At the time of the Apple deal, which included $2.6 billion in cash and $400 million in stock, Dr Dre and Jimmy both owned 25% of the company and therefore each took home $750 million before taxes (roughly $580 million after taxes). One of the major reasons Apple was interested in the acquisition in the first place was to bring Jimmy on as an executive to help them navigate the media world in future negotiations over music and video licensing deals....
Early Life and Musical Beginnings John Dolmayan was born on July 15, 1973, in Beirut, Lebanon, to Armenian parents. His father, a saxophonist, exposed him to music at an early age, particularly jazz and classical. The family fled the Lebanese Civil War when John was still a toddler and resettled in California. Growing up in Los Angeles, Dolmayan became immersed in rock and metal, developing a deep admiration for drummers like Keith Moon, Neil Peart, and John Bonham....
She wrote and published her autobiography, “Laughing on the Outside, Crying on the Inside: The Bittersweet Saga of the Sock-It-To-Me Girl”, in 1985. It touched on her marriage, her drug use, and her sexuality. Carne married actor Burt Reynolds in 1963. They divorced in 1965 and she wed producer Robert Bergmann five years later. That marriage ended one year later. Carne ended her acting career in the early ’90s. Unfortunately Judy Carne died on September 3, 2015....
The sale happened in secret, and the home was never publicly listed for sale, but was reportedly finalized back in July. But we do know that as of when Smollett purchased it a little over two years ago, it had three bedrooms and four bathrooms spread across 7,573 square feet. It’s tucked away behind gates and an extended drive, and its official listing back then touted its “wonderful views and lush green rear yard” as well as suite baths in all three bedrooms....
Early Life and Education Katherine Boyer Waterston was born on March 3, 1980, in Westminster, London, where her parents were working at the time. She is the daughter of Academy Award-nominated actor Sam Waterston and former model Lynn Louisa Woodruff. Growing up with acting in her blood, Katherine has three siblings who also pursued careers in the entertainment industry: her sister Elisabeth Waterston and brother Graham Waterston, as well as an older half-brother, James Waterston, all of whom are involved in acting or directing....
Katie is the daughter of Michael Chadwick, who guided Josh through his recovery from alcohol and drug abuse for several years. They started dating in 2002 when he returned to Raleigh, and married in 2004. Katie has a daughter, Julia Shea, from a previous relationship. With Josh she has three daughters, Sierra Elise, Michaela Grace, and Stella Faith. They also have a foundation, Triple Play Ministries, which they used to build an orphanage in Uganda....
During the acting years, Britton was featured in Cold Case and As The World Turns Round. He also did a spot of modelling. It was his time as a model that Britton noticed a huge gap in the fashion market. He left the runway and photo shoots behind to set up his new innovative concept. My Fashion Database was born in the summer of 2008 and it all started in Britton’s home basement....
Kenneth Cole Productions went public in 1994. The company’s IPO was priced at $12 per share, which was below the expected price range of $13 to $15 per share. In 1994, the company had grown from a $5 million operation in 1982 to sales of $84.9 million. In June 2012, Kenneth Cole’s board approved a plan for Mr. Cole to take the company private. Prior to the agreement, Cole owned 46% of the company’s shares and had 89% of the voting rights....
Outside of basketball Kevin also serves as the co-CEO of a company called Thirty Five Ventures (a reference to his former jersey number). Through Thirty Five Ventures, Durant just oversaw the public market launch of a Special Purpose Acquisition Company called Infinite Acquisition Corp. Also known as a “SPAC,” last week Infinite raised $275 million in the public markets. What does all of that mean exactly? What is a SPAC?...
Sanger has also served as the editor-in-chief of Citizendium. He left Wikipedia in 2002 and has been critical of the project since, claiming that it lacks credibility. Sanger has been a professor of philosophy at Ohio State University and worked on the Encyclopedia of Earth. He has also designed the web-based reading program Reading Bear and started the crowdsourcing project Infobit.
