David Duke served as the 5th Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan from 1974 to 1980. He has unsuccessfully run for many positions including Governor of Louisiana as well as for the Senate and House of Representatives. Duke pled guilty to felony fraud in 2002 and served a 15 month sentence. He is a Holocaust denier, a white separatist, and an antisemitic conspiracy theorist.
The company also holds patents for technology being used in portable dialysis machines and an electric wheelchair called the iBOT. They have also developed a prosthetic arm replacement called Luke. Kame founded the progrom for students called FIRST in 1989 to get them interested in science and engineering. In 1997 Kamen was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. He received the National Medal of Technology from President Clinton in 2000 and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005....
By the mid-80s, he was playing guest starring roles on multiple shows, and began adding film credits to his resume. He is most widely recognized for his work as Fred “Ogre” Palowakski in the “Revenge of the Nerds” film franchise, and as Leslie “Dr. Death” Crunchner on “1st and Ten”. More recently, Donald Gibb is famous for appearing as a barbarian in a series of humorous commercials for the credit card company Capital One....
The jet is called Air Drake, a moniker which some longtime Drake fans may remember from way back in 2010, when the rapper temporarily lent his name to a Virgin America party flight from LA to Toronto, hosted by Virgin founder Richard Branson and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Per a Billboard report at the time, Drake was enthusiastic about the mere prospect of a plane being (temporarily) named after him, so it stands to reason he would be even more excited about owning such a jet now: “Flying on ‘Air Drake’ is truly humbling....
Following the Oilers, he played for the New Orleans Saints between 1984 and 1985 when he made his last NFL appearance. His career statistics include a total of 9,407 rushing yards, a total of 74 touchdowns, and a rushing average of 4.3. He was a two-time All-American in college and was a five-time Pro Bowl selection in the NFL. He was Offensive Player of the Year in the NFL in 1980 and is a three-time NFL Rushing champion....
Early Life Evan Thomas Spiegel was born in Los Angeles, California, on June 4, 1990. His parents, John W. Spiegel and Melissa Ann Thomas, are both lawyers. He was raised in Pacific Palisades, California, in an Episcopalian household. He attended high school at the Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in Santa Monica. While still a high school student, he took design classes at the Otis College of Art and Design, as well as the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena....
He could have stayed in college another year to recover and rehabilitate his knee. If rehab went well, he could have entered the 2017 draft and would have probably still been in high demand. A good showing at Notre Dame’s Pro Day and the Combine next year would have been good enough for a few teams to consider him a first round pick again. Instead, he opted to go ahead and enter the draft this year and see what happens....
Early Life Greg Renker was born in 1957 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was one of nine children. His father managed country clubs and hotels. When Greg was 16 his father lost an important job. In the wake of this loss, Greg developed an affinity for self-help books, in hopes of avoiding the same financial stress his parents experienced. Renker attended the University of San Diego, majoring in comparative literature and simultaneously working sales jobs, including a job as a real estate agent....
“Mad About You” also made Helen and Paul the highest-paid television actors in the world up to that point. In the last season of the series, Helen and Paul both earned $1 million per episode. There were 22 episodes in the final season, so they both made $22 million. The series was revived in 2019, airing 12 episodes on Spectrum Originals. On the big screen, Helen is known for starring in movies like “Twister,” “What Women Want,” “Cast Away” and “As Good As It Gets”...
Floyd Mayweather, who was the highest-paid athlete in any sport in 2018, dropped off the list entirely. He’s only participated in one match over the past 12 months, an exhibition fight in Japan. For that, he earned $9 million. In Mayweather’s place are a mix of fighters from both boxing and UFC. Here’s a look at the six highest-earners over the last 12 months. Canelo Alvarez – $94 Million Saul “Canelo” Alvarez tops the highest-paid fighter list by a wide margin....
Obviously O.J. wasn’t poor back in 1994. Two years before his arrest, as part of his divorce proceeding with Nicole O.J. reported his net worth to be $10 million. A little more than half his net worth was the value of his Brentwood Estate. Within just a few months of being arrested, O.J. had already burned through his liquid assets such as cash and stock. He didn’t want to sell his house, so he had to find a way to make some money....
