Early Life Michael Ballard was born in 1965 in Trimble, Tennessee. Growing up in Trimble, Michael was a bit of a hell raiser. He was so mischievous that the local police gave Michael the nickname “Little Al Capone”. Ballard developed a passion for bars and liquor at a very early age. When he was just 12 years old he began sneaking through the back door of the town’s biggest bar the Silver Dollar Cafe....
That means the vast majority of MJ’s debts to various creditors and other financial entities have been paid off – but they aren’t completely out of the woods yet. There’s still the matter of some outstanding debt involving MJ’s back catalog of music, but the handlers of the estate say that they expect all of Jackson’s debts to be paid off by the end of the year. Of course, a mammoth undertaking like clearing $500 million in various debts doesn’t happen for free, even when you’re managing the estate of one of the most successful recording artists of all time....
Utley was recruited by Jerry Jeff Walker to play keyboard instruments on Jimmy Buffett’s debut major label album A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean in 1973. He began touring with the Coral Reefers in 1983. Michael Utley has released the albums Mad Music MCA, Jubilee, Heat, Club Trini, Back in Town, and Margarita Café: Late Night Live with Robert Greenridge as Club Trini.
Mike Napoli played for the Texas Rangers from 2011 to 2012 and the Boston Red Sox from 2013 to 2015. He played for the Texas Rangers in 2015, the Cleveland Indians in 2016, and the Texas Rangers again in 2017. Napoli won the World Series with the Boston Red Sox in 2013 and was named an All-Star in 2012. He signed a one year deal for $7 million with Cleveland in 2016....
In a press statement from IPI, Springer is quoted as saying that the organization represents his “legacy project,” and something he thinks could aid medical research significantly in the future: “I founded IPI on the premise that a foundry for protein tools, and most importantly antibodies, would help scientists make discoveries, and possibly new therapeutics, for years to come; my gift will help realize this vision…IPI is my legacy project and recognizes the role that monoclonal antibodies have played in my discovery and basic research....
Early Life Ignacio Figueras Bermejo was born on March 4, 1977 in Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires. He grew up in a middle-class family on a tiny farm outside the city. His dad was buddies with polo player Lucas Monteverde. Nacho picked up polo at nine, enjoying weekend sessions at Monteverde’s estate. When he turned fourteen, he moved in with Monteverde so he could ride horses daily and get better at polo....
She appeared in many films including Fraternity Row, Grand Theft Auto, Americathon, The Nest, Lucky Luke, Good Dick, and more. Morgan also appeared in episodes of the TV series McMillan and Wife, Good Times, Diff’rent Strokes, and more. Nancy Morgan was married to John Ritter from 1977 to 1996. They had three children including Jason Ritter and Tyler Ritter. The couple frequently hosted the national United Cerebral Palsy Telethon and co-starred in the movie Americathon and the TV movies The Dreamer or Oz and Heartbeat....
Nike has reportedly signed Odell Beckham Jr. to the largest shoe contract for a player in NFL history. Nike’s decision to resign Beckham came after the All-Pro receiver’s original deal with Nike was set to expire on May 1. According to NiceKicks.com, Beckham was also considering a deal from Adidas, and listened to pitches from both brands along with his agent and business manager. When listening to both brands, Beckham reportedly expressed his desire to have signature cleats, cross-trainers, along with a full apparel line, according to sources....
You might assume someone with just six IMDB credits with a hard stop in 1983 had just a so-so, forgettable career. That assumption would be very inaccurate for Marcia Lucas. Marcia’s first credit (outside of that short documentary) was for 1973’s “American Graffiti.” Written and directed by her then husband, George Lucas, American Graffiti would prove to be a seminal coming-of-age comedy/drama that still stands as one of the most-profitable movies of all time after it earned $140 million at the box office on a measly budget of $777,000....
Albina is a historically Black Portland neighborhood that has fallen on hard times of late, part of what Knight has characterized as a “crisis” for the entire city of Portland. In an interview he spoke about how he hopes the $400 million infusion might raise the area’s fortunes to what they once were and beyond: “I think it can lift the community and it can give the whole city hope....
