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Record Breaking Contract: In 1978 David signed what was then a record-breaking contract for the NBA. It was a three-year $4 million deal, which is the equivalent of $15 million in today’s dollars.

Dominique has starred in a number of notable music videos, such as the 1998 music video for “Lullaby” by Shawn Mullins, the 2002 music video for Moby’s “We Are All Made of Stars,” and the 2007 music video for Nickelback’s “Rockstar” At 21 years old, Swain posed naked for PETA’s “I’d Rather Go Naked than Wear Fur” campaign, becoming the youngest person to do so. Early Life Dominique Swain was born on August 12, 1980, in Malibu, California....

In 1962 he won the Cy Young Award and was the MLB wins leader. He was a three time MLB strikeout leader. Drysdale had his #53 retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984 on the 10th ballot. He later became a broadcaster for radio and television. Don Drysdale passed away on July 3, 1993 at 56 years old of a heart attack....

According to the lawsuit, Lemon first entered into the prospective partnership with X in January of 2024, only to see that partnership dissolve in March a day after their interview, with a brusque text from Musk to Lemon’s agent: “contract is canceled.” The suit also states that Lemon never received any payment for his work on the project, which it says was supposed to be a guaranteed $1.5 million for his first year plus a cut of ad revenue, including a $200,000 upfront payment....

Early Life and Education Elisabeth Röhm was born on April 28, 1973 in Düsseldorf, West Germany to Lisa and Eberhard. Due to her father being a partner at the New York law firm of Duane Morris, the family moved to New York City when Röhm was still an infant. Her mother, meanwhile, wrote scripts for television shows in the US, including the soap opera “Guiding Light.” When Röhm was around eight years old, her parents divorced....

Early Life Emma Rose Roberts was born in Rhinebeck, New York, on February 10, 1991. Her parents are actor Eric Roberts and Kelly Cunningham, and they separated when she was a baby. Emma was born into an acting family as her aunts are actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Robert Gillan. Her paternal grandmother was acting coach Betty Lou Bredemus. Emma spent time on the sets of her aunt Julia’s films when she was a child....

Early Life Evan Metropoulos was born to Greek-American billionaire investor Dean and his wife Marianne. He has a brother named Daren. The family fortune was built through his father’s many private equity transactions in the 70s and 80s. Metropoulos & Co. As a private equity scion, Metropoulos helps runs the family-owned investment firm Metropoulos & Co. with his father and brother. Founded in 1993 and based in Greenwich, Connecticut, the firm invests in the areas of food and beverage, consumer products, and various other diversified sectors....

In 2023, VanVleet signed a three-year, $130 million contract with the Houston Rockets. Fred VanVleet was born in Rockford, Illinois in February 1994. He is a 6'0″ shooting guard and point guard. VanVleet played for Auburn High School. He played his college basketball at Wichita State where he was three time First-team All-MVC, a three time AP Honorable mention All-American, a two time MVC Player of the Year, and a third-team All-American....

Ross wrote, directed, and produced the movies Pleasantville in 1998 and Seabiscuit in 2003. He wrote and produced the movie The Tale of Despereaux in 2008 and wrote and directed the film The Hunger Games in 2012. Ross wrote, directed, and produced the movie Free State of Jones in 2016. Ross won the Paul Selvin Honorary Award from the Writers Guild of America in 1994. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards....

YouTube Royalties Gotye is famously against monetizing his music directly on platforms like YouTube. He also famously gave 50% of all royalties generated by “Somebody That I Used to Know” to the estate of Luiz Bonfa, whose 1967 song “Seville” provided the sample. He likely could have given the estate a much smaller percentage, but believed Bonfa deserved more. Speaking on his royalties and feelings about ads in an interview, Gotye said: “I’m not interested in selling my music....

The return shows the couple paid $137,658 in federal income tax at a rate of 23.8%, plus another $29,023 in state income tax to their home state of Delaware. Jill Biden owed the state of Virginia a little over $3,100 connected to her salary as a teacher at Northern Virginia Community College. The Bidens also filed $20,180 worth of charitable contributions for 2022, spread out across 20 different charities. The largest one was a $5,000 donation to the family’s own Beau Biden Foundation....

Early Life Jaime García was born Jaime Omar García Rodríguez on July 8, 1986, in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He is the son of Jaime García Sr. and Gloria Rodriguez Flores. His father worked as a civil engineer. García was raised with his two siblings, sisters Karina and Aimee, between the border of Reynosa and McAllen, Texas. He attended Sharyland High School in Mission, Texas, and played baseball throughout his youth and teens....

The mega-mansion could also be described as a luxury compound, since it’s made up of two discrete structures. There’s the 7,632-square-foot main house with eight beds, eight baths, and two half-baths, plus a 5,000-square-foot “entertainment building,” per the property’s official listing on the Caribbean Realty website. The listing goes on: “Built-in 2021 with high-end finishes and true quality craftsmanship can be throughout the home, this space is truly move-in ready....

Jim’s debut studio album, “Facets,” was released in 1966. He released the album “Jim & Ingrid Croce” in 1969, followed by the #1 album “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim” in 1972. His album “Life and Times” was released in 1973. It reached #1 in Canada and #7 in the U.S. His final album, “I Got a Name,” was released in 1973. It reached #2 in both the U.S. and Canada....

Early Life and Education Joey Diaz was born on February 19, 1963 in Havana, Cuba and was raised in North Bergen, New Jersey. There, his mother ran a bar and a numbers racket. When Diaz was three, his father passed away; his mother later died when he was 16. He was subsequently taken in by a number of families, with his reckless behavior keeping him from settling down in one place for long....

This platform allowed them to create some of the most iconic and viral digital shorts in the show’s history, including “Lazy Sunday” and “Dick in a Box,” the latter of which won an Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. His work extends beyond sketch comedy, having directed and co-written the cult favorite “MacGruber,” a feature film based on the SNL parody sketch of the action-adventure series “MacGyver.” Taccone directed the film “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping” with Schaffer, and he wrote and starred in it with Schaffer and Samberg....

Late last night, Armando Nunez, the President of CBS Global Distribution, announced that a deal had been reached that will keep Judge Judy under contract through 2020. The deal reportedly also includes a first look production deal with Scheindlin’s production company, Queen Bee Productions, for any potential new show concepts. Last year, Queen Bee and CBS successfully launched a new show called “Hot Bench” which has since gone on to become one of the highest-rated daytime shows, with an average of 2....

Keanu Reeves speaks just 380 words in the entirety of the saga’s latest installment, “John Wick: Chapter 4.” The result, if reports of the actor’s $15 million salary for the blockbuster sequel are accurate? His paycheck comes to $39,473 and change per word! Of course, Reeves does a lot more than just deliver dialogue in the “John Wick” movies, performing much of his own stunt work, operating various firearms, and loads of fighting....

Tour, Taste of Chaos Festival, INTOUR, and It’s Not Dead Festival. He has previously been involved with The Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival, the Country Throwdown Tour, the Down From The Mountain Tour, Lollapalooza, Sprite Liquid Mix Tour, Vans Triple Crown, and more. Lyman’s 4Fini Agency is a full service consulting firm while his company 4Fini Productions is a live production house.

In the short run, it hurts. Murray has to return $1.29 million of his $1.5 million signing bonus. He’s also losing out on the additional $3.16 million he was going to make on March 1. But thinking long term, this is, at least financially, the right decision for Murray. Because the best way to make a ton of money in sports is to be a starting NFL quarterback. If he’s taken in the first round, Murray’s rookie contract could range anywhere from about $8....