholls (drummer) and Jordan Fish (keyboardist). They have since released four studio albums and two extended plays. The band is noted for their metalcore music, which started to adopt a more eclectic style in their latest releases. In addition to his work with Bring Me the Horizon, Sykes also founded his own alternative clothing line Drop Dead Clothing....

He later played with the Miami Heat, the Charlotte (and later New Orleans) Hornets, the Chicago Bulls, and, lastly, the Boston Celtics in 2008. Brown won an NBA Championship in 2008. He was named to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team three times in 1997, 1999, and 2001, and won the NBA Sportsmanship Award in 2004. Brown finished his career with 9,870 points, 8,409 rebounds, and 1,116 blocks. Brown is the only player who has ever been on the Hornets roster in all three cities that the team has been in: the Charlotte Hornets, the New Orleans Hornets, and the Oklahoma City Hornets....

According to that act, artists who gave away publishing rights to their songs recorded before 1978 can reclaim them after 56 years have passed, a deadline that is now creeping up on the earliest Beatles single “Love Me Do.” That track was released in 1962, which means that next year McCartney should be entitled to take back the rights he signed away as a young lad from Liverpool. So why is a lawsuit necessary?...

Step into my Delorean and travel with me back to the summer of 1863. In the preceding year, Confederate General Robert E. Lee had been on a brutal win streak, with crushing victories at the Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Lee’s rampage made the Union Army Generals nervous. The Confederates were wracking up victories in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania. At some point just before the July Battle of Gettysburg, the Union Army became extremely concerned about the vulnerability of a large cache of gold that was being stored at an outpost in the town Wheeling, West Virginia....