Since Hill won the lottery nearly four years ago, he and his wife have adopted two more children, bought a new car, expanded their house and taken a few vacations. The fire station is their biggest project and Hill doesn’t want any credit for it. “If my wife and I could have built this without anybody knowing that her and I were building it, that’s exactly what we would have done,” he said....
Their album Welcome to the Real World was released in 1985 and reached #1 in the US as well as #2 in Canada and Norway. The band released the albums Go On… in 1987 and Pull in 2010. Mr. Mister’s singles “Broken Wings” and “Kyrie” both reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Richard Page has released the solo albums Shelter Me, Peculiar Life, Songs from the Sketchbook, and Goin’ South and has also released albums with Pages....
Acuna agreed to an eight-year, $100 million extension. He becomes the youngest player to sign a deal worth at least $100 million. The deal keeps Acuna on the Braves roster through at least 2026. The team also has options for 2027 and 2028, worth $17 million both years. The contract also includes a $10 million buyout of the two option years. Acuna, who is from the small town of La Guaira, Venezuela, believes the deal won’t affect him much....
After a good season in Houston, Fitzpatrick was traded to the New York Jets following the end of the 2014 season. Geno Smith, the incumbent, had his jaw broken in a locker room fight, opening the door for Fitzpatrick and his epic beard to become the Jets Opening Day starter last season. He played well enough over the next few weeks to keep the position, once Smith was healthy enough to play....
She released the album Sing My Heart Out in 2016 which reached #33 in the UK. Sam Bailey’s debut single “Skyscraper” reached #1 in the UK, Ireland, and Scotland. She supported Beyoncé on one of her tour dates in the UK before releasing her first album. Bailey starred as Mamma Morton in the UK tour of the musical Chicago in 2016. She worked as a prison guard before she appeared on The X Factor....
When SoftBank’s founder and Chief Executive, Masayoshi Son, acquired Sprint in 2013, he intended to make his telecommunications and Internet company the most valuable company in the world. But the deal backfired. Son saw his wealth drop by $5 billion from December 2013 to December 2014. SoftBank also saw a major dip in shares and is currently saddled with more than $80 billion in net interest-bearing debt. “SoftBank hasn’t been too active in taking profit from its investments,” said Satoru Kikuchi, a senior analyst at SMBC Nikko Securities....
Stefania LaVie Owen starred as Nicole Chance on the series Chance from 2016 to 2017. She starred as Amanda Robbins on the television series I’m Dying Up Here in 2018. Owen has also appeared in the movies Coming Through the Rye, Krampus, All We Had, and The Beach Bum. She also appeared in the TV movie Home Game. In 2016 she won the Rising Star Award at the Coronado Island Film Festival for Coming Through the Rye....
Early Life Steven Tyler was born Steven Victor Tallarico on March 26, 1948, in Manhattan, New York. He is the son of Susan Ray, a secretary, and Victor Tallarico, a musician and a pianist. With a classical musician for a father, Tyler’s interest in music began strong and early. He attended Roosevelt High School in Yonkers but was expelled over drug use. Later, he graduated from Quintano’s School for Young Professionals....
Adam LaRoche is a 14-year MLB veteran who most recently signed a two-year, $25 million contract with the Chicago White Sox in 2014. LaRoche had one of his worst seasons last year, netting just 12 home runs and 44 RBIs in 127 games. Despite that fact, there was no indication that the 36-year-old would be retiring from the game prior to his announcement via Twitter earlier this week, in which he tweeted: “Thank u Lord for the game of baseball and for giving me more than I ever deserved!...
Johnson got paid $1 million a pop to make five posts on his Instagram account promoting Army enlistment. He has reportedly only made two of those posts. He also agreed to recruitment ads being shown during UFL games and on player uniforms, the UFL deal being worth another $6 million. According to the leaked documents, the Army wants to get back at least some of its $11 million from Johnson over the campaign’s failure, but Army spokesperson Laura DeFrancisco told Military....