From 2013 to 2015 she voiced the role of Momma on the series Henry Hugglemonster. Alan voiced the role of the Invisible Woman on The Fantastic Four and has also provided the voice of The Boss in the video game series Metal Gear. In 2014 she won a Behind the Voice Actors Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in a New Television Series for Henry Hugglemonster. She has also appeared in or voiced roles in the movies Boys on the Side, Father of the Bride Part II, WALL-E, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Toy Story 3, Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, Despicable Me 3, and more....
Early Life Marcia Clark was born Marcia Rachel Kleks on August 31, 1953, in Alameda, California. She grew up in a Jewish household with mother Rozlyn, father Abraham (a chemist for the Food and Drug Administration), and a younger brother. The family moved around because of Abraham’s job, so besides California, Marcia also lived in Michigan, New York, and Maryland. She attended Susan E. Wagner High School in Staten Island, and she graduated with a degree in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1976....
She has also appeared on several TV programs, including “Back to Top”, “Whipping Boy”, and “Erich Segal’s Only Love”. May was even once in a video game, appearing in 1996’s “Privateer 2: The Darkening” about outer space. She has been married three times with all three unions ending in divorce. May wed Paul Powell, Gerard Darmon, and Philippe Kelly. She has two children, a son and a daughter, born during the mid-90’s with Darmon....
Early Life and Career Beginnings Maura Tierney was born on February 3, 1965, in Boston, Massachusetts. She was raised in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood. Maura is the eldest of three children of Irish Catholic parents Pat, a real estate broker, and Joseph, who served in the Boston City Council for 15 years. Tierney went to Mount Alvernia Academy Elementary and then to Notre Dame Academy in Hingham. At the latter school, she studied drama, leading to her appearance at the Boston Globe Drama Festival....
Hall was not drafted at the 2010 NFL Draft but was signed as a free agent with the Arizona Cardinals. He became their starting quarterback in October and was named Pepsi Rookie of the Week. Hall was waived in August 2011. In April 2013 he signed with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. He became a student assistant coach at BYU in 2012. In August 2014 Hall was arrested for suspicion of possession of and stolen items and cocaine....
Multiple sources close to Gates told WSJ that the change was “made official” sometime late in 2021, around the same time that she published her own individual Giving Pledge open letter, distinct from the one she and Bill published back in 2010. Here’s an excerpt: “I recognize the absurdity of so much wealth being concentrated in the hands of one person, and I believe the only responsible thing to do with a fortune this size is give it away—as thoughtfully and impactfully as possible....
The former Shanahan home, located in the tony Denver suburb of Cherry Hills Village, boasts more than 32,000 square feet of interior space, with six bedrooms and a whopping (and very un-superstitious) 13 bathrooms. And even though the Shanahans didn’t get as much as they wanted for the house when they first put it up for sale, the $15.725 price still reportedly qualifies the residence as the most expensive single-family home ever sold in the greater Denver area....
Early Life and Modeling Beginnings Monica Bellucci was born on September 30, 1964, in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy. She was raised in Lama, and she is the only child of Pasquale and Brunella. Bellucci began modeling at the age of 13. Later, as a young adult, she worked as part of the faculty of law at the University of Perugia. In 1988, she left this position and moved to Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management....
Early Life Nickolas Robert Diaz was born on August 2, 1983 in Stockton, California. He, his brother Nate and sister Nina were mostly raised by their mother as their father was reportedly not around much growing up. Nick and Nate began training in Aikido and Karate as kids. They both then began wrestling as teenagers. Nick dropped out of high school after a year and soon began training full-time in Mixed Martial Arts....
A fifth-generation descendant of Hermès founder Thierry Hermès, Puech was once among the wealthiest individuals in Europe. Hermès, the French luxury brand famous for its ultra-exclusive Birkin bags, silk scarves, and leather goods, has a market cap of over $300 billion and is still majority-owned by members of the Hermès family. The extended family has a combined estimated fortune of $155 billion. Puech joined the Hermès supervisory board in 2012 and remained a board member until 2023....