Roth hosted the ABC television series Opportunity Knocks and is the announcer for the series Extreme Weight Loss. He has produced the TV series The Pickup Artist, Beauty and the Geek, Confessions of a Teen Idol, 4th and Long, The OCD Project, The Fashion Show, Splash, Forever Young, Hungry Investors, Funniest Wins, Catch a Contractor, Kingin with Tyga, Obese: A Year to Save My Life USA, Bar Rescue, The Biggest Loser, and My Cat from Hell....
“Cool” is not a word I would use to describe Jack Dorsey. Frankly, he’s a nerd. As a kid Jack spent endless hours listening to police scanners and studying train maps. Just for fun, when he was 15 Jack wrote dispatch software for taxi companies. He’s apparently obsessed with Satoshi Nakamoto, the blockchain and bitcoin. While that nerdiness probably didn’t translate into girlfriends in high school, it would eventually allow Jack to co-create not one but TWO highly-successful public tech companies....
Early Life and Education Jana Kramer was born on December 2, 1983 in Rochester Hills, Michigan to Nora and Martin. She has an older brother named Steve. As a teenager, Kramer went to Rochester Adams High School, graduating in 2002. She then moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. Television Career After having guest roles on “All My Children” and “CSI: NY” and a supporting role in the television film “Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis,” Kramer had her first substantial role in a television series in 2007, on the football drama show “Friday Night Lights....
The Crabb Family released 18 albums from 1996 to 2012 and had 16 #1 songs and were nominated for three Grammy Awards. As a solo artist Crabb released his self-titled debut studio album in 2009 which reached #2 on the Christian chart. He released the albums Because It’s Christmas in 2010, Love Is Stronger in 2013, and Whatever the Road in 2015. Crabb won a Grammy Award in 2010 for Best Southern/Country/Bluegrass Gospel Album....
In 1997, he made theatrical debut of West End theatre play The Twilight of the Golds, in the Arts Theatre. In 1997, Jason wrote and produced Inside Out which was a short film. His real life father played his father in the film, which was about celebrity kids who are exposed by the tabloids. The short film was later compiled with others that created the compilation film Boys Life 3, which was released in the year 2000....
Holzhauer won $118,816 on Tuesday of last week, which pushed him well over the $1 million margin for a total of $1,061,554 over the course of 14 games. The only person in front of him at this point in the sphere of Jeopardy winnings is Ken Jennings himself, who during his famous run in 2004 won a total of $2,520,700 across 74 games. As of this writing, his win streak is 18 days and his total winnings top $1....
At the outset, Skims was mostly known for creating “shapewear,” which is essentially tight-fitting undergarments that help “shape” and contain a body. Typically under a tight dress. Upon releasing its first online inventory drop, Skims sold $2 million worth of product in 10 MINUTES. In April 2021, Skims raised money at a mouth-watering $1.6 BILLION valuation. In early 2022, Skims raised money at a $3.2 BILLION valuation. That valuation allowed Kim Kardashian to enter the billionaire ranks for the first time....
“Sex and the City” Salary Although Kristen Davis’ salary fluctuated during her time as a lead actress on the series “Sex and the City,” she steadily started earning higher sums as the show progressed through its seasons. By the 5th season, she was earning $350,000 per episode, and this continued until the series’ end. Her fee for the first “Sex and the City” film was $3 million. While that might seem like a substantial number, it was far less than that of stars like Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker, who earned $7 million and $13 million, respectively....
Armstrong went on to explain that it all started in 2009, when Armstrong put $100,000 into a new venture capital firm called Lowercase Capital, headed by one Chris Secca. As he explains it, most of that money went into Uber: “I didn’t even know that he did Uber. I thought he was buying up a bunch of Twitter shares from employees or former employees, and the biggest investment in [the] Lowercase fund one was Uber....
